The uses of images
Subtitle: studies in the social function of art and visual communication
By: E.H. Gombrich.
Publisher: Phaidon
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Art and society; Art -- Psychology
Description: "In this new volume of essays Professor Gombrich takes up and develops themes that have long preoccupied him in his study of visual imagery of all kinds. Central to these essays is a consuming interest in the functions of images, and how these functions - and the images - change over time."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-292) and index.