Considered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks, and the visual discoveries of such masters as...
Considered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history an...
A comprehensive survey of the history and theory of decorative art. Other work by the author includes The Story of Art and Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation.
A comprehensive survey of the history and theory of decorative art. Other work by the author includes The Story of Art and Art and Illusion: A Study i...
In this seventh volume of his collected essays, Professor Gombrich pays tribute to a variety of illustrious figures to whom we owe the ideas and values which are woven into the fabric of our intellectual life.
In this seventh volume of his collected essays, Professor Gombrich pays tribute to a variety of illustrious figures to whom we owe the ideas and value...
This collection of essays reflects Gombrich's concern with the central questions of value and tradition in culture. His topics include radical proposals for the reform of higher education, an attack on relativism, and a plea for the conservation of our cities.
This collection of essays reflects Gombrich's concern with the central questions of value and tradition in culture. His topics include radical proposa...
This collection of essays on the psychology of pictorial representation forms a companion volume to 'Art and Illusion'. Topics covered include the problems of perspective, the representation of movement, expression, gesture and action, and the role of visual images in communication.
This collection of essays on the psychology of pictorial representation forms a companion volume to 'Art and Illusion'. Topics covered include the pro...
Professor E.H. Gombrich is acknowledged as one of the most influential scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His writings include three major narrative works - The Story of Art, Art and Illusion and The Sense of Order - and ten volumes of collected essays and reviews. This anthology presents a selection from all these books, as well as six pieces which have previously not been published by Phaidon.
Professor E.H. Gombrich is acknowledged as one of the most influential scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His writings include three major nar...
- Professor Gombrich's last book and first narrative book in over 20 years - Studies the idea that older and less sophisticated (i.e. 'primitive') artworks are somehow morally and aesthetically superior to later works that have become soft and decadent - Takes a long view of the subject, finding the theme expressed in key documents in Classical Antiquity, resuming the debate in the 18th century, and culminating in an examination of the radical expressions of primitivism in modern times - Summing up more than 40 years of study and reflection on this theme, the book presents a closely...
- Professor Gombrich's last book and first narrative book in over 20 years - Studies the idea that older and less sophisticated (i.e. 'primitive') ...
Explores questions relating to the nature of representation in art. It asks how we recognize likeness in caricatures or portraits, for instance, and presents the conflicting arguments and opinions of an art historian, a psychologist and a philosopher.
Explores questions relating to the nature of representation in art. It asks how we recognize likeness in caricatures or portraits, for instance, and p...
Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of the Renaissance. This volume deals with the classical themes which were used by the artists of this period.
Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of the Renaissance. This volume deals with the classical themes which were used ...
One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of Austria the following year, and he settled in England in 1949. Before the annexation, Popper had written mainly about the philosophy of science, but from 1938 until the end of the Second World...
One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of lib...
