Art and illusion
Subtitle: a study in the psychology of pictorial representation
By: E.H. Gombrich
Edition: Millennium ed., with a new preface by the author
Series: Bollingen series, 35. The A. W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts -- 5
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
Subjects: Art -- Psychology
Description: "Considered a great classic by all who seek a meeting ground between science and the humanities. Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition.

In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks, and the visual discoveries of such masters as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-441) and index