An edition of The story of art (1950)

The story of art

4th ed., rev.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 228 Want to read
  • 24 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read
Cover of: The story of art by E. H. Gombrich
Preview Only
Borrow Listen

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 228 Want to read
  • 24 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
March 2, 2021 | History
Edit
An edition of The story of art (1950)

The story of art

4th ed., rev.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 228 Want to read
  • 24 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

The Story of Art, by E. H. Gombrich, is a survey of the history of art from ancient times to the modern era. First published in 1950 by Phaidon, the book is widely regarded both as a seminal work of criticism and as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts

Publish Date
Publisher
Phaidon Publishers, distributed by Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
462

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects
Art, History, Histoire, Geschichte, Kunst, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Art, history, Long now manual for civilization

Showing 10 featured editions. View all 44 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art
1995, Phaidon, Phaidon Press
in English - 16th ed. (rev. expanded and redesigned).
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art
1990, Prentice-Hall
in English - 15th ed., enl. and rev.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art
1985, Prentice-Hall
in English - 14th ed., enl. and reset.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art
1978, Phaidon
- 13th ed.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art
1972, Phaidon [distributed by Praeger, New York
in English - [12th ed., enl. and redesigned.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art: with 384 illustrations.
1966, Phaidon
in English - 11th ed., rev. & enl.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art
1966, Phaidon Publishers; distributed by Oxford University Press
in English - [11th ed., rev. and enl.]
Cover of: The story of art
The story of art
1951, Phaidon Publishers, distributed by Oxford University Press
in English - 4th ed., rev.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art.
The story of art.
1951, Phaidon Publishers, distributed by Oxford University Press
- [4th ed., rev.]
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The story of art.
The story of art.
1950, Phaidon Publishers, distributed by Oxford University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Published in

New York

Table of Contents

Introduction : on art and artists
Strange beginnings : prehistoric and primitive peoples ; ancient America
Art for eternity : Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete
The great awakening : Greece, seventh to fifth century B.C.
The realm of beauty : Greece and the Greek world, fourth century B.C. to first century A.D.
World conquerors : Romans, Bhuddhists, Jews, and Christians, first to fourth century A.D.
A parting of ways : Rome and Byzantium, fifth to thirteenth century
Looking eastwards : Islam, China, second to thirteenth century
Western art in the melting pot : Europe, sixth to eleventh century
The church militant : the twelfth century
The church triumphant : the thirteenth century
Courtiers and burghers : the fourteenth century
The conquest of reality : the early fifteenth century
Tradition and innovation : the later fifteenth century in Italy
Tradition and innovation : the fifteenth century in the North
Harmony attained : Tuscany and Rome, early sixteenth century
Light and colour : Venice and northern Italy in the early sixteenth century
The new learning spreads : Germany and the Netherlands in the early sixteenth century
A crisis of art : Europe, later sixteenth century
Vision and visions : Catholic Europe, first half of the seventeenth century
The mirror of nature : Holland in the seventeenth century
Power and glory : Italy, later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Power and glory : France, Germany and Austria, late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries
The age of reason : England and France, eighteenth century
The break in tradition : England, America, and France, late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
Revolution in permanence : the nineteenth century
In search of new standards : the late nineteenth century
Experimental art : the twentieth century.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-450) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
709
Library of Congress
N5300 .G643 1951

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 462 p. :
Number of pages
462

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24388839M
Internet Archive
storyofargomt00gomb
LCCN
50007209
OCLC/WorldCat
174162

Links outside Open Library

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

See All

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
March 2, 2021 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
July 24, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
November 4, 2011 Edited by WorkBot merge works
September 11, 2011 Edited by ImportBot import new book
October 22, 2010 Created by ImportBot Imported from Internet Archive item record.