All about Art : An Essential History

by Stokstad, Marilyn (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780131954427
• ISBN10: 0131954423
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Art

Summary

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), a leading member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, looked to the Middle Ages for a spiritual beauty and meaning he found lacking in his own time. His painting La Pia de' Tolomei had personal relevance for the artist while at the same time illustrating a story from Dante's Purgatory. La Pia (the Pious One), wrongly accused of infidelity and locked up by her husband in a castle, is dying. The rosary and prayer book at her side refer to the piety from which she takes her name, while the sundial and ravens apparently allude to passing time and her impending death. La Pia's continuing love for her husband, whose letters lie under her prayer book, is also symbolized by the evergreen ivy behind her. The painting is not simply an idealized transcription of a text however; the luxuriant fig leaves that surround the figure are traditionally associated with lust and the Fall of Man and have no source in Dante's tale. To learn more about Dante Gabriel Rossetti and 19th century painting, turn to Chapter 18. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Marilyn Stokstad is Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Use Notes	p. xvii
Starter Kit	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
Art Before the Written Word	p. 20
Looking Forward	p. 21
Upper Paleolithic Art	p. 22
Art in the Neolithic Period	p. 27
Early Neolithic Communities	p. 27
Architecture	p. 30
Megalithic Architecture	p. 30
Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe	p. 32
Early Art Outside Europe	p. 33
Closer Look: Woman from Brassempouy	p. 23
Technique: Prehistoric Wall Painting	p. 27
The Power of Naming	p. 26
The Meaning(s) of Prehistoric Paintings	p. 28
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 35
The Art of Mesopotamia and Egypt	p. 36
Looking Forward	p. 37
Mesopotamia	p. 39
Egypt	p. 48
Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Egypt	p. 48
Old Kingdom	p. 49
The Pyramid Complex	p. 52
The Middle Kingdom	p. 53
The New Kingdom	p. 55
The Late Period	p. 60
Closer Look: Mythological Figures, Bull Lyre	p. 43
Elements of Architecture: Mastaba to Pyramid	p. 49
Origins of Writing	p. 39
The Fiber Arts	p. 47
Egyptian Symbol	p. 54
Mummies	p. 59
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 61
Early Asian Art	p. 62
Looking Forward	p. 64
The Indian Subcontinent	p. 64
Gandhara and Mathura Styles	p. 68
Gupta Period	p. 69
Southeast Asia	p. 72
Indonesia	p. 72
China	p. 72
Korea	p. 80
Japan	p. 80
Closer Look: Great Wild Goose Pagoda	p. 79
Elements of Architecture: Stupas	p. 68
Buddhism	p. 66
Buddhist Symbols	p. 71
Hinduism	p. 73
Confucianism	p. 75
The Silk Route and the Making of Silk	p. 77
Calligraphy	p. 81
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 85
Art of Greece and the Aegean World	p. 86
Looking Forward	p. 86
The Cycladic Islands	p. 89
Minoan Crete	p. 90
Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) Civilization	p. 93
The Emergence of Greek Civilization	p. 95
The Geometric Style	p. 96
The Archaic Period	p. 97
The Early Classical or Transitional Period	p. 102
The "Golden Age" of Art	p. 105
The Parthenon	p. 105
Other Buildings of the Athenian Acropolis	p. 108
Late Classical Art of the Fourth Century BCE	p. 111
Closer Look: Women at a Fountain House	p. 101
Elements of Architecture: The Greek Architectural Orders	p. 98
Mythology	p. 93
Classic and Classical	p. 106
The Canon of Polykleitos	p. 110
Women Artists In Ancient Greece	p. 112
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 113
The Spread of Greek Art and Culture	p. 114
Looking Forward	p. 115
The Hellenistic Greeks	p. 116
The Neo-Babylonians	p. 124
The Persians	p. 126
The Etruscans	p. 129
Closer Look: Ishtar Gate	p. 125
Elements of Architecture: Theaters	p. 119
Technique: Coining Money	p. 126
Aphrodite's Arms	p. 121
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 133
Roman Art	p. 134
Looking Forward	p. 135
The Republican Period	p. 137
The Age of Augustus	p. 141
The Roman House and its Decoration	p. 143
The Empire	p. 146
