William Rothenstein and the RCA : the creation of English academic art

Author

Powers, Alan

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Apollo. 1996, Num. 417, Vol. 144, 21-24, 4 ill. (2 col.)

ISSN

0003-6536

Abstract (en)

Reassesses Rothenstein's achievements as principal of London's Royal College of Art during the interwar period. Describes conflicts in establishing the college's mission - whether it should train art teachers, industrial designers or practicing fine artists. In concentrating on fine art, Rothenstein carried an initially feeble institution through a period when its "true" mission was politically and culturally hard to achieve, but he did something worthwhile in its place. Evaluation of this requires a pluralism that can see the conservatism of his favorite artists not merely as reactionary but as part of a series of discourses about visual communication, the possible languages of art and the problems of teaching them.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United Kingdom
• Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945
• Royal College of Art||London (GBR)
• Art schools
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• Art education
• Art
• Influence
• Academic

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Royaume-Uni
• Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945
• Royal College of Art||London (GBR)
• Ecole d'art
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• Education artistique
• Art
• Influence
• Académique (art)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19970401-00259154

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