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The essential Gombrich : selected writings on art and culture / edited by Richard Woodfield.
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection N7445.2 .G574 1996
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Fine Arts Library N7445.2 .G574 1996
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LIBRA N7445.2 .G574 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001.
- Gombrich, E. H.
- Art--Psychology.
- Art.
- Visual perception.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 624 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Phaidon Press Limited, [1996]
- Summary:
- This volume presents an accessible selection of Professor Gombrich's best and most characteristic writing, and introduces the general reader to his ideas and arguments on many fundamental questions, including the nature of representation, the psychology of perception, the interpretation of images, the problems of theory and method, the idea of progress, and symbolism and meaning in art.
- Professor Gombrich's writings include three major narrative works -- The Story of Art, Art and Illusion and The Sense of Order -- and eleven volumes of collected essays and reviews. This anthology brings together a selection from all these books and in addition six pieces that have not previously been published by Phaidon. It thus introduces the reader to the whole range of Gombrich's thought. Richard Woodfield writes a general introduction, and provides notes and guides to further reading.
- Contents:
- Part I. Autobiographical
- Part II. The Visual Image
- Part III. Art and Psychology
- Part IV. Tradition and Innovation
- Part V. Psychology and the Decorative Arts
- Part VI. Primitivism and the Primitive
- Part VII. On the Nature of Art History
- Part VIII. Alternatives to the 'Spirit of the Age'
- Part IX. On the Meanings of Works of Art
- Part X. High Art and Popular Culture
- Part XI. Gombrich from Within Tradition.
- Notes:
- "First published 1996 copyright Phaidon Press Limited."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-614) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0714830097
- 0714834874
- OCLC:
- 35023622
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