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... modern notion of abstract art , which is a free arrangement of nonrepresentational shapes . From early times examples of formalism in both senses are to be found in Neolithic statu- ettes and wooden sculpture and masks from Africa and ...
... modern notion of abstract art , which is a free arrangement of nonrepresentational shapes . From early times examples of formalism in both senses are to be found in Neolithic statu- ettes and wooden sculpture and masks from Africa and ...
Page 357
... modern architecture ( and to some extent with modern furniture ) , it is by no means an exclusively modern conception . Apart from the fact that even the most fanci- ful architecture has practical functions to fulfill , there have been ...
... modern architecture ( and to some extent with modern furniture ) , it is by no means an exclusively modern conception . Apart from the fact that even the most fanci- ful architecture has practical functions to fulfill , there have been ...
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... modern social novel in Germany . Gutzkow began his career as a journalist and first attracted attention to his literary works with the publication of Maha Guru , Ge- schichte eines Gottes ( 1833 ; " Maha - Guru , Story of a God " ) , a ...
... modern social novel in Germany . Gutzkow began his career as a journalist and first attracted attention to his literary works with the publication of Maha Guru , Ge- schichte eines Gottes ( 1833 ; " Maha - Guru , Story of a God " ) , a ...
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