Meditations on a Hobby Horse: And Other Essays on the Theory of Art - Softcover

Gombrich, Leonie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714832456 ISBN 13: 9780714832456

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1994

Synopsis

Prompted by modern critical discussions, the 14 papers, lectures and articles assembled in this volume revolve around key issues raised by twentieth-century art and theory.

Taking abstraction and expression as his main themes, this eclectic assortment of Professor Gombrich's monumental essays encompass the whole of the history of art, and includes major articles on the social history of art, visual metaphor, tradition and expression, and psychoanalysis.

Characteristic of his thought-provoking use of diverse sources for inspiration and exploration, this book embodies a timelessly powerful corpus of Gombrich's ground-breaking thought.

About this title

Product Description:

Paperback. Pub the Date: September. 1994 Pages: 145 Publisher: Phaidon Press Originally published in. 1963. the this book was the first volume of collected essays to be published in the author's long. and distinguished series In it he addresses fundamental questions about the nature of artistic achievement. the criteria of artistic value. and the role of language in understanding and interpreting images. These essays explore the problematic character of metaphors. analogies. symbols. myths. conventions and traditions in art and art-historical writing. and investigate the notions of representation. expression. abstraction and illusion.

Review:

"A worthy successor to the earlier books, exhibiting to a high degree their author's supreme merit as a theorist of art."―New Statesman

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0714832456
• ISBN 13: 9780714832456
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 256