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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 over three hundred photographic plates of many important artworks. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in art history.

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Introduction; 1. Art-history as an academic study; 2. Sensibility; 3. Vitality; 4. Egyptian art; 5. Mesopotamian and Aegean art; 6. Negro art; 7. American art; 8. Chinese art; 9. Indian art; 10. Greek art; Illustrations; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/21/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107505681, 978-1107505681
      ISBN10: 1107505682

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 over three hundred photographic plates of many important artworks. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in art history.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Art-history as an academic study; 2. Sensibility; 3. Vitality; 4. Egyptian art; 5. Mesopotamian and Aegean art; 6. Negro art; 7. American art; 8. Chinese art; 9. Indian art; 10. Greek art; Illustrations; Index.

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