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Essays on Art, Paperback by Clutton-Brock, A., Brand New, Free shipping in th.... Essays on Art, Paperback by Clutton-Brock, A., ISBN 0415742455, ISBN-13 9780415742450, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This collection of brief but insightful essays examines a wide variety of unique but related issues: the relationship between natural and artistic beauty; the genius of Da Vinci and Nicholas Poussin; the influence of femininity on European art; the importance of good criticism; art as a social phenomenon; the role of the passions; and a range of associated topics. First published in 1919, A. Clutton-Brock’s reflections on the nature and function of art bear the marks of the deep anxieties following the First World War, and can thus speak to a generation similarly faced with uncertainty. Essays on Art, Paperback by Clutton-Brock, A., ISBN 0415742455, ISBN-13 9780415742450, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This collection of brief but insightful essays examines a wide variety of unique but related issues: the relationship between natural and artistic beauty; the genius of Da Vinci and Nicholas Poussin; the influence of femininity on European art; the importance of good criticism; art as a social phenomenon; the role of the passions; and a range of associated topics. First published in 1919, A. Clutton-Brock’s reflections on the nature and function of art bear the marks of the deep anxieties following the First World War, and can thus speak to a generation similarly faced with uncertainty.
