Identity area
Reference code
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/13/15
Title
'Art as a Mode of Knowledge'
Date(s)
- 23 February 1969-September 1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
36 items (including 18 audio tapes)
Context area
Name of creator
(1908 - 1974)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Comprises audio recordings of a series of 6 lectures that Bronowski gave for the A W Mellon lectures in Fine Arts (1969) at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D C.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing reproduction
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Script of material
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital copies of recordings of the lectures are available at Jesus College.
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Publication note
The 'Art as a Mode of Knowledge' lectures were published in a posthumous collection of Bronowski's essays entitled 'The Visionary Eye: Essays in the Arts, Literature, and Science' (the M.I.T. Press, 1978).