“Purpose has no place in biology, but history has no meaning without it.”
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 8
George Kubler est un historien de l'art américain. Il fut l'un des plus grands spécialistes de l'art précolombien et de l'art ibéro-américain. Il fit ses études universitaires à Yale où il suivit les cours de Henri Focillon. Son livre le plus important, Formes du temps, influença des artistes tels que Robert Smithson, Donald Judd et Robert Morris. 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
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 130
cited in: Artscribe. Nr. 7; 13; 17-18 (1977). p. 36
The Shape of Time, 1982
George Kubler (1982)"The Shape of Time, Reconsidered," in: Perspecta (Volume 19, MIT Press)
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 12
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
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. 14.
“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.