George A. Kubler and the Shape of Art History (Reese Thomas F.)(Pevná vazba)

An illuminating intellectual biography of a pioneering and singular figure in American art history. Art historian George A. Kubler (1912-1996) was a foundational scholar of ancient American art and archaeology as well as Spanish and Portuguese architecture. During over five decades at Yale University, he published seventeen books that included innovative monographs, major works of synthesis, and an influential theoretical treatise. In this biography, Thomas F. Reese analyzes the early formation, broad career, and writings of Kubler, casting nuanced light on the origins and development of his thinking. Notable in Reese's discussion and contextualization of Kubler's writings is a revealing history and analysis of his Shape of Time--a book so influential to students, scholars, artists, and curious readers in multiple disciplines that it has been continuously in
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