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'''Arthur Clive Heward Bell''' ([[September 16]], [[1881]] – [[September 18]], [[1964]]) was an [[England|English]] [[Art critic]], associated with the [[Bloomsbury group]]. | '''Arthur Clive Heward Bell''' ([[September 16]], [[1881]] – [[September 18]], [[1964]]) was an [[England|English]] [[Art critic]], associated with the [[Bloomsbury group]]. | ||
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Clive Bell was educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], and came to [[London]], where he met and married the artist, [[Vanessa Bell|Vanessa Stephen]] (sister of [[Virginia Woolf]]) in [[1907]]. | Clive Bell was educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], and came to [[London]], where he met and married the artist, [[Vanessa Bell|Vanessa Stephen]] (sister of [[Virginia Woolf]]) in [[1907]]. | ||
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Vanessa's daughter by Duncan, [[Angelica Garnett]], was raised as Clive's daughter until she married. She was informed, by her mother Vanessa, just prior to her marriage and shortly after her brother Julian's death that in fact Duncan Grant was her biological father. This deception forms the central message of her memoir, ''Deceived with Kindness''. | Vanessa's daughter by Duncan, [[Angelica Garnett]], was raised as Clive's daughter until she married. She was informed, by her mother Vanessa, just prior to her marriage and shortly after her brother Julian's death that in fact Duncan Grant was her biological father. This deception forms the central message of her memoir, ''Deceived with Kindness''. | ||
| − | == | + | "There were in Clive two men, and both were at least a century out of date: one was the man about town, the dilettante, and the writer; the other, the squire, the countryman, and the sportsman. In the latter role he was, I think, more genuinely at ease, since his knowledge, skill and love of country life dated from childhood. In neither character did he quite fit into the world as it was, and one of the things that one loved him for was his refusal to recognise this, his ability to transform his surroundings either into the haunt of a sybarite or into the property of a landed gentleman." Angelica |
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Bell was one of the founders of the [[formalism (art)|formalist]] theory of art. In his work ''Art'' he claimed that representation and emotion in themselves do not contribute to the aesthetic experience of a painting. Instead it is the ''significant form'' within the painting which determines its artistic content. | Bell was one of the founders of the [[formalism (art)|formalist]] theory of art. In his work ''Art'' he claimed that representation and emotion in themselves do not contribute to the aesthetic experience of a painting. Instead it is the ''significant form'' within the painting which determines its artistic content. | ||
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He defines ''Significant Form'' for painting as "relations and combinations of lines and colours" and considered it to be common to all works of visual art. He went on to use significant form as a definition of all art. His theory relies on treating "aesthetic experience" as an emotion distinct from other emotions, and one that is triggered by ''significant form'' - the common quality of any work of art. | He defines ''Significant Form'' for painting as "relations and combinations of lines and colours" and considered it to be common to all works of visual art. He went on to use significant form as a definition of all art. His theory relies on treating "aesthetic experience" as an emotion distinct from other emotions, and one that is triggered by ''significant form'' - the common quality of any work of art. | ||
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| − | *''Art'' ( | + | ===Bibliography=== |
| − | *''Since Cézanne'' ( | + | *''Art'' (1914) |
| − | *''Civilization'' ( | + | *''Peace at Once'' (1915) |
| − | *''Proust'' ( | + | *''Ad Familiares'' (1917) |
| − | *''An Account of French Painting'' ( | + | *''Pot-Boilers'' (1918) |
| − | *''Old Friends'' ( | + | *''Poems'' (1921) |
| − | + | *''Since Cézanne'' (1922) | |
| + | *''On British Freedom'' (1923) | ||
| + | *''Landmarks in Nineteenth-Century Painting'' (1927) | ||
| + | *''Civilization: An Essay'' (1928) | ||
| + | *''Proust'' (1928) | ||
| + | *''An Account of French Painting (1931) | ||
| + | *''Enjoying Pictures: Meditations in the National Gallery and Elsewhere'' (1934) | ||
| + | *''Warmongers'' (1938) | ||
| + | *''Old Friends: Personal Recollections'' (1956)<ref>Clive Bell wrote and lectured many critical works on other artists as well.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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| + | * Bell, Clive: ''Art (Illustrated Edition)''. London, UK: Dodo Press, June 29, 2007. ISBN 1406547522. | ||
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| + | * Bell, Quentin: ''Bloomsbury Recalled''. New York City, New York: Columbia University Press, January 15, 1997. ISBN 0231105657. | ||
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| + | * Rosenbaum, S.P.: ''The Bloomsbury Group: A Collection of Memoirs and Commentary''. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, Revised edition, December 12, 1995. ISBN 0802076408. | ||
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| + | * Bradshaw, Tony and James Beechey: ''A Bloomsbury Canvas: Reflections on the Bloomsbury Group''. Lund Humphries Publishers, March 2002. ISBN 0853318395. | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * [http://www.leninimports.com/clive_bell.html Clive Bell Biography] Retrieved August 29, 2007. | ||
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| + | * [http://www.google.com/search?q=clive+bell+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.google:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Clive Bell Works] Retrieved August 27, 2007. | ||
| − | + | * [http://bloomsbury.denise-randle.co.uk/cbell.htm Bloomsbury Group Art and Thinkers] Retrieved August 27, 2007. | |
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| − | + | * [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015225/Clive-Bell Encyclopedia Britanica Article on Clive Bell] Retrieved August 27, 2007. | |
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[[category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure]] | [[category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure]] | ||
{{credits|Clive_Bell|108279312}} | {{credits|Clive_Bell|108279312}} | ||
Revision as of 21:58, 29 August 2007
Arthur Clive Heward Bell (September 16, 1881 – September 18, 1964) was an English Art critic, associated with the Bloomsbury group.
