E. H. Gombrich

An illustrated introduction to art appreciation with a survey of the major art periods and styles and descriptions of the work and world of the masters.

The Story of Art - 16th Edition

Presents a brief, narrative history of the world for young readers, from the Stone Age up to the end of World War II.

A Little History of the World

Pocket Edition

Story of Art, The

Esta Breve historia del mundo no es un manual al uso. Se trata de una epístola-diálogo escrita en un tono llano y accesible, sin los formalismos y las rigideces de los textos académicos, pero sin el barniz de aparente pedagogía y ñoñez que da una voz de falsete a tantos libros infantiles y 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, dirigidos en apariencia a jóvenes pero que tocan cuestiones de hondo calado en el campo de las humanidades. Así pues, nos encontramos ante una obra modernísima y de plena vigencia, de perspectiva amplia y profunda, que por su optimismo, su amenidad, su generosa humanidad y su sensibilidad se lee como una novela.

Breve Historia del Mundo

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

The Sense of Order

Max Black

Julian Hochberg

Explores questions relating to the nature of representation in art. It asks how we recognize likeness in caricatures or portraits, for instance, and presents the conflicting arguments and opinions of an art historian, a psychologist and a philosopher.

Art, Perception, and Reality

Sanatin Öyküsü. Translated by Erol Erduran, Ömer Erduran.

E. H. Gombrich’s bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience, the extent of human achievement, and the depth of its frailty. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind’s experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity’s achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.

A cornerstone of art history - in a compact yet readable format and with a new preface by the author's granddaughter

The Story of Art

A groundbreaking account of perception and art, from one of the twentieth century’s most important art historians E. 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.

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