Main entry:

Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931.

Title & Author:

Form in civilization : collected papers on art and labour / W.R. Lethaby, with a foreword by Lewis Mumford.

Edition:

2d ed.

Publication:

London, New York, Oxford University Press, 1957.

Description:

196 pages illustrations 20 cm

Notes:
Foreword / Lewis Mumford -- Architecture as form in civilization -- Town tidying -- Towns to live in -- Housing and furnishing -- Design and industry -- Memorials of the fallen : service or sacrifice? -- The architecture of adventure -- Modern German architecture and what we may learn from it -- Architecture and modern life -- Education of the architect -- Education for appreciation or for production? -- Apprenticeship and education -- The need for beauty -- What shall we call beautiful? -- Exhibitionism at the Royal Academy and higher criticism of art -- Ruskin : defeat and victory -- Political economy or productive economy -- Arts and the function of guilds -- Art and workmanship -- The foundation in labour -- The centre of gravity -- The preservation of ancient architecture.
Also issued online.

Subject:

Art.
Art, Municipal.
Architecture.
Aesthetics.
architecture (discipline)

Form/genre:

Art.
works of art.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990, writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 7102
Call No.: W8373; ID:87-B12889
Status: Available