Author: Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001
Title: Art and Illusion : A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
Description: Princeton, N.J. Published for Bollingen Foundation by Princeton University Press, 1972. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 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. VG-. slight rubbing on spine .

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