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The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, and one who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject.
, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, and one who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject.
For the first time in many years the book has been completely redesigned. The illustrations, now in colour throughout, have all been improved and reoriginated, and include six fold-outs. The text has been revised and updated where appropriate, and a number of significant new artists have been incorporated. The bibliographies have been expanded and updated, and the maps and charts redrawn.
The Story of Art has always been admired for two key qualities: it is a pleasure to read and a pleasure to handle. In these respects the new edition is true to its much-loved predecessors: the text runs as smoothly as ever and the improved illustrations are always on the page where the reader needs them. In its new edition, this classic work continues its triumphant progress tirelessly for yet another generation, to remain the title of first choice for any newcomer to art or the connoisseur.
has always been admired for two key qualities: it is a pleasure to read and a pleasure to handle. In these respects the new edition is true to its much-loved predecessors: the text runs as smoothly as ever and the improved illustrations are always on the page where the reader needs them. In its new edition, this classic work continues its triumphant progress tirelessly for yet another generation, to remain the title of first choice for any newcomer to art or the connoisseur.
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, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, and one who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject.
For the first time in many years the book has been completely redesigned. The illustrations, now in colour throughout, have all been improved and reoriginated, and include six fold-outs. The text has been revised and updated where appropriate, and a number of significant new artists have been incorporated. The bibliographies have been expanded and updated, and the maps and charts redrawn.
The Story of Art has always been admired for two key qualities: it is a pleasure to read and a pleasure to handle. In these respects the new edition is true to its much-loved predecessors: the text runs as smoothly as ever and the improved illustrations are always on the page where the reader needs them. In its new edition, this classic work continues its triumphant progress tirelessly for yet another generation, to remain the title of first choice for any newcomer to art or the connoisseur.
has always been admired for two key qualities: it is a pleasure to read and a pleasure to handle. In these respects the new edition is true to its much-loved predecessors: the text runs as smoothly as ever and the improved illustrations are always on the page where the reader needs them. In its new edition, this classic work continues its triumphant progress tirelessly for yet another generation, to remain the title of first choice for any newcomer to art or the connoisseur.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
"The Story of Art" liegt schwer und vielzählig in den Lesesälen der Universitäten, meist versteckt unter einem Berg von Fallstudien und mikrohistorischem Expertenwerk. Es ist besonders bei britischen Bachelor-Studenten beliebt, denn der mächtige Klotz bietet im angenehmen Plauderton einen Blick auf die Geschichte der Kunst aller Epochen - von den Anfängen bis nahezu in die Gegenwart. Er ist gebunden siebenhundert Seiten stark, enthält 440 Abbildungen und wiegt ungefähr zwei Kilo; er wurde in zweiunddreißig Sprachen übersetzt und wird heute in der sechzehnten Auflage verkauft.
Der berühmte Schöpfer dieses Leitfadens ist Ernst H. Gombrich, der heute hundert Jahre alt geworden wäre. Mit seinem erfolgreichsten Werk hat er gewagt, was der nachfolgenden Generation von spezialisierten Fachwissenschaftlern nicht mehr in den Sinn gekommen wäre: Die ganze Geschichte der Kunst, Höhlenmalerei, Barock und Pop-Art, einfach in ein Werk zu stecken. "The Story of Art" ist auf diese Weise ein Retter vieler geworden, die, bevor sich ihre Begeisterung für die Kunstgeschichte überhaupt entfalten konnte, sonst schon fast wieder verlorengegangen wären. Als Gombrich "The Story of Art" im Jahr 1950 veröffentlichte, wollte er ein Jugendbuch schreiben und hat eher aus Versehen ein einzigartiges Selbsthilfebuch für Studenten geschaffen. Gombrichs Werk dient als Beruhigungspille für überforderte Erstsemester, die häufig beim Versuch, einen Überblick zu bekommen, unter den Bücherbergen begraben werden und für immer verschwinden. Man nennt sie Abbrecher oder auch Langzeitstudenten.
