Tributes: Interpreters of Our Cultural Tradition

Oxford: Phaidon, 1984. Cloth, 270 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Preface; Focus on the Arts and Humanities; The Diversity of the Arts: The Place of the Laocoon in the Life and Work of G.E. Lessing (1729-1781); 'The Father of Art History': A Reading of the Lectures on Aesthetics of G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831); Nature and Art as Needs of the Mind: The Philanthropic Ideals of Lord Leverhulme (1851-1925); Verbal Wit as a Paradigm of Art: The Aesthetic Theories of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939); The Ambivalence of the Classical Tradition: The Cultural Psychology of Aby Warburg (1866-1929); The High Seriousness of Play: Reflections on Homo ludens by J. Huizinga (1872-1945); The History of Ideas: A Personal Tribute to George Boas (1891-1980); The Necessity of Tradition: An Interpretation of the Poetics of I.A. Richards (1893-1979); The Evaluation of Esoteric Currents: A Commemoration of the Work of Frances A. Yates (1899-1981); The Study of Art and the Study of Man: Reminiscences of Collaboration with Ernst Kris (1900-1957); The Exploration of Culture; Contacts: The Services to Scholarship of Otto Kurz (1908-1975); Notes; Bibliographical Note; Sources of Photographs; Index.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.