Meditations on a Hobby Horse
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"Meditations on a Hobby Horse or the Roots of Artistic Form" (1963) is an essay by Ernst Gombrich concerning the relationship between toys and art.
Incipit:
- "THE subject of this article is a very ordinary hobby horse. It is neither metaphorical nor purely imaginary, at least not more so than the broomstick on which Swift wrote his meditations. It is usually content with its place in the corner of the nursery and it has no aesthetic ambitions. Indeed it abhors frills. It is satisfied with its broomstick body and its crudely carved head which just marks the upper end and serves as holder for the reins."
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