Life
Clive Bell was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and came to London, where he met and married the artist, Vanessa Stephen (sister of Virginia Woolf) in 1907.
By World War I their marriage was over. Vanessa had begun a lifelong relationship with Duncan Grant and Clive had a number of liaisons with other women such as Mary Hutchinson. However, Clive and Vanessa never officially separated or divorced: not only did they keep visiting each other regularly, they also sometimes spent holidays together and paid "family" visits to Clive's parents. Clive lived in London but often spent long stretches of time at the idyllic farmhouse of Charleston, where Vanessa lived with Duncan and their (= Clive's, Vanessa's and Duncan's) three children. He fully supported her wish to have a child by Duncan and allowed this daughter to bear his last name.
Clive and Vanessa had two sons (Julian and Quentin), who both became writers. Julian fought and died in the Spanish Civil War in 1937.
Vanessa's daughter by Duncan, Angelica Garnett, was raised as Clive's daughter until she married. She was informed, by her mother Vanessa, just prior to her marriage and shortly after her brother Julian's death that in fact Duncan Grant was her biological father. This deception forms the central message of her memoir, Deceived with Kindness.
"There were in Clive two men, and both were at least a century out of date: one was the man about town, the dilettante, and the writer; the other, the squire, the countryman, and the sportsman. In the latter role he was, I think, more genuinely at ease, since his knowledge, skill and love of country life dated from childhood. In neither character did he quite fit into the world as it was, and one of the things that one loved him for was his refusal to recognise this, his ability to transform his surroundings either into the haunt of a sybarite or into the property of a landed gentleman." Angelica
Works
Bell was one of the founders of the formalist theory of art. In his work Art he claimed that representation and emotion in themselves do not contribute to the aesthetic experience of a painting. Instead it is the significant form within the painting which determines its artistic content.
He defines Significant Form for painting as "relations and combinations of lines and colours" and considered it to be common to all works of visual art. He went on to use significant form as a definition of all art. His theory relies on treating "aesthetic experience" as an emotion distinct from other emotions, and one that is triggered by significant form - the common quality of any work of art.
Legacy
Bibliography
- Art (1914)
- Peace at Once (1915)
- Ad Familiares (1917)
- Pot-Boilers (1918)
- Poems (1921)
- Since Cézanne (1922)
- On British Freedom (1923)
- Landmarks in Nineteenth-Century Painting (1927)
- Civilization: An Essay (1928)
- Proust (1928)
- An Account of French Painting (1931)
- Enjoying Pictures: Meditations in the National Gallery and Elsewhere (1934)
- Warmongers (1938)
- Old Friends: Personal Recollections (1956)[1]
Notes
- ↑ Clive Bell wrote and lectured many critical works on other artists as well.
ReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees
- Bell, Clive: Art (Illustrated Edition). London, UK: Dodo Press, June 29, 2007. ISBN 1406547522.
- Bell, Quentin: Bloomsbury Recalled. New York City, New York: Columbia University Press, January 15, 1997. ISBN 0231105657.
- Rosenbaum, S.P.: The Bloomsbury Group: A Collection of Memoirs and Commentary. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, Revised edition, December 12, 1995. ISBN 0802076408.
- Bradshaw, Tony and James Beechey: A Bloomsbury Canvas: Reflections on the Bloomsbury Group. Lund Humphries Publishers, March 2002. ISBN 0853318395.
External links
- Clive Bell Biography Retrieved August 29, 2007.
- Clive Bell Works Retrieved August 27, 2007.
- Bloomsbury Group Art and Thinkers Retrieved August 27, 2007.
- Encyclopedia Britanica Article on Clive Bell Retrieved August 27, 2007.
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