A Basic History of Art

by Janson, H. W.; Janson, Anthony F.

• ISBN13: 9780135787748
• ISBN10: 0135787742
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	10	(1)
Introduction	11	(17)
Part One The Ancient World	28	(96)
1 Prehistoric Art in Europe and North America	32	(6)
2 Egyptian Art	38	(14)
3 Ancient Near Eastern Art	52	(10)
4 Aegean Art	62	(7)
5 Greek Art	69	(29)
6 Etruscan Art	98	(6)
7 Roman Art	104	(20)
Part Two The Middle Ages	124	(110)
8 Early Christian Art and Byzantine Art	130	(24)
9 Early Medieval Art	154	(16)
10 Romanesque Art	170	(18)
11 Gothic Art	188	(46)
Part Three The Renaissance	234	(172)
12 "Late Gothic" Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts	240	(20)
13 The Early Renaissance in Italy	260	(26)
14 The High Renaissance in Italy	286	(20)
15 Mannerism and Other Trends	306	(18)
16 The Renaissance in the North	324	(16)
17 The Baroque in Italy and Spain	340	(21)
18 The Baroque in Flanders and Holland	361	(15)
19 The Baroque in France and England	376	(13)
20 Rococo	389	(17)
Part Four The Modern World	406	(208)
21 Neoclassicism	412	(14)
22 The Romantic Movement	426	(30)
23 Realism and Impressionism	456	(22)
24 Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau	478	(24)
25 Twentieth-Century Painting	502	(48)
26 Twentieth-Century Sculpture	550	(20)
27 Twentieth-Century Architecture	570	(12)
28 Twentieth-Century Photography	582	(13)
29 Postmodernism	595	(19)
Glossary	614	(6)
Books for Further Reading	620	(3)
Index	623	(9)
List of Credits	632