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1	A Little History of the World more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich, Caroline Mustill (Translator) In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser" was published in Vienna to immediate success, and is now available in twenty ... see all copies from $7.20! new only from $7.20! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Story of Art - 16th Edition more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich 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 ... see all copies from $6.10! new only from $14.99! \| SVS
3	Story of Art more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich "The Story of Art", one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Professor Gombrich's clear and engaging text combines with hundreds of full-colour illustrations to trace the history of art in an unfolding narrative, from primitive cave paintings to controversial art works of ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $13.81! \| SVS
4	Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich "Art and Illusion" is a classic study of image-making. It seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? The question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and Professor Gombrich's wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into many important areas. He examines, ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $26.26! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The story of art more books like this by E. H. Gombrich This introduction to the history of art is meant to be read as a sequential narrative. The author--the distinguished art historian E. H. Gombrich--keeps things simple by referring only to the works of art, sculpture, and architecture that are reproduced in the book. Each subsequent edition has included more color photographs, an expanded and/or ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich This book is a classic study of image-making, which seeks the answer to an apparently simple but fundamental question: Why is there such a thing as style? In his wide-ranging exploration of the history of representation, Professor Gombrich examines old and new ideas on the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
7	The Preference for the Primitive: Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich This is a documentary study of a recurring phenomenon in the history of changing taste in the visual arts, namely the feeling that older and less sophisticated or "primitive" works are somehow morally and aesthetically superior to later works that have become refined, soft and decadent. Gombrich traces the existence of such feelings right back to ... see all copies from $7.40! new only from $13.18! \| first editions
8	The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich This book provides a comprehensive survey of the history and theory of decorative art. The universal human impulse to seek order and rhythm in space and time can be seen in children's play and in poetry, dance, music and architecture, and its prevalence in our every activity calls for an explanation in terms of our biological heritage. see all copies from $12.79! new only from $22.36! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Essential Gombrich more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich, Richard Woodfield (Editor) Professor E.H. Gombrich is acknowledged as one of the most influential scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His writings include three major narrative works - "The Story of Art", "Art and Illusion" and "The Sense of Order" - and ten volumes of collected essays and reviews. This anthology presents a selection from all these books, as well as ... see all copies from $11.95! new only from $25.68! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Symbolic images more books like this by E. H. Gombrich These classic studies on the interpretation of images are essential reading for all students of Renaissance art; they also take their rightful place as seminal texts that have themselves helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history. Many of the essays focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance -- notably Botticelli, Leonardo, ... see all copies from $7.74! new only from $42.58! \| first editions
11	Meditations on a hobby horse and other essays on the theory of art more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich Originally published in 1963, this book was the first volume to be published in the author's long and distinguished series of collected essays. In it he addresses fundamental questions about the nature of artistic achievement, the criteria of artistic value, and the role of language in understanding and interpreting images. These essays explore ... see all copies from $5.36! new only from $22.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Ideals & Idols: Essays on Values in History and in Art more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich The fifth volume of E.H. Gombrich's collected essays deals with values and their place in the humanities. Ranging in subject from the philosophy of Hegel to wartime propaganda broadcasts, the future of museums to the role of reason and feeling in the study of art, Gombrich consistently upholds the ideals of culture that are constantly under threat ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $90.40! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Uses of Images more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich This is a collection of essays by the world's most famous art historian E.H. Gombrich. In this wide-ranging volume (the tenth in the series), Professor Gombrich focuses on the role of supply and demand in the creation of images of all kinds. In so doing, he brings together and develops many of the ideas and themes in the social history of art that ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $17.88! \| first editions
14 view cover	Gombrich on the Renaissance - Volume 1: Norm and Form more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich These classic studies on the interpretation of images are essential reading for all students of Renaissance art; they also take their rightful place as seminal texts that have themselves helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history. Many of the essays focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance -- notably Botticelli, Leonardo, ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $21.30! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Story of Art, 14th Ed. more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich Lavishly illustrated with 100 color plates, this volume covers the entire span of art history and explores significant, quality works of art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.50!
16 view cover	Art, Perception, and Reality more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich, Professor Julian Hochberg, Professor Max Black "Three informed opinions on the classical question of representation...Provocative."--'Art Journal.' 'Softshell Books.' see all copies from $3.90! new only from $23.92! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The story of time more books like this by Kristen Lippincott, National Maritime Museum Written for a museum exhibition, this book includes over 400 photographs of objects as well as scholarly essays on many aspects of time--including calendars, the way people experience time, and whether time is ''real" in the philosophical sense. see all copies from $2.77! new only from $55.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	Aby Warburg: An Intellectual Biography more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich This book introduces the reader to the ideas and the personality of a scholar who exerted a major influence on the course of art-historical studies through his publications, through the Institute which bears his name, and through his disciples, who include some of the most eminent people in the field. At the same time it makes available a ... see all copies from $49.41! new only from $49.41!
19 view cover	New Light on Old Masters more books like this by E. H. Gombrich These classic studies on the interpretation of images are essential reading for all students of Renaissance art; they also take their rightful place as seminal texts that have themselves helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history. Many of the essays focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance -- notably Botticelli, Leonardo, ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $18.33! \| first editions
20 view cover	Topics of Our Time more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich This collection of hard-hitting, highly readable essays reflects Gombrich's preoccupation with the central questions of value and tradition in our culture. Here he confronts some of the most urgent issues challenging today's students of art and civilization. His topics include some radical proposals for the reform of higher education, an attack on ... see all copies from $12.80! new only from $21.25! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Heritage of Apelles more books like this by E. H. Gombrich These classic studies on the interpretation of images are essential reading for all students of Renaissance art; they also take their rightful place as seminal texts that have themselves helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history. Many of the essays focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance -- notably Botticelli, Leonardo, ... see all copies from $12.35! new only from $22.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	Tributes more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich In this seventh volume of his collected essays, Professor Gombrich pays tribute to a variety of illustrious figures to whom we owe the ideas and values which are woven into the fabric of our intellectual life. His bicentennial address on the humanities delivered at the American Academy of Arts and Science is followed by studies of G E Lessing, G F ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $53.37! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Image and the Eye: Further Studies in the Psychology of Pictorial ... more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich These essays on the pychology of pictorial representation form a companion volume to the author's influential "Art and Illusion". Writing on the central problems of perspective, on visual discoveries in art, on the representation of movement, expression, gesture and action, on the role of visual images in communication, on standards of truth in ... see all copies from $12.20! first editions
24	Art and illusion: a study in the psychology of pictorial presentation more books like this by E. H. Gombrich Contained in this substantive tome is the content of seven lectures delivered in the spring of 1956, entitled "The Visible World and the Language of Art." With only slight changes made to the original text, the abundantly illustrated volume deals with the theoretical and psychological experiences of art and art history. Beginning with the Ancient ... see all copies from $10.00!
25	Looking for Answers: Conversations on Art and Science more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich, Didier Eribon see all copies from $4.75! new only from $8.00! \| first editions

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