| Edition |
5th ed.
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| Publication |
London, Phaidon Press, 2002.
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| Description |
xxv, 386pPurple spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
This book 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 brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into many important areas. In the course of demonstrating that making a likeness is far more difficult than it may seem, he examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpetation of expression.
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| Standard Number |
9780714842080 Pb.
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