Art and Act by Peter Gay - 1991-06-01

UsedVeryGood. Slightly curved w/ wear/sun fading & inscribing. Text is mostly clean & readable.

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Paperback. Near Fine. On Causes in History-Manet, Gropius, Mondrian" "Peter Gay in his analysis and interpretation of Manet, Gropius and Mondrian has opened up new avenues of understanding of the meaning of art as part of history." 265 pages, b/w illustrations throughout.; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers; Icon Editions, 1976. xv, 265 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Originated as 7 lectures delivered at Cooper Union in March and April of 1974. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear, age toning. 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.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York, New York: Icon Editions / Harper & Row, 1976. Softcover. VG- (Right edge of front wrap bent slightly from reading; A few pencil marks throughout, but overall tight and clean). White illus. wraps; 265 pp.; 195 bw figures. "The Critique" lectures delivered at the Cooper Union by Peter Gay.