Early 20th century， continue to deny the traditional arts in the course of modern art flourish， "标新立异" for an endless Variety of art forms， the only non-art standards， critics of "" These become Gombrich 40 since the 20th century began a major The article first approach to history， through the E • H • Gombrich efforts of - "the original preference of the" important and relevant information on the study concluded: Gombrich's theory of art history there was no significant That the use of "icon - that" the theory of art history to establish a clear development path， but only those consistent with this theory works which are eligible to enter; For those who do not meet the "icon - that" will become a standard part of "Vanity Fair Logical "explanation of the This theory of art history in explaining the phenomenon of modern art has encountered To solve this dilemma， the article on the use of science and philosophy and vision of art history Gombrich critical of the After the adoption of Popper's philosophy of scientific research shows that science is not absolutely in accordance with the principle of rational development， the development of science non-rational "revolution" So， in the arts， as Gombrich was because "the logic of Vanity Fair" by the rejection of the role of modern art was also a Thus， a theory unable to explain most of the historical phenomenon it is only a theoretical limits， and from this point of view， relative to historians， Gombrich look more like a sharp critic of the