Imperial Art and Architecture	p. 146
Portraits in Sculpture and Painting	p. 153
The Late Empire	p. 157
Closer Look: Augustus of Primaporta	p. 140
Elements of Architecture: Arch and Vault	p. 139
Elements of Architecture: Roman Architectural Orders	p. 149
The Celts	p. 157
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 161
Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art	p. 162
Looking Forward	p. 163
Jewish Art	p. 164
Early Christianity	p. 166
Early Byzantine Art	p. 172
Icons and Iconoclasm	p. 181
Later Byzantine Art	p. 182
Ukraine and Russia	p. 185
Closer Look: Good Shepherd mosaic	p. 173
Elements of Architecture: Basilica-Plan and Central-Plan Churches	p. 171
Elements of Architecture: Pendentives and Squinces	p. 176
Iconography of the Life of Jesus	p. 168
Saint Peter's, Notre-Dame, and Santa Maria Maggiore (Traditional Usage and Abbreviations)	p. 177
The Depiction of Space	p. 178
Christian Symbols	p. 182
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 189
Islamic Art	p. 190
Looking Forward	p. 191
Art During the Early Caliphates	p. 192
Later Islamic Art	p. 201
The Mughal Empire	p. 209
The Ottoman Empire	p. 210
Elements of Architecture: Mosque Plans	p. 198
Technique: Carpet Making	p. 206
Islam and the Prophet Muhammad	p. 193
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 213
Later Asian Art	p. 214
Looking Forward	p. 215
The South Asian Subcontinent	p. 216
Rajput Painting	p. 218
Cambodia	p. 221
China	p. 222
Japan	p. 229
Korean Painting	p. 235
Pictures of the Floating World	p. 236
Closer Look: Luxury Arts	p. 220
Technique: Formats of Chinese Painting	p. 226
Indian Painting on Paper	p. 221
Writing, Language, and Culture	p. 232
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 239
Early Medieval and Romanesque Art	p. 240
Looking Forward	p. 241
Early Medieval Art in the British Isles and Scandinavia	p. 243
Carolingian Art	p. 246
The Carolingian Basilica and Timber Architecture	p. 247
The Monastery	p. 249
Painting in Christian Spain	p. 251
The Ottonian Period	p. 252
The Romanesque Period	p. 256
Architecture	p. 258
Architectural Decoration: Sculpture and Painting	p. 264
The Cloister Crafts	p. 268
Closer Look: Reliquary statue of Saint Faith	p. 257
Elements of Architecture: The Romanesque Church Portal	p. 264
The Medieval Scriptorium	p. 254
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 271
Gothic Art	p. 272
Looking Forward	p. 273
Gothic Art in France	p. 275
Secular Art	p. 289
Gothic Art in England	p. 290
Gothic Art in the Germanic Lands	p. 294
Gothic Art in Italy	p. 295
Sculpture	p. 296
Italian Panel and Mural Painting	p. 297
Closer Look: Cathedral of Notre-Dame	p. 282
Elements of Architecture: Rib Vaulting	p. 278
Elements of Architecture: Gothic Church	p. 283
Technique: Stained-Glass Windows	p. 281
Technique: Cennini on Panel Painting	p. 297
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 303
Early Renaissance Art	p. 304
Looking Forward	p. 305
Northern Renaissance Art	p. 306
Second Generation Painters	p. 313
Book and Tapestries	p. 314
The Graphic Arts	p. 316
Renaissance Art in Italy	p. 318
Architecture	p. 319
Sculpture	p. 323
Painting	p. 327
Closer Look: The Battle of San Romano	p. 333
Technique: Painting on Panel	p. 308
Technique: Woodcuts and Engravings	p. 317
Technique: Renaissance Perspective Systems	p. 328
Women Artists in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance	p. 310
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 337
Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation	p. 338
Looking Forward	p. 339
Italian Art	p. 340
Venice and the Veneto	p. 354
Mannerism	p. 362
Italy	p. 362
France	p. 366
Mannerist Architecture	p. 368
German Art	p. 368
Painting and Prints	p. 370
The Reformation and the Arts	p. 372
Netherlandish and Spanish Art	p. 376
Closer Look: Feast in the House of Levi	p. 359
Elements of Architecture: Saint Peter's Basilica	p. 352
Elements of Architecture: Parts of the Church Facade	p. 369
The Vitruvian Man	p. 342
The Sistine Ceiling Restoration	p. 349
Women Patrons of the Arts	p. 356
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 379
Baroque and Rococo Art	p. 380
Looking Forward	p. 381
Art for the Counter-Reformation Church: Italy	p. 383
Art in the Habsburg Empire	p. 390
Spain	p. 391
