| Edition |
7th ed. |
| Description |
2 volumes (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
v. 1 -- The ancient world. Prehistoric art ; Ancient Near Eastern art ; Egyptian art ; Aegean art ; Greek art ; Etruscan art ; Roman art. -- The Middle Ages. Early Christian and Byzantine art ; Islamic art ; Early Medieval art ; Romanesque art ; Gothic art ; Art in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy. |
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v. 2 -- The Renaissance through the Rococo. Art in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy ; Artistic innovations in fifteenth-century Northern Europe ; The early Renaissance in fifteenth-century Italy ; The high Renaissance in Italy ; The late Renaissance and Mannerism in sixteenth-century Italy ; Renaissance and Reformation in sixteenth-century Northern Europe ; The Baroque in Italy and Spain ; The Baroque in the Netherlands ; The Baroque in France and England ; The Rococo. -- The modern world. Art in the age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789 ; Art in the age of Romanticism, 1789-1848 ; The age of positivism: Realism, Impressionism, and the Pre-Raphaelites, 1848-1885 ; Progress and its discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905 ; Toward abstraction: the Modernist revolution, 1904-1914 ; Art between the wars ; Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980 ; The Postmodern era: art since 1980. |
| Summary |
This four-part volume uses an exceptional art program with sumptuous color pictures to introduce readers to a succession of art styles from prehistoric times and ancient Egypt, to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. Parts I and II cover The Ancient World and The Middle Ages, with a look at prehistoric; Egyptian; ancient near eastern; Aegean; Greek; Etruscan; Roman; early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval; Romanesque; and Gothic art. Part III looks at the Renaissance through the Rococo, with a focus on the early and high renaissance in Italy; mannerism and other trends; "Late Gothic" painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts; and the Baroque in Italy, Spain, Flanders, Holland, France and England. Part IV is a treatment on the modern world, including Neoclassicism and Romanticism; Realism and Impressionism; Post-impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; Twentieth-Century painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography; and Postmodernism. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Harry I. Naar, Professor Emeritus. |
| Subject |
Art -- History.
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Art. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Davies, Penelope J. E., 1964-
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Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982.
History of art.
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| Added Title |
History of art |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Janson, H.W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913- Janson's history of art. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, ©2007 (OCoLC)608605094 |
| ISBN |
9780131934559 |
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0131934554 |
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0131934686 (v. 1 ; paperback) |
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9780131934689 (v. 1 ; paperback) |
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0131934724 (v. 2 ; paperback) |
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9780131934726 (v. 2 ; paperback) |
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0131934783 |
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9780131934788 |
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9780135006320 |
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0135006325 |
| Standard No. |
9780131934788 |
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