The Last Lectures by Roger Fry [Paperback]

Originally published in 1939, this book contains lectures by Roger Fry covering a wide range of artistic styles.Originally published in 1939, this book contains lectures by Roger Fry, the Slade Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cambridge. He covers a wide range of artistic styles, from the art of Ancient Greece and Egypt to American and Chinese art, as well as a review of art history as an academic study.Originally published in 1939, this book contains lectures by Roger Fry, the Slade Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cambridge. He covers a wide range of artistic styles, from the art of Ancient Greece and Egypt to American and Chinese art, as well as a review of art history as an academic study.Originally published in 1939, this book contains a series of unfinished lectures written by Roger Fry, the Slade Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cambridge. Fry's lectures cover a wide range of artistic styles, from the art of Ancient Greece and Egypt to American and Chinese art, as well as a review of art history as an academic study. The text is accompanied by over three hundred photographic plates of many important artworks. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in art history.Introduction; 1. Art-history as an academic study; 2. Sensibility; 3. Vitality; 4. Egyptian art; 5. Mesopotamian and Aegean art; 6. Negro art; 7. American art; 8. Chinese art; 9. Indian art; 10. Greek art; Illustrations; Index.