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Art Department   Art Essays & Critiques (A - L)   The Art Essays & Critiques section lists books about art history, theory, movements, techniques and essays about art and artists. The books are listed in alphabetical order of authors' names. This page lists books by authors from A to K. Authors from L to Z refer to the next section of the Book Shop. A B C D E F G H I J K L Titles marked with appear on the Amazon.com site, and by clicking on the flag icon you may read more about the title or perhaps buy it if you so wish. Many titles also appear on the Amazon.co.uk site, and these are indicated with .     B Camden Town Group     by Dr Wendy Baron An excellent source of information about the Camden Town Artists. These included painters such as Sickert, Spencer Gore, Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Pissarro and others.         Art - Manifesto On Art, Society & Aesthetics     by Clive Bell The book was first published in 1914. Bell together with Roger Fry was involved with setting up the first Post-Impressionist exhibition in 1910. Bell discusses at length ‘The Aesthetic Hypothesis’.   Ways Of Seeing by John Berger   Duchess Of Cork Street: The Autobiography of an Art Dealer     by Lillian Browse Educated in South Africa, Lillian Browse's first love was ballet, but she had an active part in art-dealing for over 50 years. Her career started in the 1930s in London & helped to establish the Roland, Browse & Delbanco gallery in Cork Street. She pioneered the study of French & English painters & sculptors, among them Sickert, Degas & Rodin. She had a significant part in promoting living British artists. Her favourite artist & hero was Sickert. Sadly she failed to meet him, but received a telegram from him when she asked for his opinion on the authenticity on one of his paintings.   C Theories Of Modern Art by Herschel Chipp   What Is A Masterpiece?       by Kenneth Clarke     Landscape Into Art       Kenneth Clarke       The Shining Sands: Artists in Newlyn and St Ives 1880 - 1930 by Tom Cross   D Painting Methods of The Impressionists     by Bernard Dunstan R A This is a very authoritative text and includes 135 colour reproductions of the works of 16 Impressionist masters. Bernard Dunstan is one of Britain's leading painters. He is a member of the Royal Academy & the New English Art Club. The book contains the painting techniques of a number of artists & quotes extensively from their writings. The artists include Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Constable, Turner, Manet & Courbet, as well as the Post-Impressionists Sickert, Whistler, Bonnard, Cézanne, Vuillard, Sargent & Seurat.   F The Oxford History of English Art 1870~1940     by Dennis Farr The structure of the book reflects painting, sculpture, graphic arts, decorative art & architecture over the 70 years. Dennis Farr was Director of the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London & also City Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham. He co-authored the Oxford Dictionary of Art The book is sectioned into six parts: Part One Painting & Sculpture 1870~1900 Whistler, Impressionism, New English Art Club, Sickert & Steer. William Morris, Burne~Jones & Symbolism, Royal Academy & Portraiture. Art Nouveau, Graphic Art & Sculpture. Part Two Architecture & The Decorative Arts 1870~1920 Norman Shaw, Voysey & English Traditionalism. The innovators: Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts. Part Three Painting & Sculpture 1900~1930 Bloomsbury, Camden Town & Vorticism Spencer, Paul Nash & The New Generation. Part Four Architecture & Design 1920~1930 Years of transition: Art Déco, Design & Industry Part Five The Modern Movement In England Painting & Sculpture 1930~1940 Architecture & Design 1930~1940 Part Six Patronage & Collecting 1870~1940 The nation's Collections: Dealers, Collectors & Art Historians   Soho In The 50s     by Daniel Farson Farson paused in London's Soho; the pause lasted for twenty-five years. A well documented book covering the celebrated habitants, Francis Bacon, Nina Hamnett, Lucian Freud, John Minton, Jeffrey Bernard and many others.   A Roger Fry Reader   Edited by Christopher Reed Fry best known for organising the Post-Impressionist Exhibition at the Grafton Gallery in 1910. Christopher Reed has given us a well rounded picture of Fry and of his collected essays which includes his formulation of the theory of "significant form"   Vision & Design  (New Edition) by Roger Fry The book contains twenty-five essays on art & criticism. It covers Ancient American Art, Giotto, Durer, El Greco, Claude, French Post-Impressionists, Cézanne & Renoir. Modern Painters : Reflections On British Art     by Peter Fuller   G Art & Illusion by E.H. Gombrich   Image & Eye   by E.H. Gombrich     Meditations On A Hobby Horse   by E.H. Gombrich     Illusions in Nature and Art   by Gombrich & R.L. Gregory       H English Art & Modernism   by Charles Harrison     Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction Early 20th Century Modern Art   by Harrison & Frascina     Camberwell: Students & Teachers 1943-1960   by Geoff Hassell     The Norwich School Of Painting       by Andrew Hemingway     Gödel, Escher, Bach. An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter The book links the music of J.S. Bach, the graphic works of Escher & the mathematical theorems of Gödel. Hofstadter has written a vast, witty & extraordinary literary achievement. Impressionism   by Michael Howard   J Techniques Of The Worlds Great Painters   by Januszczak   K Watercolours & Drawings Of The French Impressionists       by H. Keller     Visualizations The "nature" Book of Art & Science by Martin Kemp   L Portrait Of The Artist 25 Years Of British Art     by Jorge Lewinski All the photographs in the book were taken by the great photographer Lewinski. They amount to 76 artists & their works. Among them are Ayrton, Bacon, Blake, Caro, Clough, Coldstream, Frink, Hepworth, Herman, Hitchens, Hockney, Lanyon, Mitchell, Moore, Paolozzi, Piper, Spear, Sutherland & Vaughan. The concise & informative text is also by Lewinski.   British Art Now       by Edward Lucie-Smith     Lives Of The Great 20th Century Artists by Edward Lucie-Smith The complex story of how modern art was made. It is told through anecdotes & a series of biographies. Well illustrated throughout. The New British Painting     by Edward Lucie-Smith     The Self-Portrait     by Edward Lucie-Smith     Super Realism     by Edward Lucie-Smith         Click on a to read details about buying the associated title from Amazon.com. Click on a to read details about buying the associated title from Amazon.co.uk       Book Shop Entrance Theatre Books Art Books British Art Front Page       Home|Gaynor|Mike|Art|Theatre|Book Shop Updated 2nd November 2007