A Short History Of Art

Author : Charlotte Mullins
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04
Category : ART
ISBN : 9780300253665

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A Little History of Art by Charlotte Mullins Pdf

A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art's central role in culture today "This lively volume is ideal for the precocious high-schooler, the lazy collegian . . . and any adult who wishes for greater mastery of the subject. . . . Mullins leav[es] readers with an expansive, no-regrets appreciation of art and the human story."--Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal "A fresh take on art history as we know it."--Katy Hessel, The Great Women Artists Podcast Charlotte Mullins brings art to life through the stories of those who created it and, importantly, reframes who is included in the narrative to create a more diverse and exciting landscape of art. She shows how art can help us see the world differently and understand our place in it, how it helps us express ourselves, fuels our creativity and contributes to our overall wellbeing and positive mental health. Why did our ancestors make art? What did art mean to them and what does their art mean for us today? Why is art even important at all? Mullins introduces readers to the Terracotta Army and Nok sculptures, Renaissance artists such as Giotto and Michelangelo, trailblazers including Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, and contemporary artists who create art as resistance, such as Ai Weiwei and Shirin Neshat. She also restores forgotten artists such as Sofonisba Anguissola, Guan Daosheng and Jacob Lawrence, and travels to the Niger valley, Peru, Java, Rapa Nui and Australia, to broaden our understanding of what art is and should be. This extraordinary journey through 100,000 years celebrates art's crucial place in understanding our collective culture and history.

Author : Christian Viveros-Faune
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781941701904

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Social Forms: A Short History of Political Art by Christian Viveros-Faune Pdf

In an increasingly polarized world, with shifting and extreme politics, Social Forms illustrates artists at the forefront of political and social resistance. Highlighting different moments of crisis and how these are reflected and preserved through crucial artworks, it also asks how to make art in the age of Brexit, Trump, and the refugee and climate crises. In Social Forms: A Short History of Political Art, renowned critic, curator, and writer Christian Viveros-Fauné has picked fifty representative artworks—from Francisco de Goya’s The Disasters of War (1810–1820) to David Hammons’s In the Hood (1993)—that give voice to some of modern art’s strongest calls to political action. In accessible and witty entries on each piece, Viveros-Fauné paints a picture of the context in which each work was created, the artist’s background, and the historical impact of each contribution. At times artists create projects that subvert existing power structures; at other moments they make artwork so powerful it challenges the very fabric of society. Whether it is Picasso’s Guernica and its place at the 1937 Worlds Fair, or Jenny Holzer’s Truisms (1977–1979), which still stop us in our tracks, this book tells the story behind some of the most important and unexpected encounters between artworks and the real worlds they engage with. Never professing to be a definitive history of political art, Social Forms delivers a unique and compelling portrait of how artists during the last 150 years have dealt with changing political systems, the violence of modern warfare, the rise of consumer culture worldwide, the prevalence of inequality and racism, and the challenges of technology.

Author : Dana Arnold
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780191577598

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Art History: A Very Short Introduction by Dana Arnold Pdf

This clear and concise new introduction examines all the major debates and issues using a wide range of well-known examples. It discusses the challenge of using verbal and written language to analyse a visual form. Dana Arnold also examines the many different ways of writing about art, and the changing boundaries of the subject of art history. Topics covered include the canon of Art History, the role of the gallery, 'blockbuster' exhibitions, the emergence of social histories of art (Feminist Art History or Queer Art History, for example), the impact of photography, and the development of Art History using artefacts such as the altarpiece, the portrait, or pornography, to explore social and cultural issues such as consumption, taste, religion, and politics. Importantly, this book explains how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles originates in western art production and can obscure other critical approaches, as well as art from non western cultures. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 1780679688

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The Short Story of Art by Anonim Pdf

The Short Story of Art is a pocket guide to key movements, works, themes and techniques – a new and innovative introduction to the subject of art. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key works, from the wall paintings of Lascaux to Damien Hirst installations, and then links these to sections on art movements, themes and techniques. The design of the book allows the student or art enthusiast to easily navigate their way around key periods, artists and styles. Accessible and concise, it simplifies and explains the most important and influential concepts in art, and shows how they are connected. The book explains how, why and when art changed, who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and whether they matter. It demystifies artistic jargon, giving readers a thorough understanding and broad enjoyment of art. 'Susie Hodge has culled through hundreds of art movements to highlight and present 36 that illustrate transitions of art, its ideas, representations, characteristics, and production from Prehistoric times up to the dynamic shifts of the 1960s and '70s. As complex as art history is, this book is a welcome, succinct introduction to some classic Western masters.' Cindy Helm, New York Journal of Books 'Excellent introduction to the subject. A good quality book, tightly bound, and well illustrated.' – Colin, Amazon reviewer 'The Short Story of Art is an attractive volume that serves as a convenient introduction to major movements, works, themes, and techniques of Western art. The works within are featured more for their seminal or illustrative nature than their fame per se, so the "story" part of the title is apt. The cross referencing and "Other works by…" sections makes it clear that this book is encouraging the reader to explore art on his own.' –Tommy Grooms, Goodreads reviewer

Author : Victor I. Stoichita
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 1861890001

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Short History of the Shadow by Victor I. Stoichita Pdf

Looks at the depiction and meaning of shadows in the history of Western art

Author : Francis C. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015005057644

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A Short History of Art by Francis C. Turner Pdf

Author : Julia B. De Forest
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015062795961

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A Short History of Art by Julia B. De Forest Pdf

Author : Alex Pilcher
Publisher : Tate
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 1849765030

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A Queer Little History of Art by Alex Pilcher Pdf

"Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and sexuality. The results can be sexy or serious, satirical or tender, discreetly coded or defiantly outspoken. This book illustrates the wide variety of queer art from around the world -- exploring bodies and identity, love and desire, prejudice and protest through drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and installation. A Queer Little History of Art features a wide selection of artists who subverted the norms of their day via bold new forms of expression, as 70 outstanding works reveal how queer experiences have differed across time and place, and how art has been part of a story of changing attitudes and emerging identities from 1900 to the present."--Publisher's website.

Author : Werner Gillon
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art, African
ISBN : 0140225080

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A Short History of African Art by Werner Gillon Pdf

"A comprehensive history of the visual arts of Africa - sculpture, painting and architecture; textiles, pottery and other household objects; jewellery, ceremonial and religious dress and body art."--BOOK COVER.

Author : Eugène Müntz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Tapestry
ISBN : UOM:39015010939380

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A Short History of Tapestry by Eugène Müntz Pdf

Author : Robert James Forbes,Denis R. O'Beirne
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Petroleum engineering
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Technical Development of the Royal Dutch/Shell by Robert James Forbes,Denis R. O'Beirne Pdf

Author : Andrew Graham-Dixon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520223764

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A History of British Art by Andrew Graham-Dixon Pdf

Andrew Graham-Dixon unveils the long-kept secret of Britain's rich and vital visual culture.

Author : Anthony F. Janson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Art
ISBN : 0133893049

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History of Art, Second Edition, H.W. Janson by Anthony F. Janson Pdf

Author : David Cottington
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780191577826

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Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction by David Cottington Pdf

As public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and history. This book achieves all this and focuses on interrogating the idea of 'modern' art by asking such questions as: What has made a work of art qualify as modern (or fail to)? How has this selection been made? What is the relationship between modern and contemporary art? Is 'postmodernist' art no longer modern, or just no longer modernist - in either case, why, and what does this claim mean, both for art and the idea of 'the modern'? Cottington examines many key aspects of this subject, including the issue of controversy in modern art, from Manet's Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (1863) to Picasso's Les Demoiselles, and Tracey Emin's Bed, (1999); and the role of the dealer from the main Cubist art dealer Kahnweiler to Charles Saatchi. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Renée Worringer
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442600447

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A Short History of the Ottoman Empire by Renée Worringer Pdf

In this beautifully illustrated overview, Renée Worringer provides a clear and comprehensive account of the longevity, pragmatism, and flexibility of the Ottoman Empire in governing over vast territories and diverse peoples. A Short History of the Ottoman Empire uses clear headings, themes, text boxes, primary source translations, and maps to assist students in understanding the Empire’s complex history.