Gombrich, E.H. Norm &amp; Form: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance. Second Edition. London and New York, Phaidon, 1971. 18 cm x 25 cm. 308 pages including 186 illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Somewhat grubby page-edges; worn corners. Clean inside with intact binding. Includes the following essays: The Renaissance Conception of Artistic Progress and its Consequences / Apollonio di Giovanni: A Florentine cassone workshop seen through the eyes of a humanist poet / Renaissance the Golden Age / The Early Medici as Patrons of Art / Leonardo's Method for Working out Compositions / Raphael's Madonna della Sedia / Norm and Form: The Stylistic Categories of Art History and their Origins in Renaissance Ideals / Mannerism: the Historiographic Background / The Renaissance Theory of Art and the Rise of Landscape / The Style all'antica: Imitation and Assimilation / Reynolds's Theory and Practice of Imitation. Norm and Form is the first volume of E.H. Gombrich's highly influential collected contributions to the study of Renaissance art and thought. Its 11 essays deal with some of the most fundamental questions of style, patronage, taste, working methods and theories of art, presented with the author's customary learning and lucidity. Required reading for all students of the Renaissance, these essays are sure to be enjoyed by all who wish to deepen their understanding of one of the most creative periods of Western art. (Amazon) Perhaps it is Professor Gombrich's wealth of wit, brilliance, and common sense which so commends his writings. (Yale Review) Great learning is made enthralling by good writing. (Daily Telegraph)

Norm & Form: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance

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The story of art

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.

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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 Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's triumph in Art and Illusion arises from the fact that his main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders.

Art and illusion: A study in the psychology of pictorial representation,

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Nueva edición ilustrada de esta obra clásica que lleva décadas divulgando la historia del mundo a lectores de todas las edades. 
Esta Breve historia del mundo no es un manual al uso: es la historia de la humanidad, desde la edad de piedra hasta la era atómica, en un tono llano y accesible, sin los formalismos y las rigideces de los textos académicos, pero también sin el barniz de aparente pedagogía que da una voz de falsete a tantos libros juveniles. 
La perspectiva y el género elegidos por Gombrich convierten su libro en el antecesor moderno de otros tratados, como El mundo de Sofía de Jostein Gaarder o Ética para Amador de Fernando Savater, que, tras su apariencia de texto dirigido a los jóvenes, tocan cuestiones de hondo calado en el campo de las humanidades. 
Una obra modernísima y de plena vigencia, de perspectiva amplia y profunda, de espectacular éxito en todo el mundo, que, por su optimismo, su amenidad y su sensibilidad, se lee como una novela. Esta edición, cuidadosamente elaborada y con ilustraciones espléndidas, ocupará un lugar importante en las estanterías familiares durante muchos años.

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