Ernst H. Gombrich on Abstract Painting

Ernst H. Gombrich on Abstract Painting

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<p>Ernst H. Gombrich criticized abstract painting with several remarks scattered around his wide oeuvre. I argue that his view of abstract paintings is coherent with the account of pictorial representation he put forward in <em>Art and Illusion</em>, show some limits of such view,...

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Main Author: Elisa Caldarola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2015-11-01
Series:Aisthesis
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Ernst H. Gombrich
abstract art
pictorial representation
“making and matching”
Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/17566
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spelling doaj-2d6b29a5edd749e1b2f1818af4434c852020-11-24T22:09:22ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662015-11-0182778610.13128/Aisthesis-1756614733Ernst H. Gombrich on Abstract PaintingElisa Caldarola<p>Ernst H. Gombrich criticized abstract painting with several remarks scattered around his wide oeuvre. I argue that his view of abstract paintings is coherent with the account of pictorial representation he put forward in <em>Art and Illusion</em>, show some limits of such view, and maintain that, although several of Gombrich’s criticisms of abstract painting should be rejected, some of his remarks are insightful and worth of consideration.</p>http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/17566Ernst H. Gombrichabstract artpictorial representation“making and matching”
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description <p>Ernst H. Gombrich criticized abstract painting with several remarks scattered around his wide oeuvre. I argue that his view of abstract paintings is coherent with the account of pictorial representation he put forward in <em>Art and Illusion</em>, show some limits of such view, and maintain that, although several of Gombrich’s criticisms of abstract painting should be rejected, some of his remarks are insightful and worth of consideration.</p>
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abstract art
pictorial representation
“making and matching”
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