Norm and Form: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance - Softcover

Gombrich, Ernst H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714814946 ISBN 13: 9780714814940

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1971

Synopsis

Gombrich, E.H. Norm & Form: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance. Second Edition. London and New York, Phaidon, 1971. 18 cm x 25 cm. 308 pages including 186 illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Somewhat grubby page-edges; worn corners. Clean inside with intact binding. Includes the following essays: The Renaissance Conception of Artistic Progress and its Consequences / Apollonio di Giovanni: A Florentine cassone workshop seen through the eyes of a humanist poet / Renaissance the Golden Age / The Early Medici as Patrons of Art / Leonardo's Method for Working out Compositions / Raphael's Madonna della Sedia / Norm and Form: The Stylistic Categories of Art History and their Origins in Renaissance Ideals / Mannerism: the Historiographic Background / The Renaissance Theory of Art and the Rise of Landscape / The Style all'antica: Imitation and Assimilation / Reynolds's Theory and Practice of Imitation. 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. (Amazon) 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)

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"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

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714814946
• ISBN 13: 9780714814940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176