A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

With a high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this enhanced edition will have an important place on family bookshelves for many years to come. Featuring more than two hundred illustrations-most in color-this beautiful edition incorporates a wide range of images, showing us the earliest cave paintings, the classic sculptures of the ancient Greeks, beautiful Islamic calligraphy, oil portraits of the mighty through the ages, and much more. Gombrichs A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old, vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age. But Gombrich was, first and foremost, the best-known art historian of his time his beloved Little History suggests illustrations on every page. Gombrich's text paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests of grand works of art of the advances and limitations of science of remarkable people and remarkable events. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old, vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age. Perfect for reading to alert and curious children, but it's even better as a secret pleasure, read alone, with no children in sight. In Chapter 18, The Storm, he uses the sensation of encroaching weather as a metaphor.

Often, he describes the power and enormity of change by comparing it to nature. A special edition of the international bestseller that is sumptuously illustrated. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time. While his history details many events that were intentionally set in motion, Gombrich pays equal attention to the uncontrollable force of change.

A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich