WHAT IS ART?
Studies in the Technique and Criticism of Painting
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Professor Van Dyke in this volume returns to the general subject of fine art, which he has already done so much to illustrate and illuminate in his various books. This book expounds the painter’s point of view as distinct from that of the connoisseur, the collector, or the museum director, which, he thinks, has for the past twenty years so monopolized discussion among us as to obscure the consideration of art as art, in considering it as a curiosity or commodity. To the preaching of this gospel, which is particularly timely in view of recent famous sales and expert controversies, are added chapters on the constitution, production, and appreciation of painting. The book is written in a particularly vivacious style, and its criticism of current materialism is crisp and even cutting. The author takes up such subjects as “The Use of the Model,” “Quality in Art,” “Art Criticism,” “Art History and Art Appreciation.”
BY PROFESSOR JOHN C. VAN DYKE
Nature for Its Own Sake
First Studies in Natural Appearances 12mo, $1.50