Sir Ernst Gombrich | |
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| Born | 30 March 1909 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 3 November 2001 (aged 92) London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna (PhD, 1933) |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Notable work | The Story of Art |
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich OM CBE FBA (/ˈɡɒmbrɪk/; German: [ˈgɔmbʁɪç]; 30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian who, after settling in England in 1936,[1] became a naturalised British citizen in 1947[2] and spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom.
Gombrich was the author of many works of cultural history and art history, most notably The Story of Art, a book widely regarded as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts,[3] and Art and Illusion,[4] a major work in the psychology of perception that influenced thinkers as diverse as Carlo Ginzburg,[5] Nelson Goodman,[6] Umberto Eco,[7] and Thomas Kuhn.[8]
- ^ Lyons, M. (2013). Books: a living history. London: Thames & Hudson.
- ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Ernst Gombrich". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014.
- ^ William Skidelsky (17 May 2009). "Classics corner: The Story of Art by EH Gombrich". The Observer. London. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ Shone, Richard and Stonard, John-Paul, eds.. The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss, chapter 9. London: Thames & Hudson, 2013.
- ^ Ginzburg, Carlo. "From Aby Warburg to E. H. Gombrich". In Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method, 46. Baltimore: JHU Press, 1989.
- ^ N. Goodman: Languages of Art, Indianapolis and Cambridge, 1976.
- ^ U. Eco: Theory of Semiotics, Bloomington, 1976, pp. 204–205.
- ^ T. S. Kuhn 1962/2012. Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 4th Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, page 160, Ftnt. 1