ERNST GOMBRICH AND MAX DVOŘÁK

• Authors: Richard Woodfield
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ernst Gombrich stated that reading Max Dvořák convinced him that the art of the past “offered an immediate and exciting access to the mind of bygone ages”. The paper documents his involvement with Dvořák from his school-leaving essay, through his experience at university, into his essays for Kritische Berichte and then into his later career at the Warburg Institute. It will argue that although Gombrich rapidly came to criticise the notion of “immediate” access, it nevertheless raised problems that stayed with him through his career and thus exercised a benign influence on his development.

Keywords

EN

ART HISTORY; DVOŘÁK MAX; ARTISTIC PRACTICE; GOMBRICH ERNST

• Publisher: Institute of History of Art, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ARS
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 125-138

Contributors

author

Richard Woodfield

• Department of History of Art, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TS, United Kingdom