Critical Thinking Skills

E.H. Gombrich

PRENTICE/HALL

1978 CLARENDON PRESS/OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS SOFTCOVER

In Search of Cultural History (Philip Maurice Deneke Lecture)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Clarendon Press

A Little History of the World (Little Histories)

The international bestseller available in English for the first time: E. H. Gombrich’s world history for the curious of all ages... E. H. Gombrich’s bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience, the extent of human achievement, and the depth of its frailty. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind’s experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity’s achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.

History

World

Yale University Press

Renowned not only as the best concise introduction to art history, but also as a classic of art historical literature, this book reflects the vast knowledge, insights, and expertise of one of this century's greatest art historians and thinkers. Extensively illustrated, it treats the history of art — both chronologically and geographically — as a continuous unfolding story. Offers a vivid, enthusiastic, and interpretive narrative written in direct, straightforward language — with technical terms always explained when they are introduced. KEY TOPICS: Focuses on the most significant works of Western art. Considers each work of art in its context: shows how art reflects the historical setting, the artist's intentions, and the values of that civilization, and how each artist built upon, or sometimes reacted against, the style of his/her predecessors. Contains chronological charts, maps, and notes on art books. Illustrates all works that are discussed. Features a new design—with each illustration appearing on the same spread as the narrative that discusses it.

The story of art,

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Phaidon

Meditations on a hobby horse: And other essays on the theory of art,

In this second volume of his classic essays on the Renaissance, E H Gombrich focuses on a theme of central importance: visual symbolism. He opens with a searching introduction ('The Aims and Limits of Iconology'), and follows with detailed studies of Botticelli, Mantegna, Raphael, Poussin and others. The volume concludes with an extended study of the philosophies of symbolism, demonstrating that the ideas which preoccupied the philosophers of the Renaissance are still very much alive today.Like its predecessor, Norm and Form, this volume is indispensable for all students of Renaissance art and thought as a work that has itself helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history. Reflecting the author's abiding concern with standards, values and problems of method, it also has a wider interest as an introduction to the fundamental questions involved in the interpretation of images.

Symbolic Images: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance

Phaidon Press Ltd.

Series; Wrightsman lectures. Physical description; xi, 411 p, (8) p. of plates : ill. (some col.), coats of arms, facsims., ports. ; 27 cm. Notes; Bibl., 389. - Index. Summary; This book provides a comprehensive survey of the history and theory of decorative art. Subjects; Decoration and ornament - Psychological aspects. Art, Decorative - Psychological aspects. Decoration and ornament - Psychological apsects. Art - Psychology. Decoration and ornament. decorative arts - psychological aspects. Design - Psychology. decoratve arts - psychological aspects.

The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art

Decorative Arts & Design

Phaidon Press

Originally published in 1963, this book was the first volume to be published in the author's long and distinguished series of collected essays. In it he addresses fundamental questions about the nature of artistic achievement, the criteria of artistic value, and the role of language in understanding and interpreting images. These essays explore the problematic character of metaphors, analogies, symbols, myths, conventions and traditions in art and art-historical writing, and investigate the notions of representation, expression, abstraction and illusion.

Meditations on a Hobby Horse: And Other Essays on the Theory of Art

Combining text with hundreds of full-colour illustrations, this book traces the history of art in an unfolding narrative, from primitive cave paintings to modern controversial art works.

The Story of Art, Pocket Edition

A Little History of the World (Blackstone Audio Classics Collection)

Children's Books

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

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