[Contents.]
[Index.]
[List of Illustrations]
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Maya Sculpture (portion) from Piedras Negras
Frontispiece
VISION AND DESIGN
BY
ROGER FRY

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1920

All rights reserved
PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED
LONDON AND BECCLES

PREFACE

This book contains a selection from my writings on Art extending over a period of twenty years. Some essays have never before been published in England; and I have also added a good deal of new matter and made slight corrections throughout. In the laborious work of hunting up lost and forgotten publications, and in the work of selection, revision, and arrangement I owe everything to Mr. R. R. Tatlock’s devoted and patient labour.

DEDICATED
TO
MY SISTER MARGERY
WITHOUT WHOSE GENTLE BUT PERSISTENT PRESSURE
THIS BOOK WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE

CONTENTS

PAGE
[ART AND LIFE][1]
[AN ESSAY IN ÆSTHETICS][11]
[THE OTTOMAN AND THE WHATNOT][26]
[THE ARTIST’S VISION][31]
[ART AND SOCIALISM][36]
[ART AND SCIENCE][52]
[THE ART OF THE BUSHMEN][56]
[NEGRO SCULPTURE][65]
[ANCIENT AMERICAN ART][69]
[THE MUNICH EXHIBITION OF MOHAMMEDAN ART][76]
[GIOTTO][87]
[THE ART OF FLORENCE][117]
[THE JACQUEMART-ANDRÉ COLLECTION][123]
[DÜRER AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES][127]
[EL GRECO][134]
[THREE PICTURES IN TEMPERA BY WILLIAM BLAKE][140]
[CLAUDE][145]
[AUBREY BEARDSLEY’S DRAWINGS][153]
[THE FRENCH POST-IMPRESSIONISTS][156]
[DRAWINGS AT THE BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB][160]
[PAUL CÉZANNE][168]
[RENOIR][175]
[A POSSIBLE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE][179]
[JEAN MARCHAND][184]
[RETROSPECT][188]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[MAYA SCULPTURE (PORTION) FROM PIEDRAS NEGRAS][Frontispiece]
[THIRTEENTH-CENTURY SCULPTURE IN THE CLOISTER OF ST. JOHN LATERAN][9]
[GROUP FROM THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS. BY AUGUSTE RODIN][9]
[SCULPTURE IN PLASTER. BY HENRI-MATISSE][9]
[LA DONNA GRAVIDA. BY RAPHAEL][10]
[PORTRAIT OF MISS GERTRUDE STEIN. BY PABLO PICASSO][10]
[NEGRO SCULPTURE][66]
[FATIMITE BRONZES][80]
[PERSIAN PAINTING, END OF THIRTEENTH CENTURY][86]
[PIETÀ. BY GIOTTO][108]
[CRUCIFIXION. BY CASTAGNO][117]
[ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. BY UCELLO][123]
[VIRGIN AND CHILD. BY BALDOVINETTI][125]
[HOLY FAMILY. BY SIGNORELLI][126]
[THE CALUMNY OF APELLES. BY REMBRANDT, MANTEGNA, DÜRER][131]
[CELESTIAL SPHERE. TAROCCHI PRINT][132]
[CELESTIAL SPHERE. BY DÜRER][132]
[ALLEGORY. BY EL GRECO][136]
[BATHSHEBA. BY WILLIAM BLAKE][142]
[LANDSCAPE. BY CLAUDE][148]
[LANDSCAPE IN WATER-COLOUR. BY CLAUDE][150]
[TEA PARTY. BY HENRI-MATISSE][156]
[STILL LIFE. BY PABLO PICASSO][156]
[PROFILE. BY GEORGES ROUAULT][159]
[APOTHEOSIS OF NAPOLEON. BY INGRES][163]
[PENCIL DRAWING. BY COROT][165]
[PEN DRAWING. BY HENRI-MATISSE][166]
[PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST. BY CÉZANNE][168]
[GARDANNE. BY CÉZANNE][170]
[SCÈNE DE PLEIN AIR. BY CÉZANNE][172]
[THE ARTIST’S WIFE. BY CÉZANNE][172]
[LE RUISSEAU. BY CÉZANNE][174]
[JUDGEMENT OF PARIS. BY RENOIR][176]
[STILL LIFE. BY MARCHAND][184]
[LA BAIGNADE. BY SEURAT][190]
[STILL LIFE. BY DERAIN][192]
[THE TRANSFIGURATION. BY RAPHAEL][196]