ernst gombrich a little history of the world

'His enthusiasm for his subject is irresistible. Perfect for reading to alert and curious children, but it's even better as a secret pleasure, read alone, with no children in sight.'-Philip Kennicott, Washington Post Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300197181 Number of pages: 364 Weight: 907 g Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 2 mm Edition: Illustrated edition MEDIA REVIEWS With a high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this enhanced edition will have an important place on family bookshelves for many years to come.

Featuring more than two hundred illustrations-most in color-this beautiful edition incorporates a wide range of images, showing us the earliest cave paintings, the classic sculptures of the ancient Greeks, beautiful Islamic calligraphy, oil portraits of the mighty through the ages, and much more. Gombrich's text paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests of grand works of art of the advances and limitations of science of remarkable people and remarkable events.īut Gombrich was, first and foremost, the best-known art historian of his time his beloved Little History suggests illustrations on every page. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old, vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age.

Perfect for reading to alert and curious children, but it's even better as a secret pleasure, read alone, with no children in sight.' (Philip Kennicott, Washington Post )Į. A special edition of the international bestseller that is 'sumptuously illustrated.

Ernst gombrich a little history of the world