1st Edition

The Schools of Design

By Quentin Bell Copyright 1963
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1963, The Schools of Design is a history of English Art Education. The story of the genesis of English art schools is one of the fierce conflicts in which private feuds mingle with questions of principle. It is a story of administrative chaos and open scandal in which some long-forgotten figures are involved; others – such as Haydon, Gladstone, Alfred Stevens, Dyce, Stafford... Read more

Preface 1. The Academic Idea 2. Reynolds and the Academy 3. Haydon and the Radicals 4. The Select Committee of 1835 5. The Schools in Being 6. The Dyce Experiment 7. The Branch Schools 8. Under New Management 9. The ‘Rebellion of Forty-five’ 10. The Special Committee 11. The Triumvirate 12. The Select Committee of 1849 13. The End of Schools 14. The Outcome Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Principle sources Index

Biography

Quentin Bell