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title: "Art Paperback – April 27, 2011"
brand: "clive bell"
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# Art Paperback – April 27, 2011

**Brand:** clive bell
**Price:** KSh5445
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- **What is this?** Art Paperback – April 27, 2011 by clive bell
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Young Man's Turned Fancy Down A Slope
*by P***S on October 12, 2013*

No one who has read this book would call Mr. Bell a shrinking violet. As a young aesthete Mr. Bell marches into the art world with both guns blazing. Opinionated, daring, outlandish, wildly perceptive, take your pick. He is however unique for his times, and ours. To read this book is to experience the delectable trends which have, for good or ill, framed (!) our views, tastes and expectations of art today.Should the reader find the style of writing to taxing and the use of Latin aphorisms (not translated) I would suggest reading the chapters on the Christian Slope and The Movement. These two sections demonstrate Mr. Bell's unique theories on art. Does he really mean to say that art has aesthetically been in decline since Cimabue and Giotto, only saved perhaps, by Cezanne. What does he mean by "the classical renaissance and its diseases"? Should you really want to perplex yourself and what you have learned (but not experienced) then see how he excoriates some on the renowned Gothic cathedrals and why he has such an appreciation of medieval (not Middle Age) art.A fascinating book about art that is as pertinent today as it was 100 years ago. So there Mr. Ruskin, Greenberg and Rosenberg.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From the Past
*by Y***R on July 11, 2012*

Clive Bell, born in England in 1881 and was considered a very important art critic, he married Vanessa Stephen who was the sister of Virgina Woolf, the writer who is one of my favorite writers. Clive Bell's Hypothesis on art is very alive today and I cherish his book, "Art" was printed in 1913. He believed in one of the theories of Kant, that is the form of art work is the essence of art and it forms the basis of aesthetics. The appreciation of Art is not dependent on the subject matter nor what the artist had in his mind at the time of conception. He relates art to itself and aesthetics of art can be found in all cultures.This is an excellent historical rendition of the art period during his lifetime and as it continues to be very relevant today. In order for this book to be appreciated it is important to read about the group which includes the following:Vanessa Bell -The Painter-Sister of Virginia Woolf-Wife of Clive BellLeoanrd Woolf-Publisher- Husband of Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf-Writer and sister of Vanessa Bell- The Fridays Club was formed with a few other people by Virginia WoolfRoger FryDuncan GrantSPRVanessa BellSelected Letters Vanessa BellRoger Fry: A BiographyThe Hidden Houses of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great as a textbook
*by N***O on December 13, 2013*

Is a great textbook for Aesthetics classes. Well written and thought provoking , an asset for none ontemplating art and beauty and the relationship between the 2.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Art
- Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism
- After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History - Updated Edition (Princeton Classics)

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