Download or read book The Image and the Eye written by Ernst Hans Gombrich and published by Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to Art and Illusion, The Image and the Eye provides a comprehensive and intriguing overview of art and our perception of it. In a series of papers and lectures, Professor Gombrich presents his thoughts and arguments on subjects as diverse as photography's tricks with perspective, the problems of expressing emotion through art and how pictorial representation can alter the way in which we see the real world. Like all Professor Gombrich's works, these masterly pieces display a lively curiosity and an infectious enthusiasm for understanding the challenges presented by art. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.