Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation - Millennium Edition

Featuring a new Preface by the author, this millennial edition examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception, information, and learning. 320 illustrations.

Author: E. H. Gombrich
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12/24/2000
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.52lbs
Size: 9.84h x 7.66w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9780691070001
ISBN10: 0691070008
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Art | History | General

About the Author
E. H. Gombrich was director of the Warburg Institute and Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition at the University of London, 1959-1976. He was born in 1909 in Vienna, where he studied the history of art under Julius von Schlosser and classical archaeology under Emanuel Loewy. He has been Slade Professor of Fine Art at both Oxford and Cambridge, Visiting Professor at Harvard, Spencer Trask Lecturer at Princeton, and Walker Ames Professor at the University of Washington. His best-known book, The Story of Art (1950) has been translated into 29 languages.