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Author Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001.

Title Art and illusion; a study in the psychology of pictorial representation.

Publication Info. [New York] : Pantheon Books, [1960]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  N70 .G615 1960    Available  ---
Description xxxi, 466 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 26 cm.
Series Bollingen series, 35. The A. W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts, 5
Bollingen series ; 35.
A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 5.
Bibliography Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 397-439)
Contents From light into paint -- Truth and the stereotype -- Pygmalion's power -- Reflections on the greek revolution -- Formula and experience -- The image in the clouds -- Conditions of illusion -- Ambiguities of the third dimension -- The analysis of vision in art -- The experiment of caricature -- From representation to expression
Subject Art -- Psychology.
Art -- Psychology.