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Exquisite cloth-bound edition of the classic art-history text - the ideal gift for every art
connoisseur and student For more than 70 years Sir Ernst Gombrich's The Story of Art
has been a global bestseller - with more than 8 million copies sold - the perfect introduction
to art history from the earliest cave paintings to art of the twentieth century a masterpiece
of clarity and personal insight. This classic book is currently in its 16th edition and has
been translated into more than 30 languages and published in numerous formats and editions.
This luxury edition with its bespoke cloth cover and preface by Professor Gombrich's
granddaughter Leonie is the ultimate gift purchase for all art lovers - a keepsake to
treasure and to inspire future generations. A global bestseller for over five decades this
luxury edition is perfect for collectors connoisseurs and the millions of people who have
grown up reading and loving this classic companion. | Exquisite cloth-bound edition of the
classic art-history text - the ideal gift for every art connoisseur and student |
"Like every art historian of my generation my way of thinking about pictures has been in large
measure shaped by Ernst Gombrich. 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 "Almost as well known as the Mona Lisa Sir ErnstGombrich's The
Story of Art unites learning and pleasure."- Pierre Rosenberg Président-Directeur Musée du
Louvre Paris "More people... 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
"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. 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. This field was set to grow
publishers eagerly wooing punters into buying the one big book on every impossibly massive but
key subject. But with Gombrich art was all sewn up."- The Times " The Story of Art
has just about everything you need to follow the course of art from cave painting to David
Hockney. I am surprised it's not yet been placed in hotels on the bedside table along with
Gideon's Bible since Gombrich is as authoritative as the voice of God. The book has always been
a pleasure to read and handle the colour plates now with many new additions are excellent
and the text is clear and straightforward devoid of both pedantry and academic tedium."- The
Birmingham Post "As a humane uncomplicated but unpatronising account of art from
prehistoric cave daubs to twentieth-century splurges Gombrich's Story of Art is just what
its title promises: more of a story than a work of reference yet that as well."- Business
Weekly "A wise and wide-ranging introduction to art history that will last and last."-
The List "Lucid and endlessly informative."- The Good Book Guide "His populist
approach comes from his childhood in Vienna where art was for everyone not just for stuffed
shirts."- The Mail on Sunday "Thinking about building your dream library and
brightening your coffee table with eye-candy and conversation starters? Look no further than
Phaidon books."- Big Life Magazine "Gombrich's The Story of Art was the very first
book I bought on Art... An ideal book for anybody who is just discovering Art for the first
time. He is accessible without talking down. He looks at the great masterpieces and only writes
about what he can illustrate. The illustrations are wonderful."- MatureTimes.co.uk
"...Has made art history accessible to generations of readers."- The Hollywood Reporter Online
"The ultimate gift purchase for all art lovers - a perfect keepsake to treasure and to inspire
future generations."- WhatsGoodOnline.co.uk "One of the most accessible introductions
to the history of visual arts... This cloth bound luxury edition [...] is a joy to the eye."-
Mint (India) "What could be a better gift for an art connoisseur than Ernst Gombrich's
classic art history book The Story of Art ? It is undoubtedly one of the most popular art
books of all time and has been a global bestseller for more than 60 years. It's the perfect
introduction to art history covering everything from the Palaeolithic cave paintings in
Lascaux France to 20th-century modern art - all of which is beautifully illustrated in the
book. The book also comes in a luxury edition with an exquisite clothbound hardback that art
lovers will cherish." - JetWings (India) "E.H. Gombrich's authoritative yet easy to read
tome has been the introduction to art history for the past seven decades. Whether she's an art
history aficionado or someone who wants to arm herself with knowledge for her next gallery or
museum visit The Story of Art will do the job. This luxury print makes for a brilliant
coffee table addition and an eye-opening read." - AskMen.com | Ernst Gombrich was one
of the greatest and least conventional art historians of his age achieving fame and
distinction in three separate spheres: as a scholar as a popularizer of art and as a pioneer
of the application of the psychology of perception to the study of art. His best-known book
The Story of Art - first published 50 years ago and now in its sixteenth edition - is one of
the most influential books ever written about art. His books further include The Sense of
Order (1979) and The Preference for the Primitive (2002) as well as a total of 11
volumes of collected essays and reviews. Gombrich was born in Vienna in 1909 and died in London
in November 2001. He came to London in 1936 to work at the Warburg Institute where he
eventually became Director from 1959 until his retirement in 1976. He won numerous
international honours including a knighthood the Order of Merit and the Goethe Hegel and
Erasmus prizes. Gifted with a powerful mind and prodigious memory he was also an outstanding
communicator with a clear and forceful prose style. His works are models of good
art-historical writing and reflect his humanism and his deep and abiding concern with the
standards and values of our cultural heritage.
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