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Herbert Read : a British vision of world art

Title
Herbert Read : a British vision of world art / edited by Benedict Read and David Thistlewood ; with a foreword by sir Alan Bowness and contributions by Robert Burstow [and others].
Publication
Leeds [England] : Leeds City Art Galleries ; London : Henry Moore Foundation and Lund Humphries, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Read, Benedict.
  • Thistlewood, David.
  • Burstow, Robert.
Description
182 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 28 cm
Alternative Title
A British vision of World Art.
Subject
  • Read, Herbert, 1893-1968 > Exhibitions
  • Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
  • Art critics > Great Britain
  • Visual arts
  • Great Britain
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Herbert Read : a British vision of world art at Leeds City Art Galleries, 25 Nov. 1993-5 Feb. 1994.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Preface / Benedict Read -- Herbert Read: A Foreword / Alan Bowness -- Herbert Read: An Overview / Benedict Read -- Herbert Read and Leeds / Michael Paraskos -- Illustrations from The Meaning of Art -- Herbert Read and the North European Tradition 1921-33 / Andrew Causey -- Art Now 1933: Introduction and Illustrations / Herbert Read -- A Nest of Gentle Artists / Herbert Read -- 'An Event of Some Importance in the History of English Art' / Judith Collins -- Preface to The Philosophy of Modern Art / Herbert Read -- Herbert Read's Paradigm: A British Vision of Modernism / David Thistlewood -- Herbert Read: A New Vision of Art and Industry / David Thistlewood -- Herbert Read on Sculpture / Terry Friedman -- The Geometry of Fear: Herbert Read and British Modern Sculpture after the Second World War / Robert Burstow -- The Gregory Fellowships / Hilary Diaper -- A Conversation Between Patrick Heron and Benedict Read -- Herbert Read 1893-1968.
  • The Turbulent Years of 'The Pope of Modern Art': A Chronology and Select Bibliography / Terry Friedman and David Thistlewood -- Introduction to A Critic's Choice 1956 / Herbert Read -- Catalogue -- Lenders.
ISBN
  • 0901981583 (pbk.)
  • 0853316430 (pbk) :
LCCN
gb 94037267
OCLC
ocm30413922
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries