Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial RepresentationConsidered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks, and the visual discoveries of such masters as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's triumph in Art and Illusion arises from the fact that his main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders. |
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... look convincing . It is the gradual modification of the traditional schematic conventions of image making under the pressure of novel demands that forms one of the main themes of the book . Here I should perhaps point to a less obvious ...
... look convincing . It is the gradual modification of the traditional schematic conventions of image making under the pressure of novel demands that forms one of the main themes of the book . Here I should perhaps point to a less obvious ...
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... look the same from any angle , and it is this special case of am- biguity that creates the painter's difficulty in coping with such undifferen- tiated shapes . These facts , then , may for once really be described as the " exceptions ...
... look the same from any angle , and it is this special case of am- biguity that creates the painter's difficulty in coping with such undifferen- tiated shapes . These facts , then , may for once really be described as the " exceptions ...
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... look " the size of an ant " simply because an ant crawling on our pillow will look gigantic in comparison with a man in the distance . In Professor E. G. Boring's words , " Phenomenal size , like physical size is relative and has no ...
... look " the size of an ant " simply because an ant crawling on our pillow will look gigantic in comparison with a man in the distance . In Professor E. G. Boring's words , " Phenomenal size , like physical size is relative and has no ...
Contents
Psychology and the Riddle of Style | 3 |
From Light into Paint 333333 | 33 |
Truth and the Stereotype | 63 |
Copyright | |
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