The Last Lectures by Roger Fry - Brossura

Fry, Roger

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ISBN 10: 1107505682 ISBN 13: 9781107505681

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Riassunto

Originally published in 1939, this book contains a series of unfinished lectures written by Roger Fry, the Slade Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cambridge. Fry's lectures cover a wide range of artistic styles, from the art of Ancient Greece and Egypt to American and Chinese art, as well as a review of art history as an academic study. The text is accompanied by over three hundred photographic plates of many important artworks. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in art history.

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Originally published in 1939, this book contains lectures by Roger Fry, the Slade Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cambridge. He covers a wide range of artistic styles, from the art of Ancient Greece and Egypt to American and Chinese art, as well as a review of art history as an academic study.

Contenuti:

Introduction; 1. Art-history as an academic study; 2. Sensibility; 3. Vitality; 4. Egyptian art; 5. Mesopotamian and Aegean art; 6. Negro art; 7. American art; 8. Chinese art; 9. Indian art; 10. Greek art; Illustrations; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107505682
• ISBN 13: 9781107505681
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 402