Bergson in Britain: Philosophy and Modernist Painting, c. 1890-1914
Charlotte de Mille, "Bergson in Britain: Philosophy and Modernist Painting, c. 1890-1914 "
English | ISBN: 147449238X | 2023 | 400 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 147449238X | 2023 | 400 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Charlotte de Mille shows that the reception of the philosophy of Henri Bergson by British artists and critics was far more wide spread and of far greater importance in the UK than has been previously thought.
Based on archival material in Paris and the US, not all previously accessed, along with primary UK sources, she opens new avenues of research and interpretation on the work of artists Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, John Duncan Fergusson and artist-writers Roger Fry and Wyndham Lewis.
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