Meditations On A Hobby Horse

Meditations on a Hobby Horse (1978) by E.H. Gombrich – Sold by Crappy Old Books

Ever wondered what links hobby horses, abstract art, and the psychology of perception? In Meditations on a Hobby Horse, E.H. Gombrich—one of the 20th century’s sharpest minds on art and image-making—takes us on a wonderfully idiosyncratic tour through the realms of aesthetics, symbolism, and visual understanding.

First published by Phaidon Press in 1978, this slim but mighty collection of essays tackles everything from Renaissance allegory to modern design with Gombrich’s signature wit and razor-sharp clarity. Don’t let the title fool you—there’s much more here than wooden toys. It’s a thoughtful romp through the philosophical back alleys of art history, peppered with insights that still punch above their academic weight.

Condition: Slightly warped cover, minor annotation from a previous overenthusiastic undergraduate, but otherwise entirely legible and still smarter than you.

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Ex-library book from Suffolk County Library

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