{"product_id":"9781789389999-global-culture-after-gombrich","title":"Global Culture after Gombrich","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt, Mind, World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume presents essays by 10 eminent historians of art and culture provoked by the work of Ernst Gombrich. The collection shows Gombrich’s concerns to have initiated lines of enquiry that spread beyond Europe and across the globe, and makes a vital contribution to the contemporary debate around the ’languages’ of art history. 76 col. illus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnst Gombrich can be considered the most influential art historian of the 20th-century. Until now, however, the global impact of his work has been under-appreciated. \u003cem\u003eGlobal Culture after Gombrich: Art, Mind, World\u003c\/em\u003e presents essays by historians of art and culture - themselves students of Gombrich or associated with his scholarly home, the Warburg Institute - from Asia, the USA, and Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubjects range from picture-making’s place in human evolution to the visual marginalia of the Renaissance, and from nineteenth-century modernism to the implications of the latest neuroscience for cultural history. Other chapters treat fundamental issues, such as the notion of connoisseurship, the fate of the idea of ‘culture’, or the cultural specificity of modernism. They range from theoretical broadsides – notably, a defence of the ‘intelligence’ of art - to intricate reflections – for example on caricature as a style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn showing how Gombrich initiated enquiries that have spread in numerous – and global – directions, \u003cem\u003eGlobal Culture after Gombrich: Art, Mind, World\u003c\/em\u003e makes a vital contribution to contemporary debates around the languages of art history and showcases the range of approaches and methods by which art history is, and has yet to be, written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56160559890806,"sku":"9781789389999","price":27.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31359929.jpg?v=1756270231","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781789389999-global-culture-after-gombrich","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}