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| The Story of Art: Pocket Edition
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Edition: Pocket
Author: E.H. Gombrich
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Release Date: 2006-10-07
ISBN-10: 0714847038
ISBN-13: 9780714847030
List Price: $19.95
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"The Story of Art", one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Professor Gombrich's clear and engaging text combines with hundreds of full-colour illustrations to trace the history of art in an unfolding narrative, from primitive cave paintings to controversial art works of the present day.
This is not merely an story of art, but history of architecture
| Customer Rating: | | This book does not only tell the history of art, at the same time, the history of architecture, since the two are so much interrelated. Therefore, as an architecture student, I recommend you guys to read this book to gain the knowledge of how art and architecture evolve throughout history. |
The story of art
| Customer Rating: | | This is a beautiful book with comprehensive text. It is written in common English that anyone should understand. I already have a copy I received as a gift and bought this copy for my grandaughter who will enter college this year to study Art History. |
A Perfect Book to Travel With
| Customer Rating: | That may sound a bit strange, but this is a great book to take on the plane or train with you -- or even to the beach.
It is a compact volume (though about 1 1/2 inches thick). Because of this compact format the text is in front (thin paper) with the plates in back. Phaidon provides two ribbon bookmarks. That also means that it is easiest to read using both hands.
That said, Gombrich leads the reader along with a style somewhere between a conversation and a lecture -- more like what you might expect from a learned uncle or family friend. Pleasant delivery, but leaving you no doubts about the value of the information that is to be passed along.
There may even be an advantage to having the plates in the back. I found myself dwelling on them perhaps a little longer than if they had been in with the text -- and the text calling for my attention.
You can read this book in long sessions, or in little bits. It doesn't matter, because the information is always there, and in the case of this book, the journey itself is important.
Enjoy. |
A Steal
| Customer Rating: | | An excellent book in an easy to read formatt. My professor used it for my art history class. Beautirul illistrations. Highly recommended. Great reference book as well. |
Pretty good.
| Customer Rating:  | | For somebody interested in art, a book with many pictures is easy to read and enjoy. |
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