| Edition |
Rev. ed. |
| Description |
xv, 992 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
| Note |
"An Andromeda book". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Paleolithic art -- Neolithic art -- Egyptian art -- Ancient Near Eastern art -- Bronze and Iron Age art -- Aegean art -- Archaic Greek art -- Classical Greek art -- Hellenistic art -- Etruscan art -- Roman art -- Celtic art -- Parthian and Sassanian art -- Steppe art -- Indian art -- Southeast Asian art -- Chinese and Korean art -- Japanese art -- Early Christian art -- Byzantine art -- Irish art -- Anglo-Saxon art -- Viking art -- Islamic art -- Pre-Columbian art -- North American Indian and Inuit art -- African art -- Oceanic art -- Carolingian art -- Ottonian art -- Romanesque art -- Gothic art -- The survival of Antiquity -- Renaissance style -- The northern renaissance -- Mannerism -- The Baroque -- The Rococo -- Neoclassicism -- Romanticism -- Realism -- Impressionism -- Post-impressionism -- Symbolism and art nouveau -- Fauvism and Expressionism -- Cubism and Futurism -- Abstract art -- Dada and Surrealism -- International style -- Latin American art -- Modern American art -- Postwar European art -- Australian art -- South African art. |
| Summary |
This essential work of reference is an exciting introduction to classic masterpieces created over a score of centuries by the world's most innovative painters, sculptors, and artists. Not merely a catalogue of works and artists, this is a true history presented in chronological order. Written by the most authoritative art historians in the field, the comprehensive text reveals much about the culture that produced the works appearing throughout the book. Gallery Studies is a special feature that compares and contrasts specific works produced within one genre or changes in the genre itself (e.g., "The Sphinx in Ancient Egypt," "Chinese Landscape Painting," "Renaissance Armor," or "The Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright"). Close Studies examines individual works as illustrative of a particular period or style. Fully indexed and packed with more than 1,300 illustrations, 854 in color. Publisher description. |
| Provenance |
In Memory of Laurie A. Chreitzberg. |
| Subject |
Art -- History.
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Art. |
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History. |
| Added Author |
Gowing, Lawrence.
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| ISBN |
1566198720 |
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9781566198721 |
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