Norm and form / by E.H. Gombrich
1966, 1st edition. London : Phaidon. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #387124
Physical description; 167 pp., plates (186 illustrations), 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Preface -- The Renaissance conception of artistic progress and its consequences -- Apollonio di Giovanni: a Florentine cassone workshop seen through the eyes of a humanist poet -- Renaissance and golden age -- The early Medici as patrons of art -- Leonardo's method for working out compositions -- Raphael's Madonna della Sedia -- Norm and form: the stylistic categories of art history and their origins in Renaissance ideals -- Mannerism: the historiographic background -- The Renaissance theory of art and the rise of landscape -- The style all'antica: imitation and assimilation -- Reynolds's theory and practice of imitation. Subjects; Geschichte 1500-1600. Art, Renaissance Italy. Composition (Art).
Price: €30.00