ART and the MIND – Ernst H. GOMBRICH

Mit dem Steckenpferd unterwegs

Contributions by Georg Vasold Contributions by Ursula Marinelli Contributions by Sybille Moser-Ernst Contributions by Cao Yiqiang Contributions by Partha Mitter Contributions by Francois Quiviger Contributions by Julian Bell Contributions by David Carrier Contributions by John Onians Contributions by Josef G.F. Rothhaupt Contributions by Willibald Sauerländer Contributions by Veronika Korbei Contributions by Hans Belting Contributions by Nadia J. Koch Contributions by Robert Kudielka Contributions by Alfred Brendel Contributions by David Freedberg Contributions by Werner Hofmann Contributions by Leonie Gombrich Edited by Sybille Moser-Ernst

Book cover: ART and the MIND – Ernst H. GOMBRICH

Extent: 442 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Art & Art History, Philosophy

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(February 2018)

ISBN: 9783847107941

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $94.00

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After only a few years during which semiotics appeared to render Sir Ernst’s common-sense framework outdated, the rise of cognitive approaches has enabled him to recover internationally the status he once had in France as a radical thinker within modern philosophy. This book explores Gombrich’s intellectual legacy by analysing some of the concepts and insights in the context of Image Science, the “Steckenpferd”. The international contributors are original authorities in their own right, among them some of Gombrich’s former students.


Ernst H. Gombrich, the Art Historian, master of both Continental thought and English language, became one of the world’s most well-known representatives of the discipline. Half a century ago his testable theories transformed thinking on how to look at art. After only a few years during which semiotics appeared to render Sir Ernst’s common-sense framework outdated, the rise of cognitive approaches has enabled him to recover internationally the status he once had in France as a radical thinker within modern philosophy. This book explores Gombrich’s intellectual legacy by analysing some of the concepts and insights in the context of Image Science, the ‘Steckenpferd’. The international contributors are original authorities in their own right, among them some of Gombrich’s former students.

Georg Vasold arbeitet als Kunsthistoriker in Wien. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die Kunsttheorie in Mitteleuropa zwischen 1900 und 1930.

  • Contributions by Georg Vasold
  • Contributions by Ursula Marinelli
  • Contributions by Sybille Moser-Ernst
  • Contributions by Cao Yiqiang
  • Contributions by Partha Mitter
  • Contributions by Francois Quiviger
  • Contributions by Julian Bell
  • Contributions by David Carrier
  • Contributions by John Onians
  • Contributions by Josef G.F. Rothhaupt
  • Contributions by Willibald Sauerländer
  • Contributions by Veronika Korbei
  • Contributions by Hans Belting
  • Contributions by Nadia J. Koch
  • Contributions by Robert Kudielka
  • Contributions by Alfred Brendel
  • Contributions by David Freedberg
  • Contributions by Werner Hofmann
  • Contributions by Leonie Gombrich
  • Edited by Sybille Moser-Ernst