The irresponsible arts / by William Snaith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snaith, William, 1908-1974.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Art and society.

Art--Philosophy.

Penn Provenance:

Oden, David (autograph) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 277 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Manufacture:

Kingsport, Tennessee : Manufactured in the United States of America by Kingsport Press, Inc.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum, 1964.

Contents:

Argument

Esthetics and originality : first phase, 1830-1914

Esthetics and originality: second phase, 1914-

The decline of discipline

Technology and technique

Architecture

Walking on Park Avenue

The concert hall and the moonshot syndrome

The American house: art object or human experience?

Communication in art

Communication in painting

Communication in sculpture

Communication through form and symbol: world's fairs

The mandarins

The dilemma of choice.

Notes:

"First Edition."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-268) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has autograph of David Oden (?)

Other Format:

Online version: Snaith, William, 1908-1974. Irresponsible arts.

OCLC:

426250