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... esthetic naturalism had a contribution to make . The most limited handicraft worker , if he wished to qualify for his guild , still had to report to his masters on coming back from his travels what he had seen with his own eyes and ...
... esthetic naturalism had a contribution to make . The most limited handicraft worker , if he wished to qualify for his guild , still had to report to his masters on coming back from his travels what he had seen with his own eyes and ...
Page 137
... esthetic expression in his classic study , ' Arbeit und Rhythmus , ' unfortunately never translated into English ; and I have emphasized , in ' Art and Technics ' and elsewhere , the fact that mechanical invention and esthetic ...
... esthetic expression in his classic study , ' Arbeit und Rhythmus , ' unfortunately never translated into English ; and I have emphasized , in ' Art and Technics ' and elsewhere , the fact that mechanical invention and esthetic ...
Page 487
... esthetic , 365 Norsemen , raids by , 7 Northeast power breakdown ( 1965 ) , 412 Norway rat , 340 ' Notebooks , ' 194 Notebooks , Leonardo's , 162 Novelty , acceptance of , as duty , 186 ; un- predictability of , 433 ' Novum Organum ...
... esthetic , 365 Norsemen , raids by , 7 Northeast power breakdown ( 1965 ) , 412 Norway rat , 340 ' Notebooks , ' 194 Notebooks , Leonardo's , 162 Novelty , acceptance of , as duty , 186 ; un- predictability of , 433 ' Novum Organum ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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