Author: Herbert Read
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415289931
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A classic work that offers the reader an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out Read as a seminal and hugely influetial figure in the cultural life of the twentieth century.
To Hell with Culture
Author: Herbert Read
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415289931
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A classic work that offers the reader an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out Read as a seminal and hugely influetial figure in the cultural life of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415289931
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A classic work that offers the reader an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out Read as a seminal and hugely influetial figure in the cultural life of the twentieth century.
The Meaning Of Art
Author: Herbert Read
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571218714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Sir Herbert Read'S Introduction To The Understanding Of Art Has Influenced The Taste Of Several Generations. It Provides A Basis For The Appreciation Of Pictures, Sculpture And Art-Objects Of All Periods By Defining The Elements That Went Into Their Making. In Compact And Elegant Form The Book Gives An Illustrated Survey Of The Subject From Cave Paintings To The Canvases Of Jackson Pollock, And Summarizes The Essence Of Schools, Genres And Movements In The History Of Art.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571218714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Sir Herbert Read'S Introduction To The Understanding Of Art Has Influenced The Taste Of Several Generations. It Provides A Basis For The Appreciation Of Pictures, Sculpture And Art-Objects Of All Periods By Defining The Elements That Went Into Their Making. In Compact And Elegant Form The Book Gives An Illustrated Survey Of The Subject From Cave Paintings To The Canvases Of Jackson Pollock, And Summarizes The Essence Of Schools, Genres And Movements In The History Of Art.
English Prose Style
Author: Herbert Read
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Art and Industry
Author: Herbert Read
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780818001376
Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"By defining the essentials of a work of art and studying machine processes, he arrirves at practical principles for the creation of works of art through industrial design." -- back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780818001376
Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"By defining the essentials of a work of art and studying machine processes, he arrirves at practical principles for the creation of works of art through industrial design." -- back cover.
The Art of Sculpture
Author: Herbert Read
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691251843
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A stunning visual history of sculpture from prehistory through modernity This book presents an aesthetic of sculptural art, which has too often submitted to the rule of architecture and painting. Herbert Read emphasizes the essential and autonomous nature of sculpture—“Form in its full spatial completeness,” in the words of British sculptor Henry Moore. The Art of Sculpture provides historical support and theoretical rigor to this conception. Along the way, this incisive and wide-ranging book takes readers on a breathtaking tour of great works of sculpture from prehistoric times to the modern era.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691251843
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A stunning visual history of sculpture from prehistory through modernity This book presents an aesthetic of sculptural art, which has too often submitted to the rule of architecture and painting. Herbert Read emphasizes the essential and autonomous nature of sculpture—“Form in its full spatial completeness,” in the words of British sculptor Henry Moore. The Art of Sculpture provides historical support and theoretical rigor to this conception. Along the way, this incisive and wide-ranging book takes readers on a breathtaking tour of great works of sculpture from prehistoric times to the modern era.
This Book of Starres
Author: James Boyd White
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472083376
Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A fascinating, accessible book that takes the reader on an intellectual and spiritual journey
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472083376
Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A fascinating, accessible book that takes the reader on an intellectual and spiritual journey
The Philosophy of Moern Art
Author: Sir Herbert Edward Read
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Modernism (Art)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Modernism (Art)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (Expanded, Updated)
Author: Herbert Read
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500770638
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"Excellent, concise . . . highly recommended." —Choice This extensively illustrated dictionary provides information on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements throughout the world, including entries on contemporary art and artists, techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500770638
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"Excellent, concise . . . highly recommended." —Choice This extensively illustrated dictionary provides information on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements throughout the world, including entries on contemporary art and artists, techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists.
Education Through Art
Author: Herbert Edward Read
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758166647
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758166647
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Herbert Read Reassessed
Author: David Goodway
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853238621
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Herbert Read (1893–1968) acquired in his lifetime a considerable international reputation in all the major areas of his diverse activities: as poet, as educationalist, as anarchist, as philosopher (of aesthetics), as art critic, as historian of, and above all, as propagandist for modern art and design. The papers assembled in Herbert Read Reassessed offer a comprehensive and authoritative coverage of Read’s life work that is designed to stimulate debate. "An impressive volume... it manages to present a unified but not totalizing portrait of one of England’s most distinguished twentieth-century critics."—English Historical Review
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853238621
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Herbert Read (1893–1968) acquired in his lifetime a considerable international reputation in all the major areas of his diverse activities: as poet, as educationalist, as anarchist, as philosopher (of aesthetics), as art critic, as historian of, and above all, as propagandist for modern art and design. The papers assembled in Herbert Read Reassessed offer a comprehensive and authoritative coverage of Read’s life work that is designed to stimulate debate. "An impressive volume... it manages to present a unified but not totalizing portrait of one of England’s most distinguished twentieth-century critics."—English Historical Review