Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation by E. H. Gombrich - 1961-06

Princeton University Press, 1984. 7th printing hardcover, lacking dj. Prior owner's name and date stamp on front pastedown, otherwise square and unmarked. Cloth binding. xxxi, 466pp. Bollingen Series XXXV - 5.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8x1x10. Rand, Paul. First edition. Very good in fair jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with large chip from front corner and minor loss from others. 1960 Hard Cover. xxxi, 466 pp. Paul Rand jacket art. 319 illustrations. An attempt to explain rationally the shifting styles of art, from antiquity to the present, employing modern concepts of visual perception, information theory, and learning. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. CONTENTS: Preface; List of Illustrations; Part One: The Limits of Likeness; Part Two: Function and Form; Part Three: The Beholder's Share; Part Four: Invention and Discovery; Retrospect; Notes; Index.

Princeton University Press, 1961-10-21T00:00:01Z. 2nd. hardcover. Very Good.

Princeton, N.J.: Published for Bollingen Foundation by Princeton University Press, 1972. 2nd edition. Hardcover. VG-. slight rubbing on spine. No dj, green clot covers, gilt lettering spine. (xxxi), 466 pages : illustrations (some color). Bollingen series, 35. The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts. Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents as follows: Introduction: Psychology and the riddle of style -- Part One: The limits of likeness -- From light into paint -- Truth and the stereotype -- Part Two: Function and form -- Pygmalion's power -- Reflections on the Greek revolution -- Formula and experience -- Part Three: The beholder's share -- The image in the clouds -- Conditions of illusion -- Ambiguities of the third dimension -- Part Four: Invention and discovery -- The analysis of vision in art -- The experiment of caricature -- From representation to expression -- Retrospect.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton University Press, 1961-10-21. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!