The Preference for the Primitive: Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art Trick- & Zeichentrickfilm dazu fesselnde Illustrationen großer amerikanischer

dazu fesselnde Illustrationen großer amerikanischer Grafikkünstler wie Howard Pyle und N

which add a unique visual layer to the presentation

from the 12th century to the present day

Jan Tschichold

The Preference for the Primitive: Episodes in the History of Western Taste and Art Trick- & Zeichentrickfilm dazu fesselnde Illustrationen großer amerikanischerThis monumental book the last to be completed by the author is a study of a recurring phenomenon in the history of changing taste in the visual arts: the feeling that older and less sophisticated (i. e. 'primitive') works are somehow morally and aesthetically superior to later works that are perceived as comparatively soft and decadent. In his first narrative work for over two decades, Professor Gombrich traces this fundamental idea back to Classical