The Preference for the Primitive: Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art

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Professor Gombrich's last book and first narrative book in over 20 years. Studies the idea that older and less sophisticated (i.e. 'primitive') artworks are morally and aesthetically superior to newer ones that in our present time are decadent

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EAN/ISBN:: 9780714846323
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 324
Publication date:: 2006-05-16
Publisher:: Phaidon Press
Languages:: english

EAN/ISBN:: 9780714846323
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 324
Publication date:: 2006-05-16
Publisher:: Phaidon Press
Languages:: english

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