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New Format and Redesign of the World'sBest Selling Art Book"Gombrich (1909-2001) had a gift for clear, conversational language, anarrative approach, and an interest in pop culture--he even included massmedia and cartoons in The Story of Art. The book, which receives highpraise in the CAA report [a recent assessment of art history textbooks bythe College Art Association], is today the world's best selling art historytextbook, with total sales of 8 million copies."-Art News, February 2006E.H. G... (show more)
New Format and Redesign of the World'sBest Selling Art Book"Gombrich (1909-2001) had a gift for clear, conversational language, anarrative approach, and an interest in pop culture--he even included massmedia and cartoons in The Story of Art. The book, which receives highpraise in the CAA report [a recent assessment of art history textbooks bythe College Art Association], is today the world's best selling art historytextbook, with total sales of 8 million copies."-Art News, February 2006E.H. Gombrich's warm, lively, opinionated--yet never patronizing--authorialvoice brings history to life in a way that attracts both adults and youngreaders alike.Last year the first English translation of A Little Historyof the World, originally written in 1935 in German, was a surprisepublishing success.Yet, this isn't even Gombrich's most popular work. The Story of Art has sold over 8 million copies, has been translated intomore than 30 languages and served as the standard introduction to arthistory for students around the world for the past century.Now, the bookwill be available in a new affordable format, in wide release for thegeneral public, just in time for the holidays.Phaidon Press is pleased to announce the publication of THE STORY OF ART:POCKET EDITION by E.H. Gombrich, a re-designed, re-formatted compactedition of one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written. This new edition combines smoothly flowing text with a clear, simple designin a convenient and accessible format.The new edition allows this classicwork to continue its triumphant progress for another generation, and toremain the first choice for all newcomers to art. Phaidon Press commissioned Gombrich during World War II to write a historyof art for young people.In 1950, The Story of Art was published and so aclassic was born.Gombrich dictated the whole text from memory, usingillustrations from books in his library as prompts.The outcome was aseminal work of criticism and one of the most accessible introductions tothe visual arts.Starting with the cave paintings at Lascaux andstretching as far as Postmodernism, the whole of art history is presentedas a chronological narrative.Using vivid imagery, storytelling and slyhumor, Gombrich's voice draws in all--the student, connoisseur, or amateur. The Story of Art has always been admired for two key qualities: it is apleasure to read and a pleasure to handle.The pocket edition is noexception.With this new edition this classic work is now as accessible asthe story inside.Gombrich's extraordinary knowledge and wisdom willcontinue to teach and inspire generation after generation. (show less)
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This is an excellent book, not only for its accuracy in leading the reader into the wondrous and confusing world of art (for beginners and a little more experienced alike), but also for Gombrich's wonderful style of writing that keeps the reader fascinated. His interest with the subject is obvious and contagious. His acute analyses of Art (with a capital A) and artists in both the past and the present are a true joy to read and contemplate. The way he formulates the history of art into a stor... (show more)
This is an excellent book, not only for its accuracy in leading the reader into the wondrous and confusing world of art (for beginners and a little more experienced alike), but also for Gombrich's wonderful style of writing that keeps the reader fascinated. His interest with the subject is obvious and contagious. His acute analyses of Art (with a capital A) and artists in both the past and the present are a true joy to read and contemplate. The way he formulates the history of art into a story of successive developments and solutions to problems is easy to follow and retain for future reference. A great book for anyone interested in art, whatever kind of art you are interested in and whatever level of knowledge you are at! (show less)
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Does exactly what it says on the tin, up to the final chapters (or, rather afterwords, since they were added to later edititions), where the absence of any mention of Mark Rothko is inexplicable. Nontheless, this does a great job of joining up the do...ts between the different painters you probably know about. His technique of constantly referring back to earlier works throughout the text makes for good reinforcement - I often skip such backreferences but decided to go back and look at each o... (show more)
Does exactly what it says on the tin, up to the final chapters (or, rather afterwords, since they were added to later edititions), where the absence of any mention of Mark Rothko is inexplicable. Nontheless, this does a great job of joining up the do...ts between the different painters you probably know about. His technique of constantly referring back to earlier works throughout the text makes for good reinforcement - I often skip such backreferences but decided to go back and look at each one in this case, and was very glad I had. Recommended. (show less)
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