The story of art by eh gombrich5/13/2023 ![]() The work is not so simplistic as the title implies, but it is this very title that rendered the book enormously attractive in 1950 to a new sort of book buyer: the self-educator. ![]() "The country's bestselling book on art, never out of print, still in demand (and not just by students) and one of the few 'gift books' that actually gets read. have been introduced to the world of fine art, in the last 45 years, though Ernst Gombrich's The Story of Art than through any other single book."-Christopher Frayling, Professor of Cultural History, Royal College of Art, London "Almost as well known as the Mona Lisa, Sir ErnstGombrich's The Story of Art unites learning and pleasure."-Pierre Rosenberg, President-Directeur, Musee du Louvre, Paris ![]() I was 15 when I read The Story of Art and like millions since, I felt I had been given a map of a great country, and with it the confidence to explore further without fear of being overwhelmed."-Neil MacGregor, former Director of the National Gallery, London, 1995 "Like every art historian of my generation, my way of thinking about pictures has been in large measure shaped by Ernst Gombrich. ![]()
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