Eric Newton

Newton, Eric

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Eric Newton, who was born in 1893 near Manchester, returned from the 1914-18 war determined to be an artist, but only succeeded in turning himself into a craftsman (in mosaic). He has spent the rest of his life learning that his creative powers lag considerably behind his appreciative equipment and has become, in consequence, an art critic and an art historian. He is not unaware that unless enthusiasm is based on knowledge, art criticism becomes an unpalatable mixture of gush and prejudice. He is equally aware that unless knowledge is accompanied by enthusiasm (and, sometimes, boredom) art history can never become art criticism. He has been art critic of the Manchester Guardian and the Sunday Times, and now writes a weekly column for Time and Tide. His other books include Stanley Spencer (in the Penguin Modern Painters series), The Meaning of Beauty, and Tintoretto. He is an M.A. of Manchester University, President of the British Section of the International Association of Art Critics, and Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford, 1959-60.

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Crusaders, Scoundrels, Journalists
Representative edition published 1999
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Tintoretto
Representative edition published 1972
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2000 years of Christian art
Representative edition published 1966
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The romantic rebellion
Representative edition published 1963
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The arts of man
Representative edition published 1963
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The Meaning of Beauty
Representative edition published 1962
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European painting and sculpture.
Representative edition published 1960
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European painting and sculpture
Representative edition published 1956
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War through artists eyes
Representative edition published 1945
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Stanley Spencer
Representative edition published 1945
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Art for everybody
Representative edition published 1943
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The artist and his public
Representative edition published 1935
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Concise English-Swahili and Swahili-English dictionary
Representative edition published 2012
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英国绘画
Representative edition published 2002
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The diary of English art critic Eric Newton
Representative edition published 1997
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The Bay Area at War
Representative edition published 1991
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A Guide to Teaching Poetry (Unibooks)
Representative edition published 1974
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In my view
Representative edition published 1972
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The arts of man ; an anthology and interpretation of great works of art
Representative edition published 1969
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The Christian faith in art
Representative edition published 1966
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The romantic rebellion
Representative edition published 1962
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The arts of man; an anthology and interpretation of great works of art
Representative edition published 1960
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Masterpieces of European sculpture
Representative edition published 1959
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Christopher Wood
Representative edition published 1959
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