Wyndham Lewis's 1938 book, The Demon of Progress in the Arts, is a critique of modern art, arguing that the pursuit of extremism has led artists to abandon realism and objective skill for what he saw as "absurd abstractions" and "beggarly ideas". The book criticises what Lewis perceived as a "disease" in art that disguised a lack of true artistic ability, and he warned that this extremism could corrupt even great artists. Lewis championed artists with a strong sense of line and form, viewing them as the true inheritors of artistic tradition, as opposed to those who had succumbed to the "extremism" of his time.
Title: The Demon of Progress in the Arts
Authors: Wyndham Lewis
Publisher: 1954 First edition
Publication Date: 1954
Format: hardcover, gilt lettering spine spine
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 97 pp.
Language: English
Condition: very good. Slightly foxed
Provenance: The Library of Rod Hill
Stock Number: RB05031 GAL 212
Wyndham Lewis's 1938 book, The Demon of Progress in the Arts, is a critique of modern art, arguing that the pursuit of extremism has led artists to abandon realism and objective skill for what he saw as "absurd abstractions" and "beggarly ideas". The book criticises what Lewis perceived as a "disease" in art that disguised a lack of true artistic ability, and he warned that this extremism could corrupt even great artists. Lewis championed artists with a strong sense of line and form, viewing them as the true inheritors of artistic tradition, as opposed to those who had succumbed to the "extremism" of his time.
Title: The Demon of Progress in the Arts
Authors: Wyndham Lewis
Publisher: 1954 First edition
Publication Date: 1954
Format: hardcover, gilt lettering spine spine
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 97 pp.
Language: English
Condition: very good. Slightly foxed
Provenance: The Library of Rod Hill
Stock Number: RB05031 GAL 212
