The preference for the primitive : episodes in the history of Western taste and art
/ E.H. Gombrich
- London ; New York : Phaidon , 2002.
- 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.
Plato's preferences -- Interlude : progress or decline? -- The ascendancy of the sublime -- The pre-Raphaelite ideal -- The quest for spirituality -- The emancipation of formal values -- Interlude : new worlds and new myths -- The twentieth century: The lure of regression (1) ; The lure of regression (2) -- Primitive, in what sense? -- The study of antiquities.