{"product_id":"art-and-illusion-a-study-in-the-psychology-of-pictorial-representation-by-e-h-gombrich","title":"‘Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation’ by E. H. Gombrich","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eHow fun to find an old Phaidon! This is Gombrich’s classic study approaching representation as a negotiation between inherited conventions, perception, expectation and correction.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is depth-y, moving across ancient art, Renaissance painting, caricature, advertising, scientific illustration and optical experiment, arguing that artists work through learned schemata. That is, a process of making, testing and modifying images rather than simply reproducing what the eye supposedly sees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally delivered as the A. W. Mellon Lectures, \u003cem\u003eArt and Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e sits somewhere between art history, psychology and a theory of knowledge. It is delightful to see this kind of thought directed at how a mark becomes depth, how incomplete forms become whole objects, why pictorial conventions become invisible once we have learned them, but then translated through a psychological filter. It is filled with hundreds of illustrations, repeatedly showing how much work the viewer performs in making an image intelligible. A foundational book on representation, and still useful for thinking about images as constructed systems rather than passive reflections of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhaidon Press, London, 1962. New edition, reset 1962; text substantially follows the second edition with minor revisions and a new preface. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket worn with rubbing, edge chipping and small tears; light foxing to preliminary pages, internally otherwise clean and sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46283577000019,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-15T102022.406.png?v=1789431982","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/art-and-illusion-a-study-in-the-psychology-of-pictorial-representation-by-e-h-gombrich","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}