The Contrary Experience

The Contrary Experience : The Autobiography of Herbert Read 1974, Horizon Press HCDJ ART Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. He was the chief British advocate and interpreter of modern art movements from the 1930s to the 60s. His critical scruting embraced society, art, and literature from the point of view of a philosophic anarchist. "very good, some jacket spine fading, clean and tight" BX30.