Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0520075161 ISBN 13: 9780520075160
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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.
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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.
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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.
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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. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.
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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. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.
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Language: English
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley CA, 1991
ISBN 10: 0520075161 ISBN 13: 9780520075160
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Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. 223 pp., 158 black and white illustrations throughout. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.
Language: English
Published by Phaidon Press, London, 1992
ISBN 10: 0714827916 ISBN 13: 9780714827919
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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.
Published by Los Angeles. Univ. California Press, 1992., 1992
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223pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, b/w illustrations. a near fine copy. . First US edition.
Language: English
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1991
ISBN 10: 0520075161 ISBN 13: 9780520075160
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated.
Language: English
Published by Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991., 1991
ISBN 10: 0520075161 ISBN 13: 9780520075160
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Language: English
Published by Phaidon Press Inc. 2004-01-01, 2004
ISBN 10: 0714827916 ISBN 13: 9780714827919
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Language: English
Published by Phaidon Press Limited, LONDRA, 1992
ISBN 10: 0714827916 ISBN 13: 9780714827919
Seller: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, Italy
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.
Published by Phaidon Press Limited, 1991
ISBN 10: 071482707X ISBN 13: 9780714827070
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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!
Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0520075161 ISBN 13: 9780520075160
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Nov 01, 1991. Condition: gebraucht; wie neu. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag, der Kopfschnitt ist minimal staubfleckig, ungebraucht.
Published by Phaidon, London, 1991
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Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0520075161 ISBN 13: 9780520075160
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Phaidon, London 1991. 223 pp. Hard bound with d/w. Illustrated. Fine.
Published by Phaidon, London, 1991
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Topics of Our Time | Twentieth-century issues in learning and in art | E. H. Gombrich | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2004 | Phaidon Press Inc. | EAN 9780714827919 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.
Language: English
Published by Phaidon Press Inc., Phaidon Press Inc., 1994
ISBN 10: 0714827916 ISBN 13: 9780714827919
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A collection of hard-hitting, highly readable essays reflects Professor Gombrich's preoccupation with the central questions of value and tradition in our culture, and confronts some of the most urgent issues facing modern civilization. Topics include radical proposals for the reform of higher education, an attack on relativism and a plea for the conservation of our cities, alongside thought-provoking studies of the work of Oskar Kokoschka, Abram Games, Saul Steinberg and Henri Cartier-Bresson.