| Description |
256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Selected papers ; .5 |
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Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-1996.
Works. Selections. 1977. Braziller ; 5
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| Contents |
Preface / Lillian Milgram Schapiro -- Philosophy and Worldview in Painting -- Cezanne and the Philosophers -- The Function of Art -- The Study of Art as Humanistic -- Art and Social Change -- The Social Bases of Art -- The Arts Under Socialism -- The Value of Modern Art -- Humanism and Science: The Concept of the Two Half-Cultures -- On Despotism, Freedom, and the Quality of Art -- Art Criticized as a Cause of Violence -- Architects and the Crisis: An Open Letter to the Architects, Draughtsmen, and Technicians of America -- The Public Use of Art -- On the Rarity of Painting and Sculpture in Projects of Architects -- Church Art: Religious Imagination and the Artist -- The Future Possibilities of the Arts -- On the Art Market -- On the Support of Artists -- Social Realism and Revolutionary Art -- The Fine Arts and the Unity of Mankind -- Coda: Judging Art |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Series numbering from book jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Art and society.
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| LC no. |
98052977 |
| ISBN |
0807614505 |
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