Roger Fry's 'Difficult and Uncertain Science'

This new study traces the development and evolution of the writings of Roger Fry (1866-1934), a highly influential art critic who introduced modern French painting to Britain in the early twentieth century. The author examines the role that emerging psychological theories played in the formulation and expression of Fry's aesthetic theories.

Autorentext

Adrianne Rubin holds a doctorate in the History of Art from the University of Oxford and is Assistant Curator at the Museum of Biblical Art, New York. She has previously worked as Assistant Registrar at the Hofstra University Museum and as Assistant to the Curator of Pictures at Worcester College, Oxford. She has also taught art history at several universities.

Inhalt

Contents: Fry s early writings: roots in philosophy, physiology and psychology From the Old Masters to modern art The question of beauty Significant form revisited: Fry and Bell Pater s `visual music and Fry s view of abstraction Unity: the Gestalt-like content of Fry s writings Fry and psychoanalysis Fry the artist The reception and interpretation of Fry s theories.