Ten Reasons Why E. H. Gombrich is not Connected to Art History

• Authors: James Elkins
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This is a speculative essay on the place of E. H. Gombrich in art history. Gombrich is universally known, and still often studied at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is indispensable for the historiography of the discipline. But at the same time, he is not often cited, and his work is not usually part of the ongoing conversations of the current state of art history or visual studies. This brief essay questions that condition.

Keywords

EN

art history; history of art; Kunstgeschichte; Gombrich; E. H.; Gombrich; historiography

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 304-310

Dates

published

2009-09-01

online

2009-09-24

Contributors

author

James Elkins

• Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, Department of Visual and Critical Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 112 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL 60603, USA

References

• Gombrich, E. H. Art and Illusion. A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1960.
• Gombrich, E. H. The Sense of Order. A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art. Oxford: Phaidon, 1979.
• Gombrich, E. H. Art and Illusion. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10023-009-0044-6