Die britischen Bachelor-Studenten jedenfalls beackern in geheimen Arbeitsgruppen den dicken Wälzer mit roten, blauen und grünen Markern und Zetteln, bis gar nichts mehr zu sehen, geschweige denn zu lesen ist. Als Nachschlagewerk funktioniert das Buch nämlich nicht: Der listige Gombrich hat es als eine durchlaufende Erzählung angelegt, so dass die Studenten gezwungen sind, selbst die Inhalte auf Karteikarten zusammenzupferchen oder die Zeittafeln zu vervollständigen, die dann auch schon mal auf große Papierbögen übersetzt werden und an der Wand hängen. Fertig ist das britische Bachelor-Studium. Wie begrenzt Gombrichs Ordnung der Dinge letztlich ist, für diese Erkenntnis sorgt dann zielgerichtet die Auseinandersetzung mit der Gegenwartskunst, denn "The Story of Art" endet diffus, bevor die auch für uns immer noch rätselhafte Epoche beginnt. Gombrich lehrt das Erkennen von Schemata. Im einundzwanzigsten Jahrhundert ist der Betrachter selbst zum mächtigsten Interpreten geworden, und die Kunstgeschichte hat nicht mehr den Anspruch, endgültige oder absolute Kenntnis ihres Gegenstandes zu erlangen. Das Chaos ist wieder perfekt. Wer einmal das Sehen nach dem Modell der Interpretation statt nach Gombrichs reiner Wahrnehmung versteht, wird nur noch verständnislos zurückblicken auf die Zeit der Tabellen und Lernkarten. Wer aber von Gombrichs Frucht der Ordnung gekostet hat, kann nun diesen Befreiungszustand ganz anders genießen.
SWANTJE KARICH
Alle Rechte vorbehalten. © F.A.Z. GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
"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 Ernst Gombrich'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
"At 90-odd, the prolific art historian is still going strong. His populist approach comes from his childhood in Vienna, where art was for everyone, not just for stuffed shirts."-The Mail on Sunday
"Gombrich has done more than any other human being to draw people towards an enlightened understanding of art. Wearing his immense learning lightly, tackling abstract ideas without losing his readers in jargon, he has attracted a devoted following."-The Sunday Times
"The gift he gave us was to make the living process of art understandable to us all. Rather than a dry cultural history, he made looking at art - that perceptual experience - an adventure."-Antony Gormley, artist
"Did more tham any other writer in the last 100 years to introduce a wider public to a love of art. Successive generations of students have been drawn to The Story of Art, his erudite survey of Western art, and his big idea: "There is no such thing as art - there are only artists." An academic who stayed firmly outside his profession's charmed circle, his book was intended as a rallying cry against snobbery and elitism, and has remained a classic."-Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide
"Ernst Gombrich was the most famous art historian in the world. His reputation was based on a particular approach to the subject, or the mastery of a single period, than on the breadth of his interests and his skill at making the history of art interesting to a non-specialist public."-Independent
"...Lucid and endlessly informative..."-The Good Book Guide
"Gombrich's voice is lively, opinionated, and almost conversational, yet his erudition shines through to make a book that is both accessible and informative."-Library Journal
"This comprehensive look at Western art from prehistoric times on up to the present has been completely redesigned and extensively revised and updated."-Booklist
"Enjoy the most famous book on art ever published... This has been revamped for the first time since 1972, offering larger illustrations, more color, and improved text and coverage. Highly recommended."-Midwest Book Review
"Almost as well known as the Mona Lisa, Sir Ernst Gombrich'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
"At 90-odd, the prolific art historian is still going strong. His populist approach comes from his childhood in Vienna, where art was for everyone, not just for stuffed shirts."-The Mail on Sunday
"Gombrich has done more than any other human being to draw people towards an enlightened understanding of art. Wearing his immense learning lightly, tackling abstract ideas without losing his readers in jargon, he has attracted a devoted following."-The Sunday Times
"The gift he gave us was to make the living process of art understandable to us all. Rather than a dry cultural history, he made looking at art - that perceptual experience - an adventure."-Antony Gormley, artist
"Did more tham any other writer in the last 100 years to introduce a wider public to a love of art. Successive generations of students have been drawn to The Story of Art, his erudite survey of Western art, and his big idea: "There is no such thing as art - there are only artists." An academic who stayed firmly outside his profession's charmed circle, his book was intended as a rallying cry against snobbery and elitism, and has remained a classic."-Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide
"Ernst Gombrich was the most famous art historian in the world. His reputation was based on a particular approach to the subject, or the mastery of a single period, than on the breadth of his interests and his skill at making the history of art interesting to a non-specialist public."-Independent
"...Lucid and endlessly informative..."-The Good Book Guide
"Gombrich's voice is lively, opinionated, and almost conversational, yet his erudition shines through to make a book that is both accessible and informative."-Library Journal
"This comprehensive look at Western art from prehistoric times on up to the present has been completely redesigned and extensively revised and updated."-Booklist
"Enjoy the most famous book on art ever published... This has been revamped for the first time since 1972, offering larger illustrations, more color, and improved text and coverage. Highly recommended."-Midwest Book Review