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The Art Spirit

by Robert Henri

ISBN13: 9780465004591
ISBN10: 0465004598
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Embodying the entire system of Robert Henri's teaching, The Art Spirit contains much valuable advice, critical comment, and inspiration to every student of the arts.

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Robert Henri was born in Cincinnati in 1865 and died in 1929. He led the Ashcan School movement in art, and attracted a large, intensely personal group of followers. His paintings are shown at major museums across the United States.

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: aszy1900, May 7, 2011 (view all comments by aszy1900)
My friend who was an artist gave me this book to read. Now it is one of the few that I carry around at all times. Robert Henri saw that there is no division between art and life. To be an artist, or trully alive for that matter, one has to experience life to his fullest. This means finding yourself and the people/things/and way of living that inspire you. When beauty strikes you so, and your full of love and joy it is hard not to do things beautifully. Henri tells us to find that beauty within us and the rest will follow. And one of the most enjoying things I found ab
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ISBN:: 9780465004591
Publisher:: Basic Books
Subject:: Art : Criticism & Theory
Author:: Henri, Robert
Author:: Robert, Henri
Subject:: Criticism
Subject:: Art
Subject:: Art appreciation
Subject:: Criticism -- Theory.
Subject:: Art-History and Criticism
Subject:: Art-Theory and Criticism
Publication Date:: March 2007
Binding:: eBooks
Language:: English
Pages:: 284

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