The Power of Images: Studies in the History and Theory of Response - David Freedberg

\nThis learned and heavy volume should be placed on the shelves of every art historical library.--E. H. Gombrich, New York Review of Books \nThis is an engaged and passionate work by a writer with powerful convictions about art, images, aesthetics, the art establishment, and especially the discipline of art history. It is animated by an extraordinary erudition.--Arthur C. Danto, The Art Bulletin \n \nFreedberg's ethnographic and historical range is simply stunning. . . . The Power of Images is a