Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001.
The preference for the primitive : episodes in the history of Western taste and art / E.H. Gombrich. - London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2006. - 324 p. : ill. col y n; 25 cm.
Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-[311]).
Plato's preferences -- Interlude : progress or decline? -- The ascendancy of the sublime -- The pre-Raphaelite ideal -- The quest for spirituality -- The emancipation of formal values -- Interlude : new worlds and new myths -- The twentieth century: The lure of regression (1) ; The lure of regression (2) -- Primitive, in what sense? -- The study of antiquities.
0714846325
2008273394
Art--Themes, motives.
Aesthetics.
Primitivism in art.
N7560 / .G655 2006
The preference for the primitive : episodes in the history of Western taste and art / E.H. Gombrich. - London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2006. - 324 p. : ill. col y n; 25 cm.
Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-[311]).
Plato's preferences -- Interlude : progress or decline? -- The ascendancy of the sublime -- The pre-Raphaelite ideal -- The quest for spirituality -- The emancipation of formal values -- Interlude : new worlds and new myths -- The twentieth century: The lure of regression (1) ; The lure of regression (2) -- Primitive, in what sense? -- The study of antiquities.
0714846325
2008273394
Art--Themes, motives.
Aesthetics.
Primitivism in art.
N7560 / .G655 2006
