Full Description
Available in paperback for the first time, Professor Gombrich's highly-acclaimed last book offers a revealing insight into the history and psychology of taste. The Preference for the Primitive is a study of the idea that older and less sophisticated ('primitive') works are somehow morally and aesthetically superior to later works that have become soft and decadent. Summing up more than 40 years of study and reflection on this theme, this book presents a closely argued narrative supported by extensive quotations that document with precision the role of authors, critics and artists in shaping and changing opinion.
Contents
Prefece Chapter 1: Plato's Preferences Interlude: Progress or Decline? Chapter 2: The Ascendancy of the Sublime Chapter 3: The Pre-Raphaelite Ideal Chapter 4: The Quest for Spirituality Chapter 5: The Emancipation of Formal Values Interlude - New Worlds and New Myths Chapter 6: The Twentieth Century The Lure of Regression (1) The Lure of Regression (2) Chapter 7: Primitive - in what Sense? Appendix, Notes, Index
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