The preference for the primitive
Subtitle: episodes in the history of Western taste and art
By: E.H. Gombrich.
Publisher: Phaidon
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Primitivism in art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: Plato's preferences; title: Interlude : progress or decline?; title: The ascendancy of the sublime; title: The pre-Raphaelite ideal; title: The quest for spirituality; title: The emancipation of formal values; title: Interlude : new worlds and new myths; title: The twentieth century: The lure of regression (1) ; The lure of regression (2); title: Primitive, in what sense?; title: The study of antiquities.