Art and Illusion : : A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation - Millennium Edition / / E. H. Gombrich.
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. Brid...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts eBook Package |
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| 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 ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 320 b/w illus. |
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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