书名：The Story of Art 艺术的故事 平装版

作者：E.H. Gombrich

出版社名称：Phaidon Press

出版时间：1995

语种：英语

ISBN：9780714832470

商品尺寸：17.5 x 3.5 x 24.6 cm

包装：平装

《艺术的故事》是艺术书籍中zui著名、zui流行的著作。

它概述了从最早的洞窟绘画到当今的实验艺术的发展历程，出版50多年来，一直是这一领域无可匹敌的入门书。全世界不同年龄不同背景的读者通过贡布里希的讲述认识了这位真正的大师，他把知识与智慧结合起来，以其独特的天赋，直接地传播了他本人对艺术作品深切的热爱。

《艺术的故事》因其平实简单的笔法、叙事清晰的技巧而受到持久的好评。贡布里希讲述他的写作目的是：“在大量炫赫的作品中，为丰富的人名、时期和风格找到浅显易懂的秩序来。”他为视觉艺术注入心理学的洞察力，他让我们知晓艺术史就是“各种传统不断迂回、不断改变的历史，每一件作品在这历史中都既回顾过去又导向未来”；是“一条生动的链条，将我们身处的时代与古埃及时期联系起来”。这部经典著作，以其新的版本焕往辉来，仍是艺术领域新来者的第一选择。

The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, and one who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject.

For the first time in many years the book has been completely redesigned. The illustrations, now in colour throughout, have all been improved and reoriginated, and include six fold-outs. The text has been revised and updated where appropriate, and a number of significant new artists have been incorporated. The bibliographies have been expanded and updated, and the maps and charts redrawn.

The Story of Art has always been admired for two key qualities: it is a pleasure to read and a pleasure to handle. In these respects the new edition is true to its much-loved predecessors: the text runs as smoothly as ever and the improved illustrations are always on the page where the reader needs them. In its new edition, this classic work continues its triumphant progress tirelessly for yet another generation, to remain the title of first choice for any newcomer to art or the connoisseur.

"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 honors, 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."

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