“Purpose has no place in biology, but history has no meaning without it.”
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 8
George Alexander Kubler was an American art historian and among the foremost scholars on the art of Pre-Columbian America and Ibero-American Art. Wikipedia
“Purpose has no place in biology, but history has no meaning without it.”
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 8
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 1
George Kubler (1961), cited in: Guido Guerzoni (2011). Apollo and Vulcan: The Art Markets in Italy, 1400-1700. p. 27
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 33; as cited in Lee (2001, p. 58)
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 130
George Kubler (1982)"The Shape of Time, Reconsidered," in: Perspecta (Volume 19, MIT Press)
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 40; as cited in Lee (2001, p. 55)
George Kubler summarizing the view of Meyer Schapiro (with whom he disagrees), quoted by Alpers in Lang, Berel (ed.), The Concept of Style, 1987, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0801494397
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 14.
cited in: Artscribe. Nr. 7; 13; 17-18 (1977). p. 36
The Shape of Time, 1982
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 12
“We always may be sure that every man-made thing arises from a problem as a purposeful solution.”
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 8.
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 18; as cited in Lee (2001, p. 47)
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 8 as cited in: Pamela M. Lee, " " Ultramoderne": Or, How George Kubler Stole the Time in Sixties Art. http://xenopraxis.net/readings/lee_ultramoderne.pdf" Grey Room (2001): 55.