(78) Microcosm and Memory; (79) The Art of Gainsborough; (80) Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling; (81) Reith Lectures [Art and Anarchy]
MS. Wind 95
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Title
(78) Microcosm and Memory; (79) The Art of Gainsborough; (80) Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling; (81) Reith Lectures [Art and Anarchy]
Shelfmark
MS. Wind 95
Summary
Folder 1: (78) Microcosm and Memory, 1958. Edgar Wind's letter to the editor of The Times Literary Supplement, published 30 May 1958. Press cuttings and photocopy. Also includes the article of the same title the letter is referring to, published in The Times Literary Supplement, 23 May 1958. (79) The Art of Gainsborough, 1959. Edgar Wind's review of Ellis Waterhouse, 'Gainsborough', published in The Times Literary Supplement, 20 Mar 1959. Also contains a copy of a related letter to the editor by John Hadfield, published in The Times Literary Supplement, 3 Apr 1959. (80) Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Chapel, 1960. Edgar Wind's contribution to E.F. Jacob (ed.), 'Italian Renaissance Studies'. Offprint, correspondence, review, 1956-1960. [IV, 33, i-iii; WIND 99]
Folder 2: (81) Reith Lectures [ Art and Anarchy], 1960. Correspondence with Anna Kallin ('Niouta') and others at the BBC relating to the organisation and the content of the lectures, 1960-1961. Includes first draft of scripts for the first two lectures, and a cassette tape with a recording of Lecture VI, originally broadcast 18 Dec 1960. [IV 34, i; WIND 100]
Folder 3: (81) Reith Lectures [ Art and Anarchy], 1960. Complete series of Art and Anarchy articles in The Listener, Vol. LXIV Nos. 1651-656, 17 Nov 1960-22 Dec 1960; thoughts on, and reviews of, the Reith Lectures, including transcripts of Owen Holloway, Michael Tippett and Roberto Gerhard 'Thoughts on Professor Wind', 1961; related articles by Andrew Forger, Sir Philipp Hendy and Sir Herbert Read published in The Listener, 1961; Edgar Wind's first revisions of the Art and Anarchy articles in The Listener. [IV, 34, ii-iv; WIND 100]
Folder 4: (81) Reith Lectures [ Art and Anarchy], 1960. Typescripts of German translations by Stein for the BBC with corrections by Edgar Wind, 1960-1961. [IV, 34, v; WIND 100]
Date
1956-1961
Language
German
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Published Works
(78) Microcosm and Memory; (79) The Art of Gainsborough; (80) Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling; (81) Reith Lectures [Art and Anarchy]
