Art and Illusion - E. H. Gombrich

Phaidon Hardback, 1962)

Description

Art and Illusion, A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation, is a book of art theory and history by Ernst Gombrich, derived from the 1956 A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. The book had a wide impact in art history, but also in history (e.g. Carlo Ginzburg, who called it "splendid", aesthetics (e.g. Nelson Goodman's Languages of Art), semiotics (Umberto Eco's Theory of Semiotics), and music psychology (Robert O. Gjerdingen's schema theory of Galant style music).

In Art and Illusion, Gombrich argues for the importance of "schemata" in analyzing works of art: he claims that artists can only learn to represent the external world by learning from previous artists, so representation is always done using stereotyped figures and methods.

388pp.

Condition

Book in VERY GOOD clean condition.

Not ex-library, no labels, no inscription.

Pages very good, no folds or tears - all pages clean and clear of writing and marks. Light even tanning with some foxing/age spots at the page edges.

Binding very firm and square – no spine lean, no loose pages or splits. The boards - in the publisher’s green cloth with black lettering- are in very good condition, with minimal rubbing at the spine tips and corners. The dust-jacket is in good, complete condition, though it has been price clipped and a water stain on the front cover has resulted in some bumping of the surface.

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