The Image and the Eye: Further Studies in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited, 1994. 320 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Originally published in volume form 1982. Reprint 1999. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Edges lightly soiled. "These essays on the psychology of pictorial representation form a companion volume to the author's influential "Art and Illusion". Writing on the central problems of perspective, on visual discoveries in art, on the representationf movement, expression, gesture and action, on the role of visual images in communication, on standards of truth in representation, Professor Gombrich combines the insights of the art historian with the rigorous approach of the experimental psychologist. In these complementary essays the fruitful dialogue between art history and science is continued, with the author's characteristic wisdom, enthusiasm and clarity" - Publisher. CONTENTS: Visual discovery through art; Moment and movement in art; Ritualized gesture and expression in art; Action and expression in Western art; The mask and the face: the perception of physiognomic likeness in life and in art; The visual image: its place in communication; 'The sky is the limit': the vault of heaven and pictorial vision; Mirror and map: theories of pictorial representation; Experiment and experience in the arts; Standards of truth: the arrested image and the moving eye; Image and code: scope and limits of conventionalism in pictorial representation. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.