Museum, I owe a more private and particular debt. My wife has been good
enough to read both the MS. and proof of this book; she has corrected
some errors, and called attention to the more glaring offences against
Christian charity. You must not attempt, therefore, to excuse the author
on the ground of inadvertence or haste.

CLIVE BELL.
November 1913.




CONTENTS


I. WHAT IS ART?

I. THE AESTHETIC HYPOTHESIS page 3

II. AESTHETICS AND POST-IMPRESSIONISM 38

III. THE METAPHYSICAL HYPOTHESIS 49


II. ART AND LIFE

I. ART AND RELIGION 75

II. ART AND HISTORY 95