{"title":"Leonie Gombrich","description":"Sir Ernst Gombrich was one of the greatest and least conventional art historians of his age, achieving fame and distinction in three separate spheres: as a scholar, as a popularizer of art, and as a pioneer of the application of the psychology of perception to the study of art. His best-known book, The Story of Art - first published fifty years ago and now in its sixteenth edition - is one of the most influential books ever written about art. His books further include The Sense of Order (1979) and The Preference for the Primitive (2002), as well as a total of 11 volumes of collected essays and reviews.Gombrich was born in Vienna in 1909 and died in London in November 2001. He came to London in 1936 to work at the Warburg Institute, where he eventually became Director from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. He won numerous international honours, including a knighthood, the Order of Merit and the Goethe, Hegel and Erasmus prizes. Gifted with a powerful mind and prodigious memory, he was also an outstanding communicator, with a clear and forceful prose style. His works are models of good art-historical writing, and reflect his humanism and his deep and abiding concern with the standards and values of our cultural heritage.","products":[{"product_id":"art-and-illusion-a-study-in-the-psychology-of-pictorial-representation-paperback","title":"Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Kenneth Clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that I have ever read', \u003ci\u003eArt and Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic study of image-making. It seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? The question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and Professor Gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward matter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published more than 40 years ago, \u003ci\u003eArt and Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e has lost none of its vitality and importance. In applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, Gombrich is rigorous. Yet he always retains a sense of wonder at the inexhaustible capacity of the human brain, and at the subtlety of the relationships involved in seeing the world and in making and seeing art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith profound knowledge and his exceptional gift for clear exposition, he advances each argument as an hypothesis to be tested. 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The universal human impulse to seek order and rhythm in space and time can be seen in an astonishing range of human activities: children's play, poetry, dance, music and architecture, as well as art. Its persistent prevalence in our every activity calls for a rigorous explanation of this fascinating phenomenon in terms of our biological heritage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Gombrich in this tome, which he himself regarded as his most original work, offers precisely this. His characteristic erudition and expertise signify his writings here as no less than revolutionary in our perception of art and, in turn, of our very selves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pleasure to read, this pivotal book is as accessible as it is sophisticated, and as engaging as it is idiosyncratic. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50122474946783,"sku":"9780714822594","price":79.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AIM4jRzgPU9780714822594.webp?v=1781651016"},{"product_id":"gombrich-on-the-renaissance-symbolic-images-volume-2-paperback","title":"Gombrich on the Renaissance: Symbolic Images, Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike its predecessor, \u003ci\u003eNorm and Form\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. 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