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Topics of Our Time|Leonie Gombrich

Topics of Our Time : Twentieth-century issues in learning and in art

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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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  • ISBN-13: 9780714827919
  • ISBN-10: 0714827916
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press
  • Publish Date: January 1994
  • Dimensions: 9.66 x 6.79 x 0.77 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.31 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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