Art and Illusion : : A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation - Millennium Edition / / E. H. Gombrich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Gombrich, E. H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts ; 35
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 320 b/w illus.

A groundbreaking account of perception and art, from one of the twentieth century’s most important art historiansE. H. Gombrich is widely considered to be one of the most influential art historians of the twentieth century, and Art and Illusion is generally agreed to be his most important book. Bridging science and the humanities, this classic work examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of modern theories of information and learning in visual perception. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines ideas about the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments, he ranges over the history of art, from the ancient Greeks, Leonardo, and Rembrandt to the impressionists and the cubists. But the triumphant originality of Art and Illusion is that Gombrich is less concerned with the artists than with the psychological experience of the viewers of their work.Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Psychology and the Riddle of Style -- Part I: The Limits of Likeness -- 1. From Light into Paint -- 2. Truth and the Stereotype -- Part II: Function and Form -- 3. Pygmalion’s Power -- 4. Reflections on the Greek Revolution -- 5. Formula and Experience -- Part III: The Beholder’s Share -- 6. The Image in the Clouds -- 7. Conditions of Illusion -- 8. Ambiguities of the Third Dimension -- Part IV: Invention and Discovery -- 9. The Analysis of Vision in Art -- 10. The Experiment of Caricature -- 11. From Representation to Expression -- Retrospect -- Notes -- Index