Adrian Stokes (1902-1972) was a British painter and writer whose books on art have been allowed to go out of print despite their impact on Modernist culture and ongoing acclaim for their beauty and intellectual acuity. This new edition of The Quattro Cento and Stones of Rimini presents the original texts of 1932 and 1934 and furnishes them with introductions by David Carrier and Stephen Kite that will help readers grasp the structure and significance of what have become Stokes's most widely-cited and influential books.
Written as parts of an incomplete trilogy, The...
Adrian Stokes (1902-1972) was a British painter and writer whose books on art have been allowed to go out of print despite their impact on Modernis...
