The third volume in the series focuses on the classical tradition and the twin ideals of perfect beauty and the perfect imitation of nature. Contains important and influential analyses of the survival and revival of classical techniques and ideas in the Renaissance

The Heritage of Apelles: The Heritage of Apelles (Gombrich on the Renaissance)

Arts & Photography

Gombrich, Leonie

History & Criticism

Phaidon Press

A magisterial examination of the role of decoration in life and art, regarded by the author himself as his most original work. Provides a comprehensive survey of the history and theory of decorative art. Examines the universal human impulse to seek order and rhythm in space and time, as can be seen in children's play and in poetry, dance, music and architecture as well as art

The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art (The Wrightsman Lectures, V. 9)

Gombrich, EH

New York University, New York

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.

Tributes: Interpreters of Our Cultural Tradition

Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of the Renaissance. This volume deals with some of the most fundamental questions of style, patronage, working methods, taste and theories of art during this period.

Gombrich on the Renaissance: Volume 1 Norm and Form

Classic volume of essays on visual symbolism in the Renaissance. Pioneering and influential critique of art-historical method that has helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history

Symbolic Images (Gombrich on the Renaissance)- Volume 2

A collection of hard-hitting, highly readable essays reflects Professor Gombrich's preoccupation with the central questions of value and tradition in our culture, and confronts some of the most urgent issues facing modern civilization. Topics include radical proposals for the reform of higher education, an attack on relativism and a plea for the conservation of our cities, alongside thought-provoking studies of the work of Oskar Kokoschka, Abram Games, Saul Steinberg and Henri Cartier-Bresson

Topics of our Time: Twentieth-century issues in learning and in art

Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of the Renaissance. This volume deals with the work of individual artists, such as Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo.

Gombrich on the Renaissance Volume IV: New Light on Old Masters

An important collection of essays containing some of Professor Gombrich's most famous contributions to the discussion of values and their place in the humanities. Ranges in subject from the philosophy of Hegel to wartime propaganda broadcasts, the future of museums and the role of reason and feeling in the study of art. Includes one of Gombrich's most influential essays, 'In Search of Cultural History'.

Ideals & Idols: Essays On Values in History and in Art

A companion volume to Art and Illusion. Provides an intriguing overview of art and our perception of it. Discusses subjects as diverse as photography's tricks with perspective, the problems of expressing emotion through art and how pictorial representation affects the way in which we see the world

The Image and the Eye: Further Studies in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

Presents an accessible selection of Professor Gombrich's best and most characteristic writing, and introduces his ideas and arguments on many fundamental questions. Includes selections from The Story of Art, Art and Illusion and The Sense of Order, plus key essays and reviews

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