How To Read World History In Art

Author : Flavio Febbraro,Burkhard Schwetje
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9055448389

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How to Read World History in Art by Flavio Febbraro,Burkhard Schwetje Pdf

How does an artists interpretation of historical events alter our understanding of them? Kings, queens, presidents, and generals from Alexander the Great to Theodore Roosevelt have commissioned paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs of major events, and artists have responded to important moments with works that forever shape historical memory. This book deals with specific episodes, from the proclamation of the Code of Hammurabi to more recent events such as the fall of the BerlinWall and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It also deals with broader themes, such as the founding of states (Persia, Rome, the Chinese Empire, the United States) and war (Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, Picassos Guernica). Here too are the great voyages of exploration, the industrial revolution, and much more. The book also looks at history outside Europe, from Asia and Africa to the Americas and the Islamic world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : A & C Black
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131715919

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Essential Art by Anonim Pdf

This is a quick, handy reference guide to art from prehistoric times up-to-the present. The book is arranged in chronological order, covering all the main time periods, movements and well-known artists. There are time lines for each section as well as brief introductions to what was happening politically, socially etc. at the time, and also an in-depth look at famous artists. The text is accessible and authoritative. The layout is easy to follow and well laid out. In short, this is the ideal student's or layman's guide to the history of art.

Author : Jamie Camplin,Maria Ranauro
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606065860

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The Art of Reading by Jamie Camplin,Maria Ranauro Pdf

“Why do artists love books?” This volume takes this tantalizingly simple question as a starting point to reveal centuries of symbiosis between the visual and literary arts. First looking at the development of printed books and the simultaneous emergence of the modern figure of the artist, The Art of Reading appraises works by the many great masters who took inspiration from the printed word. Authors Jamie Camplin and Maria Ranauro weave together an engaging cultural history that probes the ways in which books and paintings represent a key to understanding ourselves and the past. Paintings contain a world of information about religion, class, gender, and power, but they also reveal details of everyday life often lost in history texts. Such artworks show us not only how books have been valued over time but also how the practice of reading has evolved in Western society. Featuring over one hundred works by artists from across Europe and the United States and all painting genres, The Art of Reading explores the two-thousand-year story of the great painters and the preeminent information-providing, knowledge-endowing, solace-giving, belief-supporting, leisure-enriching, pleasure-delivering medium of all time: the book.

Author : Liz Rideal
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780789329165

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How to Read Art by Liz Rideal Pdf

This charmingly illustrated, highly informative field guide to understanding art history is small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers. This seventh entry in the hugely popular How to Read series is a one-stop guide to understanding the world’s great artworks. The book explains the aesthetics of schools of painting from the Renaissance masters and Impressionists to the Cubists and Modernists. It enables readers to develop swiftly an understanding of the vocabulary of painting and to discover how to look at diverse paintings in detail.In the first part of the book, the author reveals how to read paintings by considering five key areas: shape and support, style and medium, compositional devices, genre, and the meaning of recurring motifs and symbols. The second part explores fifty paintings through extracted details, accompanied by insightful commentary, training the reader and viewer to understand context and discover meaning within art. How to Read Art is the perfect companion for anyone interested in paintings and a book that no art lover’s home should be without.

Author : Hugh Honour,John Fleming
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 1856694518

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A World History of Art by Hugh Honour,John Fleming Pdf

Over two decades this art historical tour de force has consistently proved the classic introduction to humanity's artistic heritage. From our paleolithic past to our digitised present, every continent and culture is covered in an articulate and well-balanced discussion. In this Seventh Edition, the text has been revised to embrace developments in archaeology and art historical research, while the renowned contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the discussion of the past twenty years, providing a new perspective on the latest developments. The insight, elegance and fluency that the authors bring to their text are complemented by 1458 superb illustrations, half of which are now in colour. These images, together with the numerous maps and architectural plans, have been chosen to represent the most significant chronological, regional and individual styles of artistic expression.

Author : Flavio Febbraro,Burkhard Shwetje
Publisher : Ludion
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780810996830

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How To Read World History in Art by Flavio Febbraro,Burkhard Shwetje Pdf

How does an artist’s interpretation of historical events alter our understanding of them? Kings, queens, presidents, and generals from Alexander the Great to Theodore Roosevelt have commissioned paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs of major events, and artists have responded to important moments with works that forever shape historical memory. The book deals with specific episodes, from the proclamation of the Code of Hammurabi to more recent events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It also deals with broader themes, such as the founding of states (Persia, Rome, the Chinese Empire, the United States) and war (Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, Picasso’s Guernica). Here too are the great voyages of exploration, the industrial revolution, and much more. World history is vividly elucidated in these works of art.

