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Art

Dover Publications · 1914

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The book that coined the concept of 'Significant Form' in modern art.

Book details

Publisher

Dover Publications

Publication date

1914 (repr.)

Edition

reprint

Language

English

Print length

176*

Item weight

230 lbs

Dimensions

13.5 × 1.2 × 21.5 in

Catalogue information

SKU: 978737367363

Categories: Uncategorized

Description

In Art (1914) Clive Bell advances his formalist theory: the value of an artwork lies in its 'significant form' - the relations of lines, colors and shapes that provoke 'aesthetic emotion' - not in its subject or imitation. A key reference for understanding abstract and modernist art.