"Courtiers and burghers: The fourteenth century"."The Church triumphant: The thirteenth century"."The Church militant: The twelfth century"."Western art in the melting pot: Europe, sixth to eleventh century"."Looking eastwards: Islam, China, second to thirteenth century"."A parting of ways: Rome and Byzantium, fifth to thirteenth century"."World conquerors: Romans, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, first to fourth century AD"."The realm of beauty: Greece and the Greek world, fourth century BC to first century AD"."The great awakening: Greece, seventh to fifth century BC".
"Art for eternity: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete"."Strange beginnings: Prehistoric and primitive peoples Ancient America".The chapters in the 15th edition are listed as follows: A 28th chapter summarizes the latest developments in visual arts. The book is divided into a preface, introduction, and 27 chapters that each deal with art within a defined time period and geographical context. Gombrich, having already written a few chapters of an art history book for children while in Vienna, offered the work and was given an advance for the work that became The Story of Art, first published by Phaidon in 1950. There, he met Béla Horovitz, founder of Phaidon Press, who was lacking materials to publish due to the war and was in search of new material. However, with the rise of the Second World War, Gombrich was sent to work as a broadcast translator at a BBC listening post in Evesham.
That same year, Gombrich relocated to London from Vienna for a job synthesizing the late Aby Warburg’s notes for publication at the Warburg Institute. He collaborated with Ernst Kris on an unpublished book on the history of caricature and published his first book on the history of the world for children in 1936. Background Īrt historian Ernst Gombrich had experience with book production before The Story of Art. As of 2022, The Story of Art is in its 16th edition. Over eight million copies have been sold, and it has been translated into more than 30 languages. It was originally intended for younger readers. įirst published in 1950 by Phaidon, the book is widely regarded both as a seminal work of criticism and as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts.
Gombrich, is a survey of the history of art from ancient times to the modern era.
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