The Story of Art

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UK Kirkus review

First published in 1950 and reprinted in several editions since then, this book has established itself as the most readable, lucid and informative on its subject. For many years Director of the Warburg Institute, Professor Gombrich writes with both scholarly authority and infectious enthusiasm. Covering the whole world of art from the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux to the experimental art of the 20th century and what he calls 'the triumph of Modernism', Gombrich is as perfect a guide to the work of Dali and Jackson Pollock as to that of Michelangelo, Holbein and Hogarth. The illustrations of architecture and sculpture as well as painting are a delight. (Kirkus UK)