Gombrich Ernst Hans (216 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. 3rd edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd. viii, 168 pages, [72] leaves of plates, illustrations; 19 cm. Studies in the Art of the Renaissance, I. Tight, clean copy. Browning. With 186 illustrations. *** CONTENTS: Preface; 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 and 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. Size: 12mo.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Edges foxed, wrinkle to jacket. 1984 Hard Cover. 270 pp. Discusses the lives and work of eleven poets, critics, philanthropists, psychologists, art historians, and scholars.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprinted and Enlarged. Oversized Cover illustrated with Millet's 'The Gleaners' Small soil spot to top edge which tips margin through first nine pages of introduction. Corners heavily bumped. Minor wear to head and heel of spine. Text is clean and bright, no marks. "From prehistoric cave paintings to the experimental art of today. The development of painting and sculpture is discussed against the background of the changing styles of architecture." (from the cover blurb).…

Softcover. with 186 illustrations. xii, 164, Figures 1-186 pp. Softcover. LCC: 8428113 Good condition; pages show some warping and light fading.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Traces the history of art from primitive cave paintings to controversial works of the present day. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Traces the history of art from primitive cave paintings to controversial works of the present day. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: sehr gut. 72 S., 22 cm, Schutzumschlag mit Klarsichtfolie verstärkt. Sprache: Englisch.

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Livre reconditionné de bibliothèque. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Refurbished library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. …

1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 191 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Notes; Originally published as vol. 4 of the series: Studies in the art of the Renaissance. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Artists Italy. Art, Renaissance Italy. 1 Kg. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. paperback, illustrated, 546 pages, a very good clean copy. We are a real bookseller with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Reprints of articles originally published 1949-1985. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. *** CONTENTS: The art of the Greeks; Chinese landscape painting; Tribal Styles; A medieval motif; Expressions of despair; The impact of the Black Death; New revelations on fresco painting; Kenneth Clark's 'Piero della Francesca'; The repentance of Judas; Seeking a key to Leonardo; Michelangelo's last paintings; The rhetoric of attribution: a cautionary tale; The worship of ancient sculpture; Patrons and painters in Baroque Italy; Dutch genre painting; Mapping and painting in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century; The mastery of Rubens; On Rembrandt; Adam's house in Paradise; Painted anecdotes; The whirligig of taste; The anatomy of art collecting; The claims of excellence; The meaning of beauty; Should a museum be active?; The beauty of old towns; Dilemmas of modern art criticism; A theory of modern art; Malraux on art and myth; Freud's aesthetics. Size: 8vo. Collectible. …

5th edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 223 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Contents inmclude:- An autobiographical sketch -- The embattled humanities: the universities in crisis -- Relativism in the humanities: the deabate about human nature -- Relativism in the history of ideas -- Relativism in the appreciation of art -- Approaches to the history of art: three points for discussion -- The conservation of our cities: Ruskin's message for today -- Watching artists at work: commitment and improvisation in the history of drawing -- Plato in modern dress: two eyewitness accounts of the origins of Cubism -- Kokoschka in his time -- Image and word in Twentieth-Century art -- The wit of Saul Steinberg -- A master of poster design: Abram Games -- The photographer as artist: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Subjects; Cartier-Bresson, Henri 1908-2004. Games, Abram 1914-1996. 1900-1999. Art, Modern 20th century. Learning and scholarship History 20th century. Cultural relativism. Art Philosophy. Art, Modern 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. Modernism (Art) 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. 1 Kg.…

