Art and Illusion, 6th edn - 6th Edition by E H Gombrich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A ground-breaking exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Ground-breaking and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation, revealing that it is far from being a straightforward matter<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>This was a seminal book and remains an enjoyable unfolding of the mysteries of art.--<i>The Times</i></p><p>I shall remember about it is the author's warmth and wit, the fabulous range of his references and the richness of personality that lies behind the whole performance.--<i>The New York Times</i></p><p>...It brought the topic of the visual back to the centre of the history of the visual arts, from where it had been strangely displaced.--<i>The Economist</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Sir Ernst Gombrich was one of the greatest and least conventional art historians of his age, achieving fame and distinction in three separate spheres: as a scholar, as a popularizer of art, and as a pioneer of the application of the psychology of perception to the study of art. His best-known book, <i>The Story of Art </i>- first published fifty years ago and now in its sixteenth edition - is one of the most influential books ever written about art. His books further include <i>The Sense of Order</i> (1979) and <i>The Preference for the Primitive</i> (2002), as well as a total of 11 volumes of collected essays and reviews.</p><p>Gombrich was born in Vienna in 1909 and died in London in November 2001. He came to London in 1936 to work at the Warburg Institute, where he eventually became Director from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. He won numerous international honours, including a knighthood, the Order of Merit and the Goethe, Hegel and Erasmus prizes. </p><p>Gifted with a powerful mind and prodigious memory, he was also an outstanding communicator, with a clear and forceful prose style. His works are models of good art-historical writing, and reflect his humanism and his deep and abiding concern with the standards and values of our cultural heritage.</p>
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