States of Mind

Season 1 • Episode 12: Ernst Gombrich • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 12: Ernst Gombrich

May 14, 1983

The act of painting a scene is normally imagined to be an exercise in manual dexterity. There is, however, a great deal more to drawing or painting than the simple 'copying' of a visual image on to paper or canvas. Sir Ernst Gombrich, author of Art and Illusion, has spent his life exploring the psychological processes which underlie the making of pictures.

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