E.h. Gombrich

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Title: Story Of Art: Description:
An introduction to the entire history of artistic creation.

Title: Meditations On A Hobby Horse And Other Essays On The Theory Of Art: Description:
With 140 Illustrations. The fourteen papers, lectures and articles assembled in this volume represent an historian`s reaction to problems raised by the art of his time. 20th Century criticism centres on two main issues-abstraction and expression. The former is usually discussed in its relation tp representation, the latter in it`s twin aspects of self expression and of the expression of the age. These are the themes treated in this book.

Title: Gombrich On The Renaissance, Vol. 3: The Heritage Of Apelles: 003: Description:
Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of the Renaissance. This volume deals with the classical themes which were used by the artists of this period.The Heritage Of Apelles. Studies in the art of the renaissance. Wirh 250 Illustrations, 4 in colour. The work of Apelles, the most celebrated painter of the ancient world, are irretrievably lost, but his name came to stand for the achievment of supreme beauty and the prefect mastery of natural appearances in painting. Two chapters deal with the scientific and aesthetic implications on the discovery of perspective, the pride of Renaissance Italy. Two further chapters are devoted to the towering scientist among painters, Leonardo da Vinci-to his studies of waves and vortices and to his obsession with grotesque physiognomies, which have never been so illustrated.

Title: The Story Of Art: Description:
This text is the 16th revised and updated edition of this introduction to art, from the earliest cave paintings to experimental art. Eight new artists from the modern period have been introduced. They are: Corot, Kollwitz, Nolde, de Chirico, Brancussi, Magritte, Nicolson and Morandi. A sequence of new "endings" have been added, and the captions are now fuller, including the medium and dimension of the works illustrated. Six fold-outs present selected large-scale works. They are: Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece", Leonardo's "Last Supper", Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", Jackson Pollock's "One (Number 31, 1950)", Van der Weyden's "Descent from the Cross" and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Title: The Story Of Art: Description:
This is an enlarged and updated introduction to the entire history of artistic creation from prehistoric paintings to the many varied experiments of our own time. It contains additional illustrations, revised chronological charts and an expanded note on art books.