{"product_id":"the-uses-of-images-leonie-gombrich-9780714839691","title":"The Uses of Images","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, the tenth in the series of his collected essays, Professor Gombrich returned to themes that long preoccupied him in his study of visual imagery of all kinds. Central to these pivotal essays is a consuming interest in the functions of images, and how these functions, in addition to the images themselves, evolve over time. In wide-ranging studies of both so-called 'high' and 'low' art - from fresco painting, altar painting, the International Gothic Style and outdoor sculpture to doodles, pictorial instructions, caricature and political propaganda - Gombrich examines a broad spectrum of key questions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese include the role of supply and demand, competition and display, the 'ecology' of images, the idea of 'feedback' in the interplay of means and ends, and the ways in which developing skills in turn stimulate new demands. Gombrich explores in depth such specific aspects of the uses of images as the hanging of pictures and the use (or misuse) of images as historical evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensive in its scope and surgically precise in its focus, \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Images\u003c\/i\u003e signifies yet another landmark corpus of work by the prolific Professor Gombrich, in a subtle but striking tour de force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonie Gombrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0714839698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780714839691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.66h x 6.78w x 0.77d","brand":"Leonie Gombrich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947007377663,"sku":"9780714839691","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_303369f9-77a9-452a-b80f-bf73fc8dd4e3.jpg?v=1681516157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-uses-of-images-leonie-gombrich-9780714839691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}