The sense of order
Investigates the psychology of decorative design and the creation and function of formal orders concentrating on problems of decorative theory, visual perception, and the symbolism of design.
More by E. H. Gombrich
The story of art
Art and illusion
A little history of the world
Symbolic images
The Story of Art, 16th Edition (Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef//Story of Art)
Art, perception and reality
Aby Warburg
Norm and form
The image and the eye
Meditations on a hobby horse, and other essays on the theory of art
Gombrich on the Renaissance
The Preference for the Primitive
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