I think it is completely unnecessary to study Clive Bell and that other members from to Bloomsbury group should be studied, other philosophers from there perhaps. He does not propose a momentous idea, in fact, the most interesting thing about Clive Bell is his pretentiousness and pompousness. He is very full of himself and that gets in the way of any ideas getting past him.
I think the only worthwhile idea presented in his essay Art is in the last paragraph of the whole essay when he states that "ideas of men go buzz." I think this idea is interestingly phrased, but has already been said countless times before and thus, Bell does not present anything new to the realm of philosophy or art.
Additionally, Bell is also scraping along the lines of Plato and using this kind of otherworldly idea to present his ideas. Like Plato, Bell is closed-minded and is missing, almost avoiding, other subjects in the realm of art and philosophy. Clive Bell's philosophy and critiques, I think, are not valid and not essential to understanding art and philosophy.
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