Word: gombrich
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ernst H. Gombrich, historian and philosopher of art, will teach here in the spring, Leonard Opdycke '17, chairman of the Fine Arts Department, announced yesterday...
...Gombrich, Durning Lawrence Professor of the History of Art at London University, will give a middle-group course on the history of style. He will also give a graduate seminar on Giorgo Vasari, 16th century Italian painter and architect...
Faculty in the Fine Arts Department expressed enthusiasm at Gombrich's appointment. Seymour Slive, associate professor of Fine Arts, declared yesterday that Gombrich's dual role of historian and philisopher meant that "his voice carries special weight...
Slive believed that Gombrich's undergraduate course would "study the various ways that style is used as a concept...
...very much concerned with "the effect on art of ideas, literature and psychology," explained Slive. "In addition, Gombrich has a distinct talent for communicating to broad audiences." Slive praised his Story of Art as "the best introductory book" in the field...