The Preference for the Primitive: Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art

by Gombrich, Leonie
ISBN: 9780714846323
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Overview

Professor Gombrich's last book and first narrative book in over 20 years. Studies the idea that older and less sophisticated (i.e. 'primitive') artworks are morally and aesthetically superior to newer ones that in our present time are decadent

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Gombrich, Leonie
  • ISBN: 9780714846323
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.50 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 324
  • Publication Year: 2006