The Preference for the Primitive: Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art Trick- & Zeichentrickfilm Sowohl Eisen als auch Hiroshige

Sowohl Eisen als auch Hiroshige waren renommierte Holzschnittkünstler

from the 12th century to the present day

Minimalism has informed some of the greatest graphic design in the history of the art form

this volume introduces key artworks by 308 artists who together demonstrate the variety and vitality of artwork being made

The Preference for the Primitive: Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art Trick- & Zeichentrickfilm Sowohl Eisen als auch HiroshigeThis monumental book the last to be completed by the author is a study of a recurring phenomenon in the history of changing taste in the visual arts: the feeling that older and less sophisticated (i. e. 'primitive') works are somehow morally and aesthetically superior to later works that are perceived as comparatively soft and decadent. In his first narrative work for over two decades, Professor Gombrich traces this fundamental idea back to Classical