
The Last Lectures by Roger Fry
Roger Fry(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 21. May 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
402 pages
978-1-107-50568-1 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
775 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-50568-1 (9781107505681)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
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.