Meditations on a Hobby Horse and Other Essays on the Theory of Art, with 140 Illustrations

xii, 184 pp. Prompted by modern critical discussions, the fourteen papers, lectures and articles assembled in this volume revolve around issues raised by twentieth-century art and theory. Includes: Preface; Meditations on a Hobby Horse or the Roots of Artistic Form; Visual Metaphors of Value in Art; Psycho-Analysis and the History of Art; On Physiognomic Perception; Expression and Communication; Achievement in Mediaeval Art; Andre Malraux and the Crisis of Expressionism; The Social History of Art; Tradition and Expression in Western Still Life; Art and Scholarship; Imagery and Art in the Romantic Period; The Cartoonist's Armoury; The Vogue of Abstract Art; Illusion and Visual Deadlock; Notes; Bibliographical Note; List of Illustrations; Index.