Research On Albert Barnes' Theory Of Art Criticism

Albert·C·Barnes (Albert C.Barnes,1872-1951) is the beginning of the 20th century, an influential American modern art collector and critic, founded the Barnes Foundation (The Barnes Foundation), Be the first to build large collections of American modernism, and a book reviewer Renoir, Matisse and Cezanne and other modern artists. However, the country is known for Barnes little idea of art criticism, only to see him as an industrialist, businessmen collections, very few understand the identity of his art theorist, critic.From the perspective of art history point of view, it is divided into three parts to explore the concept of Barnes art criticism to clarify his position in the history of art in.First of all, start from a philosophical foundation, soil Barnes stated philosophy of art, an idea and theory has its birth in the environment of space, but it is the spirit of the American philosophy of pragmatism source Barnes. When understand the most fundamental philosophical motives, the subsequent artistic ideas is not difficult to grasp.Secondly, from the overall philosophy of the background into the concrete world of art criticism, on the basis of proven Barnes core artistic values. It is divided into two parts, one is the basic concept of Barnes art criticism; the other is to analyze the history of artistic traditions of several interrelated explore the development and evolution of painting, and modernist artists of the ancient absorption and Innovation.Finally, Barnes placed under the entire art criticism in the background, contrast him with the British art historian Roger Formalism·Fry, Clive · Bell, and the Swiss art historian Wolfflin artistic style analysis school, see the Barnes formalism unique and different as important as his previous position in the arts.