| Description |
223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
An autobiographical sketch -- The embattled humanities : the universities in crisis -- Relativism in the humanities : the debate 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 |
| Summary |
A collection of short articles, lectures etc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-218) and index |
| Subject |
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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Cultural relativism.
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Learning and scholarship -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
91019795 |
| ISBN |
0520075161 |
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