Full name: Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

Author: E. H. Gombrich Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9780691070001 0691070008

Considered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks, and the visual discoveries of such masters as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's triumph in Art and Illusion arises from the fact that his main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders. Similar books: The Voices of Silence by Andre Malraux False Impressions by Thomas Hoving Art and Visual Perception by Rudolf Arnheim The Art Detective by Philip Mould Monet by Christoph Heinrich The Disasters of War by Francisco Goya The Object Stares Back by James Elkins Transfigurations by Alex Grey Norman Rockwell 332 Magazine Covers by Christopher Finch Magnetic Storm by Roger Dean The Nude by Kenneth Clark Dada by Hans Richter One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe Concepts of Modern Art by Nikos Stangos Georgia O'Keeffe by Nancy Frazier