الفن والمجتمع

by Herbert Read, فارس متري ضاهر (ترجمة), هربرت ريد

Art and Society is firmly established as the standard introduction to the sociology (and social psychology) of art. It explains how man first came to paint, and how art developed throughout its long history to its present state. In this authoritative volume, the reader can make the long voyage form the cave paintings of Lascaux and Altamira to Cézanne and Picasso. It is a tribute to Read's mastery of this vast and complicated subject that the reader can makse so long a a voyage with pleasure and ease.

Anthropology, psychology, history, and aesthetics are ingeniously merged by an author who has a well-earned reputation for extraordinary intellectual breadth and sensitivity. The basic theme appears in Read's conclusion: "It is one of my strongest convictions that no work of art survives its age which is not justified by some strength of form or grace of execution- that possessing these, even a dictionary may survive."

The author has written a new introduction for this edition.

Genres: Art, Sociology

Paperback

First published June 1, 1966

About the author

Sir Herbert Edward Read, (1893 - 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Politically, Read considered himself an anarchist, albeit in the English quietist tradition of Edward Carpenter and William Morris.

Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Art & the publisher and editor-in-chief of Jung's collected works in English.

On 11 November 1985, Read was among 16 Great War poets commemorated on a slate stone unveiled in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner.

He was the father of the well-known writer Piers Paul Read, the BBC documentary maker John Read, the BBC producer and executive Tom Read, and the art historian Ben Read.