The Heritage of Apelles: The Heritage of Apelles (Gombrich on the Renaissance) - Softcover

Gombrich, Leonie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714820113 ISBN 13: 9780714820118

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1994

Synopsis

The third volume in the series focuses on the classical tradition and the twin ideals of perfect beauty and the perfect imitation of nature. Contains important and influential analyses of the survival and revival of classical techniques and ideas in the Renaissance

About this title

About the Author:

Sir Ernst Gombrich was one of the greatest and least conventional art historians of his age, achieving fame and distinction in three separate spheres: as a scholar, as a popularizer of art, and as a pioneer of the application of the psychology of perception to the study of art. His best-known book, The Story of Art - first published 50 years ago and now in its sixteenth edition - is one of the most influential books ever written about art. His books further include The Sense of Order (1979) and The Preference for the Primitive (2002), as well as a total of 11 volumes of collected essays and reviews. Gombrich was born in Vienna in 1909 and died in London in November 2001. He came to London in 1936 to work at the Warburg Institute, where he eventually became Director from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. He won numerous international honours, including a knighthood, the Order of Merit and the Goethe, Hegel and Erasmus prizes. Gifted with a powerful mind and prodigious memory, he was also an outstanding communicator, with a clear and forceful prose style. His works are models of good art-historical writing, and reflect his humanism and his deep and abiding concern with the standards and values of our cultural heritage.

Review:

'Perhaps it is Professor Gombrich's wealth of wit, brilliance, and common sense which so commends his writings.' (Yale Review) 'Great learning is made enthralling by good writing.' (Daily Telegraph)

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0714820113
• ISBN 13: 9780714820118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250