Topics of Our Time Twentieth Century Issues in Learning and in Art by Gombrich E H (22 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. All orders are dispatched within one working day from our UK warehouse. We've been selling books online since 2004! We have over 750,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780714827919.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Phaidon Press 1994 p/b. fine condition throughout. Rapid despatch from the u/k to anywhere in the world Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Glossy card binding marred only by unsighlty small label removal ghost bottom back.f/piece + 223 pp., 158 text photos., clean, unmarked and unworn but top outer corner tips of last few pp. have a trivial shallow open crease, extending to top back cover. A collection of i4 previously published essays on a variety of topics, including a couple, more philosophical, on the Humanities. 1st issued in 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm.

24.5 x 17.0cms 224pp b/w illusts very good paperback & cover The chapters are: the universities in crisis; the debate about human nature; relativism in the history of ideas; relativism in the appreciation of art; approaches to the history of art; Ruskin's message for today (re city conservation); commitment & improvisation in the history of drawing; 2 eyewitness accounts of the origins of cubism; Koooookoschka in his time; image & word in 20th century art; Saul Steinberg; Abram Games; Henri Cartier-Bresson.

24.5 x 17.0cms 224pp b/w illusts very good paperback & cover The chapters are: the universities in crisis; the debate about human nature; relativism in the history of ideas; relativism in the appreciation of art; approaches to the history of art; Ruskin's message for today (re city conservation); commitment & improvisation in the history of drawing; 2 eyewitness accounts of the origins of cubism; Koooookoschka in his time; image & word in 20th century art; Saul Steinberg; Abram Games; Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Phaidon Press, 1991. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 223pp, illust. D/j slightly shelfworn. A good copy in fair d/j. 071482707X/0.9uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

5th edition. 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.

Condition: Used - Like New. 1994. Paperback. Fine.

5th edition. 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.

Condition: BUONO USATO. IIED. INGLESE Brossura editoriale con coperta semirigida provvista di foderina adesiva in acetato trasparente, pigmento debolmente alterato, buono lo stato di conservazione. Pagine in buonissime condizioni, perfettamente aderenti alla cerniera, tonalità ombrate da ossidazione minima, testo affiancato e valorizzato da 158 immagini in nero. Il volume potrebbe contenere timbri, il materiale è stato regolarmente acquisito dalla nostra Libreria. N. pag. 223.

PF. Condition: New.

223pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, b/w illustrations. a near fine copy. . First US edition.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Includes a short autobiography of the author. The author devotes this volume of his essays to some of the most urgent issues confronting the student of art and of civilization today. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 223 pages including index. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel has has an old price-label to rear. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. (223pp). Illustrations. Clean unmarkeed copy Size: Medium Quarto. Hardcover.

Condition: VeryGood. Well kept with jacket, unmarked text, tight binding, mild jacket wear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, 223 pp; 158 illus. Original cloth, large 8vo. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. 223 pp., 158 black and white illustrations throughout. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.

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In-8°, pp. 223, 158 illustrazioni n.t., tela editoriale con sovracc. illustrata.

Phaidon, London 1991. 223 pp. Hard bound with d/w. Illustrated. Fine.