Charles Seltman

Charles Seltman PhD (1886–1957) was an English art historian and writer.

Seltman was born in Paddington, London, England in 1886 to Ernest Seltman and a devout Scottish mother. He was educated at Berkhamsted School and during World War I served in the Suffolk Regiment in France. He married Isabel Dane in 1917 and in 1918 was accepted into Cambridge University where he specialized in archaeology.

He is known for his theory that authoritarian societies produce abstract art while free societies produce realistic art.^[1].

He was a fellow of Queens College, Cambridge and a University Lecturer in Classics.

Works

• Approach to Greek Art, 1948
• Women in Antiquity, 1956

References

1. ^ Dictionary of Art Historians

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