| Description |
xv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Icon editions |
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Icon editions.
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| Contents |
I: Introduction: dimensions of cause -- 1. On overdetermination -- 2. Minds in history -- 3. From id to ego -- II: Manet: the primacy of culture -- 1. An obsession with sincerity -- 2. The cutting edge of wit -- 3. A stroller in Paris -- III: Gropius: the imperatives of craft -- 1. The cathedral of the present -- 2. On individuality and collaboration -- 3. The informed intuition -- IV: Mondrian: the claims of privacy -- 1. In solitary company -- 2. The assault on nature -- 3. Shapes of reticence |
| Analysis |
Architectural design Gropius, Walter |
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Dutch paintings Mondrian, Piet |
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French paintings Manet, Édouard |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Originated as 7 lectures delivered at Cooper Union in Mar. and Apr. of 1974 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 237-259 |
| Subject |
Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944.
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Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
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Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
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Art and history.
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History -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
75012291 |
| ISBN |
0064332489 |
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