Shadows
The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art
ISBN: HB: 9780300210040,
Yale University Press,
October 2014
96 pp., 22,5x20,0 cm, 60 colour illus.
96 pp., 22,5x20,0 cm, 60 colour illus.
In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. Gombrich discusses the way shadows were represented – or ignored – by artists...
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14.99 GBP
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Little History of the World
ISBN: PB: 9780300197181,
Yale University Press,
October 2013
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 200 colour illus.
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 200 colour illus.
E. H. Gombrich's "Little History of the World", though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book...
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18.99 GBP
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Little History of the World
ISBN: PB: 9780300143324,
ISBN: HB: 9780300108835,
Yale University Press,
August 2008
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "Eine kurze Weltgeschic...
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10.99 GBP
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16.99 GBP
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