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A Lifelong Interest: Conversations on Art and Science with ...

A Lifelong Interest: Conversations on Art and Science with ...

Ernst Hans Gombrich

A series of probing conversations held by Didier Eribon with Sir Ernst Gombrich, OM, CBE, FBA, seeking to discover how his intellect and tastes had been nurtured during his early years in Vienna, and how they developed after he emigrated to ...
The essential Gombrich: selected writings on art and culture

The essential Gombrich: selected writings on art and culture

Ernst Hans Gombrich

This massive collection includes essays, excerpts from the groundbreaking Art and Illusion, autobiographical notes, and reflections on artists from Raphael to Saul Steinberg.
Gombrich on the Renaissance: Norm and form

Gombrich on the Renaissance: Norm and form

Ernst Hans Gombrich

Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of theenaissance. This volume deals with some of the most fundamental questions oftyle, patronage, working methods, taste and theories of art during thiseriod.
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial ...

Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial ...

Ernst Hans Gombrich

Determines the relationship between the artist and his medium and a painting and its beholder in psychological terms, focusing upon modes of perception and artistic representation
Symbolic Images

Symbolic Images

Ernst Hans Gombrich

Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of theenaissance. This volume deals with a single theme of central importance -isual symbolism.
New light on old masters

New light on old masters

Ernst Hans Gombrich

These studies on the interpretation of images focus on the greatest artistsf the Renaissance - notably Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo -nd all reflect the author's deep and abiding concern with standards, valuesnd problems of ...
Looking for answers: conversations on art and science

Looking for answers: conversations on art and science

Ernst Hans Gombrich

"People know me as the author of The Story of Art who have never heard of me as a scholar. But many of my colleagues have never read the book. They may have read my papers on Poussin or Leonardo, but not that. It is a curious double life.
New Light On Old Masters

New Light On Old Masters

E.H. Gombrich

Volume 4 in Gombrich's influential series of essays on the Renaissance.
The Heritage of Apelles

The Heritage of Apelles

E.H. Gombrich

Volume 3 in Gombrich's influential series of essays on the Renaissance.
Widerstand, Anpassung, Integration: die griechische ...

Widerstand, Anpassung, Integration: die griechische ...

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... Susan BABBITT (Philadelphia - USA) Hans Roland BALDUS (München) Ernst BALTRUSCH (Berlin) Hans BECK (Köln) Hartmut BEISTER (München) Rainer BERNHARDT (Norderstedt) Reinhold BICHLER (Innsbruck) Gabriele BOCKISCH  ...
Psychology, Art, and Antifascism: Ernst Kris, E. H. ...

Psychology, Art, and Antifascism: Ernst Kris, E. H. ...

Louis Rose

In this fascinating biographical and intellectual study, Louis Rose explores the content of Kris and Gombrich’s project and its legacy.
Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, Vol. 4: The Action

Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, Vol. 4: The Action

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Hans Jürgen Schulte, Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 330 (1976). Back to text. 7 J. Ernst , Lukas(Pustet, 1977), 465. Back totext. 8 H.Schlier (see noteI above),228. Back totext. 9 W.Völker, Das Vollkommenheitsideal des Origenes (Tübingen: Mohr, ...
Willy Tirr (1915 - 1991): Figure in a Landscape

Willy Tirr (1915 - 1991): Figure in a Landscape

David Manson

Ed. Corinne Miller 2003 Ferguson, Niall. The War of the World. Allen Lane 2006 Gilbert, Martin. Churchill and the Jews. Simon J. Schuster. London 2007 Gombrich, E.M. The Story of Art. Phaidon 1950 Gombrich, E.M. Art and Illusion. Phaidon ...
What the Buddha thought

What the Buddha thought

Richard Francis Gombrich

In What the Buddha Thought Richard Gombrich argues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all time.
Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art

Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art

E. H. Gombrich

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.
Ernst:

Ernst:

Max Ernst

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in artistory.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880-1938: On the Edge of the Abyss of ...

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880-1938: On the Edge of the Abyss of ...

Norbert Wolf

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on May 6, 1880, in Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia. His family - as he later never tired of emphasizing - could be traced back on his father's side to the sixteenth century. His father, Ernst, an engineer and ...
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker: A Pioneer on Environmental, ...

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker: A Pioneer on Environmental, ...

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A Pioneer on Environmental, Climate and Energy Policies Ernst von Weiszäcker ... Steuersystems'', in: Mauch, Samuel; Iten, Rolf; Weizsäcker, Ernst U. von; Jesinghaus, Jochen (Eds.): Ökologische Steuerreform (Zurich: Rüegger Verlag).
Ernst Kurth: Selected Writings

Ernst Kurth: Selected Writings

Ernst Kurth

Ernst Kurth Lee A. Rothfarb. Deutschen (1890), a "rhapsody of irrationality," ... Stern's book contains the most extensive critical exposition in English of Langbehn's background and career. In four detailed chapters Stern covers Langbehn's ...
Books Abroad

Books Abroad

Ernst Erich Noth

This 14,000-word book is a good introduction to one of the most important figures on the political stage in Germany. CarlE.Misch Centre College * Hans Sinner. Kiend-Rosegger. Eine Ktknider^remUichah ITS-Mli. Wata. Amairhea. 1563.
Georg Fischer AG 1930 - 1945.: Ein Schweizer ...

Georg Fischer AG 1930 - 1945.: Ein Schweizer ...

Hans Ulrich Wipf

... Emil Beerli Hans Brusch Dr. Fritz Schröder Julius Ehinger Hans Brusch 1939 Emil Beerli Alfred Horstmann Hans Brusch Emil Beerli Wilhelm Kempf J, Woorlmann Dr Fritz Schröder Julius Ehinger Hans Brusch 1940 Alfred Horstmann Hans ...
The Roster of International Arbitrators

The Roster of International Arbitrators

Hans Smit

... Ernst Perlberger, Martin Masoni, Franco Ramos Mendez, Francisco Matter, Rudolph Rosauer, Giulio McLaughlin, Joseph T. Roscioni, Remo Montes de Echeverri, Susana Rubino-Summartano, Mauro Neill, Patrick Salans, Carl F. O' Farrell, ...
Handbuch der Kulturpreise

Handbuch der Kulturpreise

Andreas Johannes Wiesand

Wolfgang Albrecht, Gerhard Delle, Friedrich Dieckmann, Wolfgang Engel, Birgit Fritz, Ernst Hinrides, Gotthard Lercher. ... Michael Eggers Geförderte/Geehrte: 1999: Will Quadtlieg; 2000: Hans Koschnick Weitere Hinweise: Dieser Preis wird an ...
Ai Weiwei Speaks: with Hans Ulrich Obrist

Ai Weiwei Speaks: with Hans Ulrich Obrist

Hans Ulrich Obrist

In this series of interviews, conducted over several years with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, he discusses the many dimensions of his artistic life, ranging over subjects including ceramics, blogging, nature, philosophy and the myriad ...

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