A Roger Fry reader / edited and with introductory essays by Christopher Reed.

By:

Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934

Contributor(s):

Reed, Christopher, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : University Of Chicago Press, 1996.Description: xii, 440 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cmISBN:

0226266427

Subject(s):

Contents:

1. Before Formalism -- 2. Forming Formalism: The Post-Impressionist Exhibitions -- 3. Refining and Defining: The Post-Impressionist Era -- 4. Architecture and the Decorative Arts -- 5. Art and Its Institutions: Exhibition and Education -- 6. Literature and the Performing Arts -- 7. Revision and Design: The Later Essays -- Conclusion: Needed Words.

Summary: This book brings together a comprehensive selection of Roger Fry's essays, from modern French art, to formalist aesthetic theory. The book examines the foundations of modern art criticism, the nature of art and the aesthetic experience.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Open Collection	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	Open Collection	FCUC Library	700 ROG 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00009860

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book brings together a comprehensive selection of Roger Fry's essays, from modern French art, to formalist aesthetic theory. The book examines the foundations of modern art criticism, the nature of art and the aesthetic experience.

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