Art and illusion : a study in the psychology of pictorial representation
by Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-. slight rubbing on spine
- ISBN 10
- 0691097852
- ISBN 13
- 9780691097855
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About This Item
Princeton, N.J.: Published for Bollingen Foundation by Princeton University Press, 1972. 2nd edition. Hardcover. VG-. slight rubbing on spine. No dj, green clot covers, gilt lettering spine. (xxxi), 466 pages : illustrations (some color). Bollingen series, 35. The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts. Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents as follows: Introduction: Psychology and the riddle of style -- Part One: The limits of likeness -- From light into paint -- Truth and the stereotype -- Part Two: Function and form -- Pygmalion's power -- Reflections on the Greek revolution -- Formula and experience -- Part Three: The beholder's share -- The image in the clouds -- Conditions of illusion -- Ambiguities of the third dimension -- Part Four: Invention and discovery -- The analysis of vision in art -- The experiment of caricature -- From representation to expression -- Retrospect.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Art and illusion : a study in the psychology of pictorial representation
- Author
- Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-. slight rubbing on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- ISBN 10
- 0691097852
- ISBN 13
- 9780691097855
- Publisher
- Published for Bollingen Foundation by Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Science, Art and illusion ; Art and illusion ; ;
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