1989年3月,贡布里希80岁诞辰,正逢他的杰作《艺术的故事》刊印第15版。他在给新版写的简短前言中说:“悲观主义者有时告诉我们,在这个电视时代,人们已经没有读书习惯,特别是学生,他们总是耐不下心来通读全书,从中得到乐趣。我跟其他作者一样,非常希望悲观主义者说错了。我欣然获见本书第 In March 1989, Gombrich’s 80th birthday met with the publication of the 15th edition of his masterpiece The Story of Art. In his brief introduction to the new edition, he said: ”Pessimists sometimes tell us that in this age of television, people have no reading habits, especially students, who are always struggling to read the book and have fun. Like other authors, I very much hope that the pessimist is wrong, and I am pleased to receive the first book