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| + | '''Herbert Edward Read''' (4 December 1893, Muscoates, North Riding of Yorkshire, England - 12 June 1968, Stonegrave, North Riding of Yorkshire, England) 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. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. | ||
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| + | * ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529212 Meaning of Art]'', 1931; Penguin, 1949. | ||
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=14697 Art and Industry: The Principles of Industrial Design]'', London: Faber and Faber, 1934; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935, [[Media:Read_Herbert_Art_and_Industry.pdf|PDF]]. | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=14697 Art and Industry: The Principles of Industrial Design]'', London: Faber and Faber, 1934; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935, [[Media:Read_Herbert_Art_and_Industry.pdf|PDF]]. | ||
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| + | * editor, ''Surrealism'', intro. Herbert Read, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1936; repr., St. Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly Press, 1977, 251+[48] pp. | ||
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* ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/57b9a3679ff37c591fb988af The Politics of the Unpolitical]'', 1943. | * ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/57b9a3679ff37c591fb988af The Politics of the Unpolitical]'', 1943. | ||
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| + | * ''[[Media:Read_Herbert_Education_Through_Art_1943.pdf|Education Through Art]]'', London: Faber and Faber, 1943, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5705448a9ff37c05ef3d8a4b ARG]. | ||
** ''[[Media:Read_Herbert_Vychova_umenim_1967.pdf|Výchova uměním]]'', trans. Jan Caha, Prague: Odeon, 1967, 417 pp. {{cz}} | ** ''[[Media:Read_Herbert_Vychova_umenim_1967.pdf|Výchova uměním]]'', trans. Jan Caha, Prague: Odeon, 1967, 417 pp. {{cz}} | ||
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| − | * ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/57b9a27b9ff37c5921b98910 The Tenth Muse: Essays in Criticism]'', 1957. | + | * ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208801/ A Coat of Many Colours: Occasional Essays]'', 1947, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/57b067c69ff37c488a7f0871 ARG]. |
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| + | * ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463042 The Art of Sculpture]'', Faber and Faber, 1949. | ||
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| + | * ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/57b9a27b9ff37c5921b98910 The Tenth Muse: Essays in Criticism]'', 1957, [https://archive.org/details/herbertread0000unse OL]. | ||
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* ''[http://archive.org/details/formsofthingsunk1963read Forms of Things Unknown: Essays Towards an Aesthetic Philosophy]'', Cleveland: World Publishing, 1963. | * ''[http://archive.org/details/formsofthingsunk1963read Forms of Things Unknown: Essays Towards an Aesthetic Philosophy]'', Cleveland: World Publishing, 1963. | ||
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* ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58bfe6c3a0eda0b627f00 To Hell With Culture and Other Essays on Art and Society]'', 1963. | * ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58bfe6c3a0eda0b627f00 To Hell With Culture and Other Essays on Art and Society]'', 1963. | ||
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* ''Art and Alienation'', New York: Horizon, 1967, 176 pp. | * ''Art and Alienation'', New York: Horizon, 1967, 176 pp. | ||
** ''Umjetnost i otuđenje'', Zagreb: Mladost, 1971. Review: [http://www.ipu.hr/content/zivot-umjetnosti/ZU_18-1972_140-141_Rus.pdf Rus] (ZU). {{sc}} | ** ''Umjetnost i otuđenje'', Zagreb: Mladost, 1971. Review: [http://www.ipu.hr/content/zivot-umjetnosti/ZU_18-1972_140-141_Rus.pdf Rus] (ZU). {{sc}} | ||
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* ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58cf66c3a0edb0bd40a00 A One-Man Manifesto, and Other Writings for Freedom Press]'', 1994. | * ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58cf66c3a0edb0bd40a00 A One-Man Manifesto, and Other Writings for Freedom Press]'', 1994. | ||
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| + | * [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Read%2C+Herbert%22 more] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:51, 20 December 2023
Herbert Edward Read (4 December 1893, Muscoates, North Riding of Yorkshire, England - 12 June 1968, Stonegrave, North Riding of Yorkshire, England) 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. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism.
- Works
- Meaning of Art, 1931; Penguin, 1949.
- Art and Industry: The Principles of Industrial Design, London: Faber and Faber, 1934; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935, PDF.
- editor, Surrealism, intro. Herbert Read, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1936; repr., St. Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly Press, 1977, 251+[48] pp.
- Education Through Art, London: Faber and Faber, 1943, ARG.
- Výchova uměním, trans. Jan Caha, Prague: Odeon, 1967, 417 pp. (Czech)
- The Art of Sculpture, Faber and Faber, 1949.
- Forms of Things Unknown: Essays Towards an Aesthetic Philosophy, Cleveland: World Publishing, 1963.
- Art and Alienation, New York: Horizon, 1967, 176 pp.
- Umjetnost i otuđenje, Zagreb: Mladost, 1971. Review: Rus (ZU). (Serbo-Croatian)
- Literature
- David Goodway (ed.), Herbert Read Reassessed, Liverpool University Press, 1998. [1]
- Links
