Bloomsbury or the Art of Disinterestedness

The theoretical positioning and artistic production of Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell have always puzzled the critics and art historians who have found them not to square with the accepted great narrative of Modern art. Advocating both the autonomization of art, a revolt against philistini...

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Main Author: Catherine Bernard
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2005-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/13583
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