The Uses Of Images Studies In The Socila Function Of Art And Visual Communication
Author: E H Gombrich
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: $25.00 NZD
: 9780714836553
: Phaidon
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: 0.975
: 01 January 1999
: 245mm X 172mm X 26mm
: United Kingdom
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: E H Gombrich
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: hardback with dustjacket
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: very good
: 304
: 354 b&w illustrations, notes, index
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Description
Gombrich is obviously an intelligent essayist well versed in the history of art and culture. Unfortunately, he knows a lot more than most of us. He too often refers to art, movements and people that the even more familiar art reader may not be very familiar with.
Many of these essays bring up interesting ideas and they are worth reading. However, the essays often read incomplete. The editor and/or author should have worked more on integrating, expanding or updating the information in book form.
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The author's works include: "The Story of Art" (1950); "Art and Illusion" (1960); "Aby Warburg (1970); "The sense of Order" (1979)