Ernst Hans Gombrich

Now available in paperback, a glorious illustrated edition of the international bestseller

A Little History of the World

"The Story of Art is one of the most famous and popular books on art ever published. For 45 years it has remained unrivalled as an introduction to the whole subject, from the earliest cave paintings to the experimental art of today. Readers of all ages and backgrounds throughout the world have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating directly his own deep love of the works of art he describes." "The Story of Art owes its lasting popularity to the directness and simplicity of the writing, and also the author's skill in presenting a clear narrative. He describes his aim as 'to bring some intelligible order into the wealth of names, periods and styles which crowd the pages of more ambitious works', and using his insight into the psychology of the visual arts, he makes us see the history of art as 'a continuous weaving and changing of traditions in which each work refers to the past and points to the future, a living chain that still links our own time with the Pyramid age'. In its new format, the 16th edition of this classic work is set to continue its triumphant progress for future generations and to remain the first choice for all newcomers to art."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Story of Art

Ömer Erduran

Sanatın Öyküsü

Rafael Santos Torroella

ESP HISTORIA DEL ARTE CARTONE 1a EDICION E H GOMBR

O sztuce

Nicolae Constantinescu (traducător.)

Istoria artei

Traces the history of art from primitive cave paintings to controversial works of the present day.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Over the last half century Henri Cartier-Bresson has photographed some of the most famous icons of the twentieth century, those few people among millions whose images pass into history. Tete a Tete is a remarkable arrangement of his most memorable portraits, including Pablo Picasso, Truman Capote, Marilyn Monroe, Lucien Freud, William Faulkner, Robert Kennedy, Che Guevara, Martin Luther King Jr., Coco Chanel, and the Dalai Lama. Beyond these famous names there are also anonymous portraits, chosen for their striking and unusual features, and a selection of pencil drawings, including a self-portrait. Cartier-Bresson supervised the design of the book and the juxtaposition of all the photographs. The result is a distinguished collection of his work, diverse in its range of extraordinary and ordinary personalities from the 1930s to the 1990s. Tete a Tete reveals Cartier-Bresson as a photographer who is as skillful in recording the subtleties of the individual portrait as he is renowned for his masterful ability to capture the decisive moment.

Portraits

Tête À Tète

In this fascinating book, one of the foremost art historians in the world traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. E.H. Gombrich points out that cast shadows - the shadows thrown by objects on their surroundings in daylight and. under artificial illumination-can enhance the impression of the surrounding light as well as that of the solidity of the casting objects, can contribute to the mood of the scene, and can reveal the presence of features outside the space represented. Yet, says Gombrich, cast shadows appear only sporadically in art and - have been more frequently ignored or suppressed.

The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art

Shadows

studie o psychologii obrazového znázorňování

Umění a iluze

José Luís Gil Aristu

Breve historia del mundo

Histoire de l'art de E.H. Gombrich est l'un des ouvrages sur l'art les plus célèbres et les plus populaires jamais publiés. Depuis plus de cinquante ans, il demeure une introduction inégalée à l'ensemble du sujet, des premières peintures rupestres à l'art d'aujourd'hui. Dans le monde entier, les lecteurs de tous âges et de tous milieux ont trouvé en Gombrich un véritable maître, qui allie la connaissance et la sagesse à un don unique pour communiquer directement sa profonde affection pour les œuvres qu'il décrit. Cette Histoire de l'art doit sa popularité durable au style simple et direct de l'auteur, ainsi qu'à son ton narratif. Son but, écrit-il, est " d'apporter un certain ordre, une certaine clarté dans l'abondance de noms propres, de dates, de styles qui compliquent quelque peu les ouvrages plus spécialisés ". Grâce à son intelligence de la psychologie des arts visuels, il nous fait percevoir l'histoire de l'art comme un " enchaînement interrompu de traditions encore vivantes " qui " relie l'art de notre temps à celui de l'âge des pyramides ". Avec cette édition au format de poche, le succès toujours grandissant de ce classique va se confirmer auprès des générations futures et celui-ci demeurera sans aucun doute l'ouvrage de référence pour tout amateur d'art.

Histoire de l'art

With 398 Illustrations

A companion volume to Art and Illusion, The Image and the Eye provides a comprehensive and intriguing overview of art and our perception of it. In a series of papers and lectures, Professor Gombrich presents his thoughts and arguments on subjects as diverse as photography's tricks with perspective, the problems of expressing emotion through art and how pictorial representation can alter the way in which we see the real world. Like all Professor Gombrich's works, these masterly pieces display a lively curiosity and an infectious enthusiasm for understanding the challenges presented by art. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Further Studies in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

The Image and the Eye

A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Presentation

Art and Illusion

A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation : the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1956, National Gallery of Art, Washington

A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation ; ... Lectures ..., Nat. Gallery of Art, Washington, 1956

Met talrijke voorbeelden uit de kunstgeschiedenis toegelichte studie over de steeds veranderende wijze waarop de kunstenaar uitbeeldt wat hij ziet en ervaart en over de factoren die daarop van invloed zijn

A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

Featuring a new Preface by the author, this millennial edition examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception, information, and learning. 320 illustrations.

Ernst Hans Gombrich

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