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

By E.H. Gombrich and Leonie Gombrich

Book Overview

A companion volume to Art and Illusion, The Image & the Eye provides a comprehensive and intriguing overview of art and our perception of its different dimensions.

In a series of landmark papers and lectures, Professor Gombrich presents his thoughts and arguments on subjects as diverse as the tricks of photography with perspective, the problems of expressing emotion through art and how pictorial representation can alter the way in which we see the world.

Like any work from Gombrich's vast oeuvre, these masterly pieces display a lively curiosity and an infectious enthusiasm for understanding the challenges presented by art.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071483243X
• ISBN13: 9780714832432
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary