A world history of art : revised seventh edition / Hugh Honour, John Fleming
By: Honour, Hugh
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Publisher: London : Laurence King Publishing , 2009ISBN: 9781856695848.Subject(s): Sanat -- Sanat tarihi | Art -- Art historyDDC classification: 709 General note: Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most comprehensive history of art ever published in a single volume. Presenting art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, it offers an authoritative, balanced and enlightening account, ranging from a statuette carved in central Europe some 30,000 years ago to the digital, video and installation art of the new millennium. The volume covers painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture and photography. Textiles, coins, pottery, enamels, gold and silver are also included. The scope is international, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa and Oceania as well as Europe and the Americas. This Revised Seventh Edition expands the original coverage by embracing new developments in archaeology and art historical research, and in particular contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the authors’ discussion of the art world over the past two decades, providing a new perspective on the latest developments shaping our cultural history. The insight, elegance and fluency that the authors bring to their text are complemented by 1459 superb illustrations, many of which are now in colour.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most comprehensive history of art ever published in a single volume. Presenting art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, it offers an authoritative, balanced and enlightening account, ranging from a statuette carved in central Europe some 30,000 years ago to the digital, video and installation art of the new millennium. The volume covers painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture and photography. Textiles, coins, pottery, enamels, gold and silver are also included. The scope is international, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa and Oceania as well as Europe and the Americas. This Revised Seventh Edition expands the original coverage by embracing new developments in archaeology and art historical research, and in particular contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the authors’ discussion of the art world over the past two decades, providing a new perspective on the latest developments shaping our cultural history. The insight, elegance and fluency that the authors bring to their text are complemented by 1459 superb illustrations, many of which are now in colour.
Part I. Foundations of art
1. Before history
2. The early civilization
3. Developments across the continents
The Greeks and their neighbours
Hellenistic and Roman art
Part II. Art and the world religions
6. Buddhism, Hinduism and the arts of South and East Asia
7. Early Christian and Byzantine art
8. Early Islamic art
Part III. Sacred and secular art. 9. Medieval Christendom
10. The fifteenth century in Europe
11. The sixteenth century in Europe
12. The Americas, Africa and Asia
13. The seventeenth century in Europe
14. Enlightenment and liberty
Part IV. The making of the modern world
15. Romanticism to realism
16. Eastern traditions
17. Impressionism to post-impressionism
18. Indigenous arts of Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Oceania
Part V. Twentieth-century art and beyond
19. Art from 1900 to 1919
20. Between the two world wars
21. Post-war to post-modern
22. Into the third millennium
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