Ideals and idols : essays on values in history and in art / E.H. Gombrich

Oxford [England] : Phaidon, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Dust-wrapper edges tanned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes index and bibliographical notes. Contents; [1.] Values in history: The tradition of general knowledge -- In search of cultural history -- The logic of Vanity fair: alternatives to historicism in the study of fashions, style and taste -- Myth and reality in German wartime broadcasts -- Research in the humanities: ideals and idols -- [2.] Values in art: Art and self-transcendence -- Art history and the social sciences -- Canons and values in the visual arts: a correspondence with Quentin Bell -- A plea for pluralism -- The museum: past, present and future -- Reason and feeling in the study of art. Subjects; History Philosophy. Art Philosophy. Values. Expression Concept of. Taste In the arts. Art History. Civilization History. Museums History. History Philosophy Addresses, essays, lectures. Art Philosophy Addresses, essays, lectures. Values Addresses, essays, lectures. Culture History. Art history Collected essays British Isles.