The Story of Art

New Format and Redesign of the World'sBest Selling Art Book"Gombrich (1909-2001) had a gift for clear, conversational language, anarrative approach, and an interest in pop culture--he even included massmedia and cartoons in The Story of Art. The book, which receives highpraise in the CAA report [a recent assessment of art history textbooks bythe College Art Association], is today the world's best selling art historytextbook, with total sales of 8 million copies."-Art News, February 2006E.H. Gombrich's warm, lively, opinionated--yet never patronizing--authorialvoice brings history to life in a way that attracts both adults and youngreaders alike.Last year the first English translation of A Little Historyof the World, originally written in 1935 in German, was a surprisepublishing success.Yet, this isn't even Gombrich's most popular work. The Story of Art has sold over 8 million copies, has been translated intomore than 30 languages and served as the standard introduction to arthistory for students around the world for the past century.Now, the bookwill be available in a new affordable format, in wide release for thegeneral public, just in time for the holidays.Phaidon Press is pleased to announce the publication of THE STORY OF ART:POCKET EDITION by E.H. Gombrich, a re-designed, re-formatted compactedition of one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written. This new edition combines smoothly flowing text with a clear, simple designin a convenient and accessible format.The new edition allows this classicwork to continue its triumphant progress for another generation, and toremain the first choice for all newcomers to art. Phaidon Press commissioned Gombrich during World War II to write a historyof art for young people.In 1950, The Story of Art was published and so aclassic was born.Gombrich dictated the whole text from memory, usingillustrations from books in his library as prompts.The outcome was aseminal work of criticism and one of the most accessible introductions tothe visual arts.Starting with the cave paintings at Lascaux andstretching as far as Postmodernism, the whole of art history is presentedas a chronological narrative.Using vivid imagery, storytelling and slyhumor, Gombrich's voice draws in all--the student, connoisseur, or amateur. The Story of Art has always been admired for two key qualities: it is apleasure to read and a pleasure to handle.The pocket edition is noexception.With this new edition this classic work is now as accessible asthe story inside.Gombrich's extraordinary knowledge and wisdom willcontinue to teach and inspire generation after generation.

Sir Ernst Gombrich's (1909–2001) standing in the world of art and his popularity with experts and a vast general readership alike remain unrivalled. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and many titles have become classics. Ernst Gombrich was born in Vienna and came to England in 1936. He spent the larger part of his working life at the University of London's Warburg Institute, where he was Director from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. His 'retirement' saw the publication of numerous books, reviews and articles, and the conferring of many international honours, including a knighthood and the Order of Merit. In 1994 the city of Frankfurt awarded him the Goethe Prize. His bestselling book The Story of Art, first published over fifty years ago, continues to delight and inform students of art around the world. Professor Gombrich's books are models of good art-historical writing, and reflect his deep and abiding concern with the standards and values of our cultural heritage.

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 BC
The Realm of Beauty: Greece and the Greek World, Fourth Century BC to First Century AD
World Conquerors: Romans, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, First to Fourth Century AD
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 I: The Later Fifteenth Century in Italy
Tradition and Innovation II: The Fifteenth Century in the North
Harmony Attained: Tuscany and Rome, Early Sixteenth Century
Light and Colour: Venice and Northern Italy, Early Sixteenth Century
The New Learning Spreads: Germany and the Netherlands, 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, Seventeenth Century
Power and Glory I: Italy, Later Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Power and Glory II: 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
Permanent Revolution: The Nineteenth Century
In Search of New Standards: The Late Nineteenth Century
Experimental Art: The First Half of the Twentieth Century
A Story without End: The Triumph of Modernism
Another Turning of the Tide
The Changing Past
A Note on Art Books
Chronological Charts
Maps
List of Illustrations by Location
Index and Glossary
Acknowledgments
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