Description: The Art in Paintingby Albert C. Barnes Harcourt, Brace & Co., NY, 1925. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in acceptable dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, large chips & tears to dj with archival tape repairs, now in archival mylar wrapper. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, 106 BW illus., index, 530 pages. A sound copy of this classic text written by the collector who, between 1912 and 1951, amassed one of the world’s greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern paintings. Barnes wrote several books about his theories of art aesthetics but ‘The Art in Painting’ is his first and most coveted work and the genesis of his effort to study art using a method based on the scientific method. This classic work by Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951), American scientist, art collector, and founder of The Barnes Foundation. "Represents an effort to set forth briefly the salient features of a systematic study of both old and modern paintings. The experience has developed a method that has been in use for more than ten years, with results so encouraging that a plan embodying it has been installed as a part of the course in Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania." THE reference for understanding, appreciating, and valuing modern art by the man who found and amassed one of the earliest and best collections of modernist artists - with over 4,000 objects in his collection and major holdings including: 181 works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 69 works by Paul Cézanne, 59 works by Henri Matisse, 46 works by Pablo Picasso, and 7 paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. Loc: E13StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackPicasso Modern Art Values Criticism ART IN PAINTING 1925 BARNES Renoir Van GoghThe Art in Paintingby Albert C. Barnes Harcourt, Brace & Co., NY, 1925. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in acceptable dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, large chips & tears to dj with archival tape repairs, now in archival mylar wrapper. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, 106 BW illus., index, 530 pages. A sound copy of this classic text written by the collector who, between 1912 and 1951, amassed one of the world’s greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern paintings. Barnes wrote several books about his theories of art aesthetics but ‘The Art in Painting’ is his first and most coveted work and the genesis of his effort to study art using a method based on the scientific method. This classic work by Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951), American scientist, art collector, and founder of The Barnes Foundation. "Represents an effort to set forth briefly the salient features of a systematic study of both old and modern paintings. The experience has developed a method that has been in use for more than ten years, with results so encouraging that a plan embodying it has been installed as a part of the course in Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania." THE reference for understanding, appreciating, and valuing modern art by the man who found and amassed one of the earliest and best collections of modernist artists - with over 4,000 objects in his collection and major holdings including: 181 works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 69 works by Paul Cézanne, 59 works by Henri Matisse, 46 works by Pablo Picasso, and 7 paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. Loc: E13
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Author: Albert C. Barnes
Book Title: The Art in Painting
Language: English
Topic: Abstract Art, Art Criticism, Art History, Art Theory, Artists, Avant Garde, Classic Modern Art, Classicism, Connoisseur, Contemporary, Contemporary Art, Criticism, Design, Fine Arts, CEZANNE, PAINTING, PICASSO, RENOIR
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Co.
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible, Art & Culture, Historical, History, Imagery, Modern & Contemporary, Nonfiction
Book Series: None
Publication Year: 1925
Original Language: English
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Hardcover
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Edition: First Edition
Signed: No
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
Vintage: Yes
Inscribed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Personalize: No
Signed By: N/A
Era: 1920s
Number of Pages: 530
