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... arts were easier to lend and exchange across cultural lines than were the esthetic arts , though no absolute rule can be set down . There was an elementary priority of the " economic , " in the sense that physical objects could be ...
... arts were easier to lend and exchange across cultural lines than were the esthetic arts , though no absolute rule can be set down . There was an elementary priority of the " economic , " in the sense that physical objects could be ...
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... arts . The artist , this thesis maintains , faces a problem to be solved - say , the painter's problem of the creation of the appearance of the third dimension on a two - dimensional surface . There is a focusing of effort , a high ...
... arts . The artist , this thesis maintains , faces a problem to be solved - say , the painter's problem of the creation of the appearance of the third dimension on a two - dimensional surface . There is a focusing of effort , a high ...
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... arts dealing with the body . High creativeness could not arise from sensory material ; it had to arise from ideas ... arts of ornamentation , the arts con- cerned with decorative detail ( car bodies , costume jewelry ) , the glosses on ...
... arts dealing with the body . High creativeness could not arise from sensory material ; it had to arise from ideas ... arts of ornamentation , the arts con- cerned with decorative detail ( car bodies , costume jewelry ) , the glosses on ...
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Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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