The Story of Art, one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Professor Gombrich's clear and engaging text combines with hundreds of full-colour illustrations to...

Gombrich, one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western Art. This intriguing study was first published in 1995, and is now reissued with additional colour illustrations and a new...

A special edition of the international bestseller that is "sumptuously illustrated. . . . 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...