"Ernst Gombrich is indeed Master Scholar of the highest distinction. He has explored the mysterious links between perception and art
adding to both in the process, with a score of superb books on the history and philosophy of art... [Art and Illusion's] riches can only be appreciated by careful reading, more than once."
Richard Gregory, Perception "[Sir Ernst's] own theory of perception, ... Read moreput forward in Art and Illusion ... arguably his most important book, was controversial in almost every detail. But it brought the topic of the visual back to the centre of the history of the visual arts, from where it had been strangely displaced."
The Economist "I have learned a great deal from this volume, but what I shall remember about it is the author's warmth and wit, the fabulous range of his references and the richness of personality that lies behind the whole performance."
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