First Edition, reprinted. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; His Studies in the art of the Renaissance ; 2. Physical description; 247 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 236). Subjects; Symbolism in art. Art, Renaissance. Symbolisme dans l'art. Art de la Renaissance. Art, Renaissance. Symbolism in art. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Thirteenth Edition, Second Impression. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 506 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Notes; "A note on art books": p. 498-502. Includes index. Subjects; Art History. eschichteVisual arts to ca 1960. Visual arts critical studies. Kunst. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Visual discovery through art -- Moment and movement in art -- Ritualized gesture and expression in art -- Action and expression in Western art -- The mask and the face : the perception of physiognomic likeness in life and in art -- The visual image : its place in communication -- 'The sky is the limit' : the vault of heaven and pictorial vision -- Mirror and map : theories of pictorial representation -- Experiment and experience in the arts -- Standards of truth : the arrested image and the moving eye -- Image and code : scope and limits of conventionalism in pictorial representation. Subjects; Picture perception Psychological aspects. Visual perception Psychological aspects. Visual perception. Art Psychology. Visual representation. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Good. Paperback, illustrations (including photographs) in colour and b/w, 8vo.; Name and date on half title page; creases in spine; book plate on verso front cover.

1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 191 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Notes; Originally published as vol. 4 of the series: Studies in the art of the Renaissance. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Artists Italy. Art, Renaissance Italy. 1 Kg. …

5th edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 223 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Contents inmclude:- An autobiographical sketch -- The embattled humanities: the universities in crisis -- Relativism in the humanities: the deabate about human nature -- Relativism in the history of ideas -- Relativism in the appreciation of art -- Approaches to the history of art: three points for discussion -- The conservation of our cities: Ruskin's message for today -- Watching artists at work: commitment and improvisation in the history of drawing -- Plato in modern dress: two eyewitness accounts of the origins of Cubism -- Kokoschka in his time -- Image and word in Twentieth-Century art -- The wit of Saul Steinberg -- A master of poster design: Abram Games -- The photographer as artist: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Subjects; Cartier-Bresson, Henri 1908-2004. Games, Abram 1914-1996. 1900-1999. Art, Modern 20th century. Learning and scholarship History 20th century. Cultural relativism. Art Philosophy. Art, Modern 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. Modernism (Art) 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. 1 Kg.…

First Edition, reprinted. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; His Studies in the art of the Renaissance ; 2. Physical description; 247 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 236). Subjects; Symbolism in art. Art, Renaissance. Symbolisme dans l'art. Art de la Renaissance. Art, Renaissance. Symbolism in art. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series; Studies in the art of the Renaissance ; 1. Physical description; viii, 308 pages to 140 pages of plates : ill ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Art, Renaissance Italy. Composition. Renaissance period. European visual arts. History. Bibliography. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series; Bollingen series, 35. The A. W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts, 5. Physical description; xxxi, 466 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Art Psychology. Bollingen series. Fine arts lectures. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 270p: ill, facsims; 25cm. Notes: Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Boas, George 1891-1980. Freud, Sigmund 1856-1939. Scholars Europe Biography. Art criticism Europe. Culture. Scholars Europe Biography Addresses, essays, lectures. Classical studies. Hegel, G.W.F. Huizinga, J. Kris, Ernst. Kurz, Otto. Lessing, G.E. Warburg, Aby. Intellectual life. Humanism. Art Philosophy. Culture History. Critics. Humanism. Aesthetics. Philosophy. Psychology. Social Sciences. Arts and society. Communication in art.Civilization, Modern. Art Nature Study History. Humanities. Europe Intellectual life 18th century. Europe Intellectual life 19th century. Europe Intellectual life 20th century. Genre: Essays. 2 Kg.…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Contents include: Part I. Values in history. Part II. Values in art. Subjects; Values Addresses, essays, lectures. Art Philosophy Addresses, essays, lectures. History Philosophy Addresses, essays, lectures. Values in history. Values in art. Values. Philosophy Art. Art Philosophy. History Philosophy. Values Philosophy. Culture History. Arts. Values. Expression Concept of. Art Philosophy of. Taste In the arts. Art History. Civilization History. Museums History. Aesthetics. Arts. Value. Aesthetics. Value. Art Philosophy. History Philosophy. Philosophy of art. Arts Role of values Essays. art history philosophy values. Art criticism. Genres; Essays. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original gilt lettered boards, dust jacket, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.; Dust jacket slightly worn along edges and corners.