A companion volume to Art and Illusion, The Image and the Eye provides a comprehensive and intriguing overview of art and our perception of it. In a series of papers and lectures, Professor Gombrich presents his thoughts and arguments on subjects as diverse as photography´s tricks with perspective, the problems of expressing emotion through art and how pictorial representation can alter the way in which we see the real world. Like all Professor Gombrich´s works, these masterly pieces display a lively curio
