Title & Author:

Circle : international survey of constructive art / editors: J.L. Martin, Ben Nicholson, N. Gabo.

Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, Limited, [1937]

Description:

viii, 291, [1] pages : illustrations, plates, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-284).
The constructive idea in art / N. Gabo. -- Plastic art and pure plastic art (figurative art and non-figurative art) / Piet Mondrian. -- Unknown colour / Winifred Dacre. -- The faculty of abstraction / Herbert Read. -- The quarrel with Realism / Le Corbusier. -- Quotations / Ben Nicholson. -- Sculpture : carving and construction in space / N. Gabo. -- Sculpture / Barbara Hepworth. -- Quotations / Henry Moore. -- Art and the scientist / J. D. Bernal. -- The condition of architecture and the principle of anonymity / J. M. Richards. -- Town planning / Maxwell Fry. -- Architecture and material / Marcel Breuer. -- Routes of housing advance / Richard J. Neutra. -- Colour in interior architecture / Alberto Sartoris. -- The state of transition / J. L. Martin . -- Construction and aesthetics / S. Giedion. -- Art education and state / Walter Gropious. -- Choreography / Leonide Massine. -- Light painting / L. Moholy-Nagy. -- The new typography / Jan Tschichold. -- A note on biotechnics / Karel Honzíg. -- The death of the monument / Lewis Mumford.
Includes texts by Piet Mondrian, Winifred Dacre, Herbert Read, Le Corbusier, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Maxwell Fry, J. L. Martin, Walter Gropius, L. Moholy-Nagy, Jan Tschichold and Lewis Mumford.

ISBN:

0571095534
9780571095537
0571095526
9780571095520

Subject:

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Nicholson, Ben, 1894-1982.
Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977.
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903-1975.
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986.
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946.
Art, Modern 20th century History.
Constructivism (Art)
Art 20e siècle Histoire.
Constructivisme (Art)
Art, Modern
Visual arts Essays

Form/genre:

History
Books.
Markings (Provenance) NNC
Annotations (Provenance) 20th century. CtY-BR

Added entries:

Martin, Leslie, 1908-2000, editor.
Nicholson, Ben, 1894-1982, editor.
Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 117584
Call No.: PO12901
Status: Available