Art, perception and reality / E.H. Gombrich, Julian Hochberg and Max Black.
By: Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans)
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Contributor(s): Hochberg, Julian E | Black, Max.
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BookSeries: Alvin and Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer lectures ; 1970.Publisher: Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973Description: x, 136 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0801815525.Subject(s): Art -- Psychology | Visual perceptionDDC classification: 701.8
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In Art, Perception, and Reality three eminent scholars explore questions relating to the nature of representation in art. Art historian E. H. Gombrich asks how we recognize likeness--in portraits or caricatures for instance--and concludes that we do so by empathy. Psychologist Julian Hochberg rejects Gombrich's argument, suggesting instead that the expectations aroused in the scanning processes of visual perception account for recognition of likeness. Finally, philosopher Max black argues that no criteria have been established for defining conditions of representation and concludes that representation is a "cluster concept."
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, born March 30, 1909, in Vienna, Austria, was educated at Vienna University where he earned a Ph.D. His career includes terms as Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford and Cambridge universities and as Andrew D. White Professor-at-large at Cornell University.Gombrich's books on art and art history have sold as well as some works of fiction. One of his most popular titles is The Story of Art, which has been translated into 18 languages and sold more than two million copies. Other titles are; Looking for Answers: Conversations on Art and Science (with Didier Eribon), Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art, and Gombrich on Art and Psychology. His numerous awards include the Erasmus Prize in 1975, the Hegel Prize in 1976, and the International Balzan Prize in 1985. He holds honorary degrees from various universities, among them Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard, and from the Royal College of Art (London), 1981.
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