E H Gombrich

Broschiertes Buch

The Preference for the Primitive

Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art

Beschreibung

Professor Gombrich's last book and first narrative book in over 20 years. Studies the idea that older and less sophisticated (i.e. 'primitive') artworks are morally and aesthetically superior to newer ones that in our present time are decadent

Autor

Sir Ernst Gombrich was one of the greatest and least conventional art historians of his age, achieving fame and distinction in three separate spheres: as a scholar, as a popularizer of art, and as a pioneer of the application of the psychology of perception to the study of art

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Phaidon Press Inc. / Phaidon Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780714846323
• ISBN-10: 0714846325
• Artikelnr.: 21743232