"The rather sterile literature of art criticism has been seriously enriched by a brilliant if wilful manifesto. The refreshing absence of obscurity common to art criticism will be particularly welcome. For genuine students the book possesses significant form, and will be indispensable."--_Westminster Gazette._ "This is the best and most entertaining book about art that we have ever read."--_Standard._ "This book is of first-rate importance. But nobody need be frightened of it on that account. Unlike most important works on the theory of art, it is thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end. Its main thesis is a generalization which, if true, is applicable to all schools and all epochs. The book is stimulating and suggestive."--_Cambridge Review._ "Mr. Bell's book has been generally recognized as the most interesting and stimulating appreciation that has yet appeared in this country of the movement which we call post-impressionism. The book is, however, much wider in its scope. A book upon aesthetics at once serious (on the whole), sane, and extremely entertaining."--_Welsh Outlook._ PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: LONDON 97, 99, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, W.C.2