Since its publication fifty years ago, this work has established itself as a classic. It casts the visual process in psychological terms and describes the creative way one's eye organizes visual material according to specific psychological premises. In 1974 this book was revised and expanded, and since then it has continued to burnish Rudolf Arnheim's reputation as a groundbreaking theoretician ..

A classic study of image-making, this text seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? Professor Gombrich's exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him to examine, question and re-evaluate old and new ideas.

A study of the psychology of art appreciation. The author seeks to put into perspective the research carried out in the area and offers an understanding of the relationship between art and viewer.

The tension between two systems for understanding and picturing space, the concentric and the Cartesian, is regarded by the author as the key to composition in painting, sculpture and architecture.

Explores the unexpected perceptual consequences of architecture. This book analyzes order and disorder in design, the nature of visual symbolism, and the relations between practical function and perceptual expression.

This collection of essays on the psychology of pictorial representation forms a companion volume to Art and Illusion . Topics covered include the problems of perspective, the representation of movement, expression, gesture and action, and the role of visual images in communication.