Most Popular Books by 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.

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 and have been reduced in size.

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.

An interpretation of the history of mural painting from ancient Egypt to the twentieth century by one of most eminent art historians of all time, a writer who wielded huge influence over both his professional peers and a vast popular readership.

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.

Tres enfoques distintos confluyen en este libro: historia y psicología del arte (Sir Ernst Gombrich), psicología (Julian Hochberg) y filosofía (Max Black). Estos tres distinguidos autores examinan en los tres ensayos recogidos en este volumen el problema de las percepciones de las imágenes y, en particular, de la pintura y la fotografía. Tal confrontación de ideas es ciertamente inédita en la bibliografía en lengua castellana sobre la imagen. Fundándose en experiencias sustancialmente diferentes, los tres ensayos solicitan la reflexión y la profundización de temas ya de por sí sugerentes: el tiempo, la verosimilitud, la escena espacial y otros conceptos, como los de empatía, capacidad de información de la imagen y niveles de atención. De un modo particular, el intercambio de opiniones entre Gombrich y Hochberg abre un debate rico en consecuencias de permanente interés entre especialistas. Al mismo tiempo, las constantes referencias al plano cognitivo de la imagen abren nuevas posibilidades para la investigación de la imagen a partir de la pragmática moderna.

Tributos re ne una colecci n de ensayos donde E. H. Gombrich rinde homenaje a algunos autores destacados en los campos de la est tica, la historia cultural de Occidente y la teor a literaria: G. E. Lessing, lord Leverhulme, Johan Huizinga, George Boas y Frances Yates, entre otros.

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