Topics of our time : twentieth-century issues in learning and in art / E.H. Gombrich

Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans) (1909-2001)

ISBN 10: 0714827916 / ISBN 13: 9780714827919

Edité par London : Phaidon, 2000

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Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 223 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Contents inmclude:- An autobiographical sketch -- The embattled humanities: the universities in crisis -- Relativism in the humanities: the deabate about human nature -- Relativism in the history of ideas -- Relativism in the appreciation of art -- Approaches to the history of art: three points for discussion -- The conservation of our cities: Ruskin's message for today -- Watching artists at work: commitment and improvisation in the history of drawing -- Plato in modern dress: two eyewitness accounts of the origins of Cubism -- Kokoschka in his time -- Image and word in Twentieth-Century art -- The wit of Saul Steinberg -- A master of poster design: Abram Games -- The photographer as artist: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Subjects; Cartier-Bresson, Henri 1908-2004. Games, Abram 1914-1996. 1900-1999. Art, Modern 20th century. Learning and scholarship History 20th century. Cultural relativism. Art Philosophy. Art, Modern 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. Modernism (Art) 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 419934

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Titre : Topics of our time : twentieth-century ...

Éditeur : London : Phaidon

Date d'édition : 2000

Reliure : Couverture souple

Edition : 5th edition.

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Book by Gombrich EH