The Essential Gombrich

by E.H. Gombrich, Richard Woodfield

Professor E.H. Gombrich is acknowledged as one of the most influential scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His writings include three major narrative works - The Story of Art, Art and Illusion and The Sense of Order - and ten volumes of collected essays and reviews. This anthology presents a selection from all these books, as well as six pieces which have previously not been published by Phaidon.

Genres: Art, Philosophy, Essays

624 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 1996

About the author

Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian, who spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

[Steve Boggs]

I am just loving this book! As a non-art historian type, it reads very well and is incredibly informative.

[Muhammad Sohag]

i just want to read more and learn more and enough

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I could have the ability to live their experience of art.

[Alhussain Az]

good