Meditations On a Hobby Horse: and Other Essays On the Theory of Art.

[London] Phaidon Publishers; distributed by New York Graphic Society Publishers: Greenwich, Conn, 1963. First Edition. Large quarto in white and pink jacket; xii, 184 pages illustrations, portraits, diagrams 26 cm. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 163-173) Near fine(+) copy in about near fine( lightly weathered jacket in archival mylar. Very nice. Extremely thick heavy weight jacket paper stock. Hardcover.

Contents: Meditations on a Hobby Horse or the Roots of Artistic Form -- Visual Metaphors of Value in Art -- Psycho-Analysis and the History of Art -- On Physiognomic Perception -- Expression and Communication -- Achievement in Mediaeval Art -- Andre Malaraux and the Crisis of Expression -- The Social History of Art -- Tradition and Expression in Western Still Life -- Art and Scholarship -- Imagery and Art in the Romantic Period -- The Cartoonist's Armoury -- The Vogue of Abstract Art -- Illusion and Visual Deadlock -- Notes -- Biographical Note -- List of Illustrations ¶ Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001. (Ernst Hans),