A coat of many colours : occasional essays /
Read, Herbert, 1893-1968.
A coat of many colours : occasional essays / Herbert Read. - 1 online resource (vii, 352 pages) - Routledge revivials . - Routledge revivals. .
"First published in 1947 by Routledge"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-352).
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. THE GREATEST WORK OF ART IN THE WORLD; 2. ERIC GILL; 3. KLEE; 4. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; 5. ""THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM""; 6. ART AND THE PEOPLE; 7. HENRY JAMES; 8. ART AND WAR; 9. GEORGE HERBERT; 10. CÉZANNE; 11. THE ""PRELUDE"" IN WARTIME; 12. BOSCH AND DALI; 13. THE PARADOX OF ANARCHISM; 14. HAVELOCK ELLIS; 15. THE FAILURE OF THE WAR BOOKS; 16. WILLIAM MORRIS; 17. BEN NICHOLSON; 18. ENGLISH PROSE; 19. HENRI ROUSSEAU; 20. THE FACULTY OF ABSTRACTION; 21. THE LAST OF THE BOHEMIANS. 22. art and autarky23. coleridge; 24. vulgarity; 25. shelley; 26. problems of primitive art; 27. milton; 28. sickert; 29. film æsthetic; 30. james joyce; 31. the language of the eye; 32. nathaniel hawthorne; 33. gerard manley hopkins; 34. the poetry and prose of painting; 35. doctor faustus; 36. toulouse-lautrec; 37. wordsworth's remorse; 38. realism and superrealism; 39. a further note on superrealism; 40. george saintsbury; 41. max liebermann; 42. art and ethics; 43. the later yeats; 44. socialist realism; 45. the significance of william james; 46. the poet and the film. 47. the message of ruskin48. etruscan art; 49. walter de la mare; 50. jean hélion; 51. kierkegaard; 52. indian art; 53. the architect's place in a modern society; 54. d. h. lawrence; 55. modern chinese painting; 56. walter bagehot; 57. the triumph of picasso; 58. the international situation in american fiction; 59. roger fry; 60. raphael; 61. t. e. hulme; 62. seurat's ""la baignade""; 63. stendhal; 64. georges rouault; 65. a community of individuals; 66. picasso's ""guernica""; 67. machine æsthetic; 68. andré gide; 69. the duality of leonardo; 70. the ""areopagitica""; 71. envoy; notes.
This book, first published in 1947, is collection of critical essays by Herbert Read that had not been previously published in book form. The essays cover several different subject areas, including literature, art, architecture, and film, from a span of twenty years. This title will be of interest to a variety of readers.
English.
9781317429623 (electronic bk.) 1317429621 (electronic bk.) 9781315691275 1315691272 9781317429609 1317429605 9781317429616 1317429613 9781138913691 1138913693
10.4324/9781315691275 doi
1900-1999
English essays--20th century.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS--Essays.
English essays.
Electronic books.
PR6035.E24 / C6 2015eb
824.91
A coat of many colours : occasional essays / Herbert Read. - 1 online resource (vii, 352 pages) - Routledge revivials . - Routledge revivals. .
"First published in 1947 by Routledge"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-352).
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. THE GREATEST WORK OF ART IN THE WORLD; 2. ERIC GILL; 3. KLEE; 4. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; 5. ""THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM""; 6. ART AND THE PEOPLE; 7. HENRY JAMES; 8. ART AND WAR; 9. GEORGE HERBERT; 10. CÉZANNE; 11. THE ""PRELUDE"" IN WARTIME; 12. BOSCH AND DALI; 13. THE PARADOX OF ANARCHISM; 14. HAVELOCK ELLIS; 15. THE FAILURE OF THE WAR BOOKS; 16. WILLIAM MORRIS; 17. BEN NICHOLSON; 18. ENGLISH PROSE; 19. HENRI ROUSSEAU; 20. THE FACULTY OF ABSTRACTION; 21. THE LAST OF THE BOHEMIANS. 22. art and autarky23. coleridge; 24. vulgarity; 25. shelley; 26. problems of primitive art; 27. milton; 28. sickert; 29. film æsthetic; 30. james joyce; 31. the language of the eye; 32. nathaniel hawthorne; 33. gerard manley hopkins; 34. the poetry and prose of painting; 35. doctor faustus; 36. toulouse-lautrec; 37. wordsworth's remorse; 38. realism and superrealism; 39. a further note on superrealism; 40. george saintsbury; 41. max liebermann; 42. art and ethics; 43. the later yeats; 44. socialist realism; 45. the significance of william james; 46. the poet and the film. 47. the message of ruskin48. etruscan art; 49. walter de la mare; 50. jean hélion; 51. kierkegaard; 52. indian art; 53. the architect's place in a modern society; 54. d. h. lawrence; 55. modern chinese painting; 56. walter bagehot; 57. the triumph of picasso; 58. the international situation in american fiction; 59. roger fry; 60. raphael; 61. t. e. hulme; 62. seurat's ""la baignade""; 63. stendhal; 64. georges rouault; 65. a community of individuals; 66. picasso's ""guernica""; 67. machine æsthetic; 68. andré gide; 69. the duality of leonardo; 70. the ""areopagitica""; 71. envoy; notes.
This book, first published in 1947, is collection of critical essays by Herbert Read that had not been previously published in book form. The essays cover several different subject areas, including literature, art, architecture, and film, from a span of twenty years. This title will be of interest to a variety of readers.
English.
9781317429623 (electronic bk.) 1317429621 (electronic bk.) 9781315691275 1315691272 9781317429609 1317429605 9781317429616 1317429613 9781138913691 1138913693
10.4324/9781315691275 doi
1900-1999
English essays--20th century.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS--Essays.
English essays.
Electronic books.
PR6035.E24 / C6 2015eb
824.91