![]() The work is not so simplistic as the title implies, but it is this very title that rendered the book enormously attractive in 1950 to a new sort of book buyer: the self-educator. "The country's bestselling book on art, never out of print, still in demand (and not just by students) and one of the few 'gift books' that actually gets read. ![]() have been introduced to the world of fine art, in the last 45 years, though Ernst Gombrich's The Story of Art than through any other single book."-Christopher Frayling, Professor of Cultural History, Royal College of Art, London "Almost as well known as the Mona Lisa, Sir ErnstGombrich's The Story of Art unites learning and pleasure."-Pierre Rosenberg, President-Directeur, Musee du Louvre, Paris I was 15 when I read The Story of Art and like millions since, I felt I had been given a map of a great country, and with it the confidence to explore further without fear of being overwhelmed."-Neil MacGregor, former Director of the National Gallery, London, 1995 ![]() "Like every art historian of my generation, my way of thinking about pictures has been in large measure shaped by Ernst Gombrich. ![]()
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