Last Lectures by Roger Fry. Slade Professor of Fine Arts in University of Cambridge 1933 to 1934

Roger Fry

Published by Cambridge at the University Press, 1939

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VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Last Lectures by Roger Fry. Slade Professor of Fine Arts in University of Cambridge 1933 to 1934 Summary: 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 numerous photographic plates of many important artworks. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in art history. Author: Roger Fry Publisher: Cambridge at the University Press Year Published: 1939 Edition: Original Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: Dimensions: 25cm x 18.5cm Notes: Roger Eliot Fry was an English artist and art critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters, he became an advocate of more recent developments in French painting, to which he gave the name Post-Impressionism. He was the first figure to raise public awareness of modern art in Britain, and emphasized the formal properties of paintings over the "associated ideas" conjured in the viewer by their depicted content. SKU: VSS / 265 / H / 7412 / 5693 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable Book condition: Fair. Handling marks, marks, bumps, toning, foxing, previous owner inscription on front end sheet. Binding: Intact Pages: 370 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Last Lectures by Roger Fry. Slade Professor of Fine Arts in University of Cambridge 1933 to 1934
• Publisher: Cambridge at the University Press
• Publication Date: 1939
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable
• Weight: 1.5 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Reference and Education
  • The Arts: Creativity. Visual. Literary. Perform...