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E. H. Gombrich

E. H. Gombrich

Historian

1909 - 2001

About

Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian who became a naturalized British citizen in 1947 and spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom. He was the author of many works of cultural history and art history, including The St

Books

Books

Symbolic Images

Symbolic Images

1972

Art and Illusion A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

Art and Illusion A Study in the Psychology of Pict...

2004

The Image and the Eye: Further Studies in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

The Image and the Eye: Further Studies in the Psyc...

1994

Little History of the World: Classic Collection

Little History of the World: Classic Collection

2006

The Uses of Images

The Uses of Images

2000

The Story of Art

The Story of Art

1995

Shadows The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art

Shadows The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western A...

1995

Eeuwige schoonheid

Eeuwige schoonheid

1996

Breve historia del mundo

Breve historia del mundo

2000

Die Krise der Kulturgeschichte. Gedanken zum Wertproblem in den Geisteswissenschaften.

Die Krise der Kulturgeschichte. Gedanken zum Wertp...

Ombres portées leur représentation dans l'art occidental

Ombres portées leur représentation dans l'art occi...

1996

Ideals and Idols: Essays on Values in History and in Art

Ideals and Idols: Essays on Values in History and ...

2001

New Light On Old Masters

New Light On Old Masters

1994

The heritage of Apelles (Studies in the art of the Renaissance)

The heritage of Apelles (Studies in the art of the...

1976

Topics of our Time: Twentieth-century issues in learning and in art

Topics of our Time: Twentieth-century issues in le...

1994

The Art of Laughter Cartoonists' & Collectors' Choice

The Art of Laughter Cartoonists' & Collectors' Cho...

1992

Art, Perception, and Reality

Art, Perception, and Reality

1973

Tributes: Interpreters of Our Cultural Tradition

Tributes: Interpreters of Our Cultural Tradition

1984

Meditations on a hobby horse: And other essays on the theory of art,

Meditations on a hobby horse: And other essays on ...

1971

In Search of Cultural History (Philip Maurice Deneke Lecture)

In Search of Cultural History (Philip Maurice Dene...

1969

The Preference for the Primitive Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art

The Preference for the Primitive Episodes in the H...

2006

New Light on Old Masters

New Light on Old Masters

1986

Myth and reality in German war-time broadcasts (The Creighton lecture in history, 1969)

Myth and reality in German war-time broadcasts (Th...

1970

The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art (The Wrightsman Lectures, V. 9)

The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of D...

1994