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This collection of hard-hitting and highly readable essays reflects Gombrich's preoccupation with the central questions of value and tradition in our culture. He confronts - with characteristic incision and erudition - some of the most urgent issues that challenge today's students of art and civilization.
His topics include a series of radical proposals for the reform of higher education, an assault on the notion of relativism and a heartfelt plea for the conservation of our cities, alongside thought-provoking and engaging studies of the works of Oskar Kokoschka, Abram Games, Saul Steinberg and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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Sir Ernst Gombrich was one of the greatest and least conventional art historians of his age, achieving fame and distinction in three separate spheres: as a scholar, as a popularizer of art, and as a pioneer of the application of the psychology of perception to the study of art. His best-known book, The Story of Art - first published 50 years ago and now in its sixteenth edition - is one of the most influential books ever written about art. His books further include The Sense of Order (1979) and The Preference for the Primitive (2002), as well as a total of 11 volumes of collected essays and reviews.
Gombrich was born in Vienna in 1909 and died in London in November 2001. He came to London in 1936 to work at the Warburg Institute, where he eventually became Director from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. He won numerous international honours, including a knighthood, the Order of Merit and the Goethe, Hegel and Erasmus prizes.
Gifted with a powerful mind and prodigious memory, he was also an outstanding communicator, with a clear and forceful prose style. His works are models of good art-historical writing, and reflect his humanism and his deep and abiding concern with the standards and values of our cultural heritage.
Titel: Topics of our Time: Twentieth-century issues...
Verlag: Phaidon Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: 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. Artikel-Nr. 9292906
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Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR002751522
Anzahl: 4 verfügbar
Anbieter: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, Italien
Zustand: 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. Artikel-Nr. TSM0130
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
Zustand: Good. Good condition. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Artikel-Nr. Q21N-00837
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, USA
paperback. Zustand: Like New. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. Artikel-Nr. 1518848
Anzahl: 2 verfügbar
Anbieter: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, Vereinigtes Königreich
Soft cover. Zustand: 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. Artikel-Nr. 012381
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
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. Artikel-Nr. 20413071
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Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
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. Artikel-Nr. 20263201
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Anbieter: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1992 2nd impression - paperback - edition with numerous B&W illustrations; spine and cover uncreased; a little faint foxing to page fore-edges; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG paperback. Artikel-Nr. BOOKS329589I
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
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. Artikel-Nr. 419934
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