The Uses of Images

by E.H. Gombrich and Leonie Gombrich

Book Overview

In this volume, the tenth in the series of his collected essays, Professor Gombrich returned to themes that long preoccupied him in his study of visual imagery of all kinds. Central to these pivotal essays is a consuming interest in the functions of images, and how these functions, in addition to the images themselves, evolve over time. In wide-ranging studies of both so-called 'high' and 'low' art - from fresco painting, altar painting, the International...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714839698
• ISBN13: 9780714839691
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"