Author : Gina Pischel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN : 0882252585

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A World History of Art by Gina Pischel Pdf

Author : Horst Woldemar Janson,Anthony F. Janson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : MINN:31951P00170861E

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History of Art by Horst Woldemar Janson,Anthony F. Janson Pdf

This classic book uses an exceptional art program, featuring impeccable accurate five-color illustrations, to introduce readers to the vast world of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With its effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, this book presents art as a succession of styles--from Prehistory through the 20th century--and enlarges the readers' capacity to appreciate works of art individually. Written more than 40 years ago, this text has been constantly reworked to respond to the needs of this ever-changing field. A reference work suitable for those employed in all art media, including painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects.

Author : H. W. Janson,Anthony F. Janson
Publisher : Multy
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 0810934450

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

The definitive survey of Western art is now available in a deluxe, one-volume slipcased edition, bound in rich cloth and stamped in gold foil. 1,243 illustrations, 736 in color. 111 line drawings. 12 maps.

Author : The Editors of Phaidon Press
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 0714867373

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Art in Time by The Editors of Phaidon Press Pdf

Art in Time is the first book to embed art movements within the larger context of politics and history. Global in scope and featuring an innovative present‐to‐past arrangement, the book’s accessible text looks back on the most significant art styles and movements, from the present day to antiquity. Pages of historical photographs, documents, newspaper headlines, and other ephemera evoke the times in which styles and movements arose. The book opens with The Information Age (Internet Art, Neo‐Expressionaism, Arte Povera) and closes with The Classical Age (Roman wall painting, Hellenistic Greek style), covering everything from Photorealism, Art Brut, Ukiyo‐e, and Byzantine style in between. An integrated timeline provides a linear thread throughout the book, while succinct, authoritative text illuminates key points.

Author : Camilla De la Bédoyère
Publisher : JG Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 1844514455

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A Brief History of Art by Camilla De la Bédoyère Pdf

"The World's Greatest Art" series has been hugely successful on the back of the best-selling bigger book "The World's Greatest Art". Now, to fit in with the series as a whole we've introduced this "Brief History of Art" which covers popular art from 1200.

Author : Hollingsworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317476504

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Art in World History 2 Vols by Hollingsworth Pdf

A guide to the establishment of the library which covers materials acquisition, the organization and usage of the library's collection to provide a variety of services and the use of automation. This book aims to instruct the librarian on managing the small library effectively.

Author : Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann,Catherine Dossin,Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317166146

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Circulations in the Global History of Art by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann,Catherine Dossin,Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel Pdf

The project of global art history calls for balanced treatment of artifacts and a unified approach. This volume emphasizes questions of transcultural encounters and exchanges as circulations. It presents a strategy that highlights the processes and connections among cultures, and also responds to the dynamics at work in the current globalized art world. The editors’ introduction provides an account of the historical background to this approach to global art history, stresses the inseparable bond of theory and practice, and suggests a revaluation of materialist historicism as an underlying premise. Individual contributions to the book provide an overview of current reflection and research on issues of circulation in relation to global art history and the globalization of art past and present. They offer a variety of methods and approaches to the treatment of different periods, regions, and objects, surveying both questions of historiography and methodology and presenting individual case studies. An 'Afterword' by James Elkins gives a critique of the present project. The book thus deliberately leaves discussion open, inviting future responses to the large questions it poses.

Author : Mike O'Mahony
Publisher : JG Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1572154780

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World Art by Mike O'Mahony Pdf

"The definitive reference for art lovers of any level of knowledge and understanding. Packed with paintings by popular and essential artists from all over the world, this comprehensive new book is organized by era to reveal the development of art over time."--p. [4] of cover.

Author : Ernst Hans Gombrich,Professor E H Gombrich
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 0785793429

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Story of Art by Ernst Hans Gombrich,Professor E H Gombrich Pdf

The most famous and popular book on art ever published, this quintessential "introduction to art," now in its sixteenth edition, has been a worldwide bestseller for over four decades.