Comprehensive, authoritative, highly readable and generously illustrated, Herbert Read's text has been rightly acknowledged as "by far the best introduction to the subject" (Alan Bowness) and "throughout, lively and closely packed" (Hugh Casson). Here is
Bollingen Series XXEssays which state the fundamentals of Jung's psychological system: "On the Psychology of the Unconscious" & "The Relations Between the Ego & the Unconscious," with their original versions in an appendix.
Herbert Read was a maverick character in the cultural life of the 20th century. A radical leader of the avant garde in the 1930s and an anarchist revolutionary during the war years, by the time of his death in 1968 he had become a key figure at the heart
Herbert Read's introduction to the understanding of art provides a basis for the appreciation of pictures and sculpture by examining the elements that go into their making. The book provides a concise survey of the evolution of art, from cave drawings to
