Ernst Hans Gombrich Boeken

In 1935 werd Ernst Gombrich, een 26-jarige kunsthistoricus zonder vaste aanstelling, gevraagd om een wereldgeschiedenis voor jongeren te schrijven. Na zes weken was de opdracht voltooid en werd zijn werk, Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser , een succes in Duitstalige landen. Het boek werd tijdens de oorlog door de nazi's verboden vanwege zijn 'te pacifistische' inhoud, waardoor het tot de jaren zestig duurde voordat het opnieuw werd gedrukt. Aan het einde van zijn leven voegde Gombrich herzieningen toe en maakte hij een Engelse vertaling. Inmiddels is het werk in meer dan 20 talen verschenen. Gombrich wilde op toegankelijke wijze het verhaal van de mensheid vertellen, van het stenen tijdperk tot de atoombom. Het resultaat is een helder boek in 40 korte hoofdstukken over oorlogen, kunstwerken en wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen die onze geschiedenis vormden. Dit tijdloze overzicht is geschikt voor zowel jongere als oudere lezers. Ernst H. Gombrich (1909-2001) was een vooraanstaande kunsthistoricus, geboren in Wenen en later verhuisd naar Londen, waar hij directeur werd van het Warburg-instituut en professor in de geschiedenis van de klassieke traditie. 'Een briljant boek... de humane toon laat zien waarom Gombrich zo bewonderd werd.' - PHILIP PULLMAN. 'Het waar gebeurde sprookje van de menselijke ontwikkeling.' - DIE ZEIT.

This collection of hard-hitting and highly readable essays reflects Gombrich's preoccupation with the central questions of value and tradition in our culture. He confronts - with characteristic incision and erudition - some of the most urgent issues that challenge today's students of art and civilization. His topics include a series of radical proposals for the reform of higher education, an assault on the notion of relativism and a heartfelt plea for the conservation of our cities, alongside thought-provoking and engaging studies of the works of Oskar Kokoschka, Abram Games, Saul Steinberg and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Renowned not only as the best concise introduction to art history, but also as a classic of art historical literature, this book reflects the vast knowledge, insights, and expertise of one of this century's greatest art historians and thinkers. Extensively illustrated, it treats the history of art -- both chronologically and geographically -- as a continuous unfolding story. Offers a vivid, enthusiastic, and interpretive narrative written in direct, straightforward language with technical terms always explained when they are introduced. KEY TOPICS: Focuses on the most significant works of Western art. Considers each work of art in its context: shows how art reflects the historical setting, the artist's intentions, and the values of that civilization, and how each artist built upon, or sometimes reacted against, the style of his/her predecessors. Contains chronological charts, maps, and notes on art books. Illustrates all works that are discussed. Features a new design with each illustration appearing on the same spread as the narrative that discusses it.

Exploring this elusive and often controversial subject, Umberto Eco, Sir Ernst Gombrich, and others contributes essays and reflections on the meaning of time.

Over the last half century Henri Cartier-Bresson has photographed some of the most famous icons of the twentieth century, those few people among millions whose images pass into history. Tete a Tete is a remarkable arrangement of his most memorable portraits, including Pablo Picasso, Truman Capote, Marilyn Monroe, Lucien Freud, William Faulkner, Robert Kennedy, Che Guevara, Martin Luther King Jr., Coco Chanel, and the Dalai Lama. Beyond these famous names there are also anonymous portraits, chosen for their striking and unusual features, and a selection of pencil drawings, including a self-portrait. Cartier-Bresson supervised the design of the book and the juxtaposition of all the photographs. The result is a distinguished collection of his work, diverse in its range of extraordinary and ordinary personalities from the 1930s to the 1990s. Tete a Tete reveals Cartier-Bresson as a photographer who is as skillful in recording the subtleties of the individual portrait as he is renowned for his masterful ability to capture the decisive moment.

A companion volume to Art and Illusion , The Image & the Eye provides a comprehensive and intriguing overview of art and our perception of its different dimensions. In a series of landmark papers and lectures, Professor Gombrich presents his thoughts and arguments on subjects as diverse as the tricks of photography with perspective, the problems of expressing emotion through art and how pictorial representation can alter the way in which we see the world. Like any work from Gombrich's vast oeuvre, these masterly pieces display a lively curiosity and an infectious enthusiasm for understanding the challenges presented by art.

Investigates the psychology of decorative design and the creation and function of formal orders concentrating on problems of decorative theory, visual perception, and the symbolism of design.

This book is a classical study of image-making, which seeks the answer to an apparently simple but fundamental question : why is there such a thing as style?