Reflections on the History of Art: Views and Reviews
- ISBN-10
- 0520061896
- ISBN-13
- 9780520061897
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987-01-01
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Ernst Hans Gombrich
Description
Essays discuss Greek and Chineese art, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dutch genre painting, Rubens, Rembrandt, art collecting, museums, and Freud's aesthetics
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