Gombrich on the Renaissance: Norm and Form, Volume 1

by Leonie Gombrich, E. H. Gombrich

Overview

Norm and Form is the first volume of E.H. Gombrich's highly influential collected contributions to the study of Renaissance art and thought. Its 11 essays deal with some of the most fundamental questions of style, patronage, taste, working methods and theories of art, presented with the author's customary learning and lucidity. Required reading for all students of the Renaissance, these essays are sure to be enjoyed by all who wish to deepen their understanding of one of the most creative periods of Western art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714823805
Publisher:	Phaidon Press
Publication date:	01/28/1994
Series:	Gombrich on the Renaissance Ser.
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

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. His best-known book, The Story of Art - first published 50 years ago and now in its 16th edition - is one of the most influential books ever written about art. His books further include The Sense of Order (1979) and The Preference for the Primitive (2002), as well as a total of 11 volumes of collected essays and reviews.

Gombrich was born in Vienna in 1909 and died in London in November 2001. He came to London in 1936 to work at the Warburg Institute, where he eventually became Director from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. He won numerous international honours, including a knighthood, the Order of Merit and the Goethe, Hegel and Erasmus prizes.

Gifted with a powerful mind and prodigious memory, he was also an outstanding communicator, with a clear and forceful prose style. His works are models of good art-historical writing, and reflect his humanism and his deep and abiding concern with the standards and values of our cultural heritage.

Editorial Reviews

"Perhaps it is Professor Gombrich's wealth of wit, brilliance, and common sense which so commends his writings."—Yale Review

"Great learning is made enthralling by good writing."—Daily Telegraph

From the Publisher

As the title suggests, eminent art historian Gombrich illuminates our understanding of familiar subjects from the Italian Renaissance, including Giotto, Leonardo, Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Michelangelo. This notable volume marks the first appearance together of these nine essays and lectures. One (on Michelangelo's cartoon in the British Museum) is previously unpublished and several have not appeared in English until now. The compilation, recommended for scholarly collections, freshly interprets previously neglected or misunderstood texts and documents and speculates on topics about which volumes exist. Robin Kaplan, M.L.S. The Information Group, Los Angeles

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