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Reviewed on November 15, 1995
Phaidon Press has produced a much-improved edition of Sir Ernst Gombrich's classic narrative study of art history, which was first published in 1950. Among the many competing introductory texts--the central monuments of which are H.W. Janson's History of Art (Prentice, 1986. 4th. ed.) and Helen Gardner's Art Through the Ages (4th ed. o.p.)--Gombrich's venerable work has inhabited a unique niche, having been created specifically for newcomers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More