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...clock: Two visiting professors from the University of London are on competing channels this hour: Mr. Gombrich discoursing on style in art in Fine Arts 190 in Sever 32, and Mr. Darby roaming through England in Geography 101, the Historical Geography of England, in Sever 6. For those who are looking for something a little more intimate, there is Dr. Slater's Introduction to the Study of Small Groups, Soc Rel 121, in Emerson...
Born in Vienna, Gombrich is a British citizen and a member of the Warburg Institute of London. In 1956, he gave the Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery, Washington...
...Gombrich has taught at Columbia University, as well as at Harvard Summer School. He is considered a special authority on the Renaissance painter, Julio Romano...
...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...
Frederick B. Deknatel, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts, stressed Gombrich's position as a Renaissance expert. "No one in the world," said Deknatel, "has his particular combination of qualifications...