Kepes, Gyorgy ed — Education of Vision

New York, George Braziller, 1965. Hardcover. Illustrated dj. Tan cloth. 233 pp. numerous bw illustrations. Between 1965 and 1966, New York book publisher George Braziller published a six volume series under the title Vision + Value. The aim of the series, “-to stimulate the circulation of ideas, to find channels of communication that interconnect various disciplines and offer us a sense of structure in our 20th century world,” encouraged interdisciplinary cooperation and sought to bring together the day’s foremost artists, scientists and scholars. Each volume centred on a broad basic theme with the series itself speaking to the fundamental role of vision for human insight and expression. This volume, the first in the series, contains 14 essays by Rudolf Arnheim, Mirko Basaldella, Julian Beinart, Will Burtin, Anton Ehrenzweig, William J.J. Gordon, Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. Gerald Holton, Johannes Itten, Tomas Maldonado, Wolfgang Metzger, Robert Preusser, Paul Rand, Robert J. Wolff. With an introduction by Kepes. (by Oliver Tomas, a designer and academic currently living and working in Vancouver). Contents: Visual thinking / Rudolf Arnheim -- The influence of aesthetic examples / Wolfgang Metzger -- Conscious planning and unconscious scanning / Anton Ehrenzweig -- Conveying science by visual presentation / Gerald Holton -- Design and communication / Will Burtin -- The metaphorical way of knowing / William J.J. Gordon -- The foundation course at the Bauhaus / Johannes Itten -- Design education / Tomás Maldonado -- Student work, visual design courses, M.I.T. [illustrations] -- Design and the play instinct / Paul Rand -- Visual considerations / Mirko Basaldella -- Visual education for emerging cultures : the African opportunity / Julian Beinart -- Art and education past and present / Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. -- Visual education for science and engineering students / Robert Preusser -- Visual intelligence in general education / Robert Jay Wolff. VG/G, dj has small tears along edge and shows wear and fading. Corner are slightly bumped. Pages are clean and tight .