Principles of Art - Hardcover

Collingwood, R G

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019824178X ISBN 13: 9780198241782

Publisher: Clarendon Oxford, 1938

Synopsis

COLLINGWOOD, R.G.: The Principles of Art. New York & London, Oxford University Press, 1967. Reprint. (Originally published in 1938.) EX-LIBRARY COPY (St. Clair County Community College Library, Port Huron, MI.) Hardcover, no dust jacket, 347 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Art / Philosophy of Art / Aesthetics. Condition: Good Plus. Ex-Library copy with all of the typical marking (pages clean and unmarked, however). Light wear to the book corners with a bit of fading and edge-wear to the book-spine. An exposition of the principles of art and aesthetics by the noted British historian – author of The Idea of History.

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From the Back Cover

Our first business is to investigate three kinds of art falsely so called. When that has been done we must see what there is left to be said about are proper.

About the Author

R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943), philosopher and historian, was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy, Oxford University. One of the most learned men of his generation, he had a remarkable breadth of interest and knowledge and originiality of mind. He is the author of many notable books, including The Idea of History, An Autobiography, Essay on Metaphysics, Essay on Philosophical Method, The Idea of Nature, The New Leviathan, Speculum Mentis: or The Map of KNowledge, and with J. N. L. Myres, Roman Britain and the English Settlements in the Oxford Hitsory of England series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Oxford
• Publication date: 1938
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019824178X
• ISBN 13: 9780198241782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 347