Art and act :
Gay, Peter, 1923-2015.
Art and act : on causes in history--Manet, Gropius, Mondrian / - 1st ed. - New York : Harper & Row, ©1976. - xv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Icon editions . - Icon editions. .
Originated as 7 lectures delivered at Cooper Union in Mar. and Apr. of 1974.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
I: Introduction: dimensions of cause -- 1. On over determination -- 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.
0064332489 9780064332484 0064300617 9780064300612
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944.
Mondrian, Pieter Cornelis, 1872-1944.
History--Philosophy.
Painters--Netherlands--Biography.
Architects--Germany--Biography.
ND553.M3 / G38 1976
Art and act : on causes in history--Manet, Gropius, Mondrian / - 1st ed. - New York : Harper & Row, ©1976. - xv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Icon editions . - Icon editions. .
Originated as 7 lectures delivered at Cooper Union in Mar. and Apr. of 1974.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
I: Introduction: dimensions of cause -- 1. On over determination -- 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.
0064332489 9780064332484 0064300617 9780064300612
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944.
Mondrian, Pieter Cornelis, 1872-1944.
History--Philosophy.
Painters--Netherlands--Biography.
Architects--Germany--Biography.
ND553.M3 / G38 1976