Flanders	p. 394
Protestant England	p. 397
The Protestant Netherlands	p. 399
Art for the State: France	p. 406
The Rococo Style	p. 410
Art and Science	p. 413
Closer Look: Allegory of Sight	p. 396
Elements of Architecture: The Baroque Facade	p. 392
Technique: Etching and Drypoint	p. 404
Grading the Old Masters	p. 409
Science and the Changing Worldview	p. 413
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 415
Art of the Americas	p. 416
Looking Forward	p. 417
Mesoamerica	p. 419
The Olmecs	p. 419
The Maya	p. 420
Teotihuacan	p. 422
The Aztecs	p. 423
Central America	p. 425
South America: The Central Andes	p. 426
The Moche Culture	p. 426
The Inca Empire	p. 428
The Aftermath of the Spanish Conquest	p. 429
North America	p. 430
The Southeast	p. 430
The Mound Builders	p. 430
The Southwest	p. 432
The Eastern Woodlands and the Great Plains	p. 434
The Northwest Coast	p. 436
Closer Look: Hamatsa Masks	p. 437
Elements of Architecture: Inca Masonry	p. 429
Technique: Basketry	p. 435
Tineline - Looking Back	p. 439
African Art	p. 440
Looking Forward	p. 441
African Art in the Modern Era: Living Traditions and New Trends	p. 447
Art and the Spirit World	p. 449
Art and Power	p. 451
The Masquerade	p. 453
Closer Look: Numumusow and West African Ceramics	p. 450
The Myth of "Primitive" Art	p. 445
African Furniture and the Art Deco Style	p. 447
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 455
Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism	p. 456
Looking Forward	p. 457
Neoclassicism and its Heritage	p. 458
Portrait Painting	p. 459
Moralized Genre Painting	p. 462
Neoclassical Architecture in England and North America	p. 466
Neoclassical Painting in France	p. 467
Romanticism	p. 471
Romantic Landscape Painting	p. 476
Early Photography	p. 478
Naturalism and Realism in Europe	p. 481
Painting in the United States	p. 484
Closer Look: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump	p. 465
Closer Look: Gregorian Silver	p. 468
Technique: How Photography Works	p. 480
Art Academies in the Eighteenth Century	p. 462
"Am I Not a Man and a Brother?"	p. 477
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 487
Later Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the United States	p. 488
Looking Forward	p. 489
Architecture	p. 491
Academic Art	p. 494
Naturalism	p. 495
Reactions against the Academy	p. 497
Art Nouveau	p. 499
Art in the United States	p. 499
Impressionism	p. 502
Later Impressionism	p. 509
Post-Impressionism	p. 510
Late-Nineteenth-Century French Sculpture	p. 519
Closer Look: Place des Lices Saint-Tropez	p. 518
Technique: Lithography	p. 517
Artistic Allusions in Manet's Art	p. 504
Japonisme	p. 507
Tineline - Looking Back	p. 521
Modern Art: Europe and North America in the Early Twentieth Century	p. 522
Looking Forward	p. 523
Early Modern Art in Europe	p. 524
Expressionist Movements	p. 525
Les Fauves	p. 526
Die Brucke	p. 527
Der Blaue Reiter	p. 528
Cubism	p. 531
Responses to Cubism	p. 535
Orphism	p. 535
Futurism	p. 535
Suprematism	p. 536
Dada	p. 537
Modern Art Comes to the United States	p. 539
Art Between the Wars	p. 541
Europe	p. 541
Constructivism	p. 541
De Stijl	p. 542
Surrealism	p. 543
Sculpture	p. 545
Art in North America	p. 547
The United States	p. 547
The Harlem Renaissance	p. 550
Mexico	p. 552
Canada	p. 554
Architecture	p. 555
Europe	p. 555
The Bauhaus	p. 556
Closer Look: Guernica	p. 546
Elements of Architecture: The Skyscraper	p. 538
Elements of Architecture: The International Style	p. 559
Art Deco	p. 542
Suppression of the Avant-Garde in Germany	p. 557
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 561
Art Since 1945	p. 562
Looking Forward	p. 563
The "Mainstream" Crosses the Atlantic	p. 564
Assemblage	p. 570
Pop Art	p. 574
Minimalism/Post-Minimalism and Op Art	p. 576
Conceptual and Performance Art	p. 578
Earthworks and Site-Specific Art	p. 580
Feminist Art	p. 582
Late Modernism/Postmodernism	p. 585
Neo-Expressionism	p. 585
The Persistence of Modernism	p. 586
Later Art with Social Impact	p. 588
Installation and Electronic Art	p. 589
American Craft Art	p. 592
Architecture	p. 594
Public Memory and Art: The Memorial	p. 596
Closer Look: Homage to New York	p. 573
The The Idea of the Mainstream	p. 569
The High/Low Myth of Modernism	p. 574
Appropriation	p. 577
Deconstruction	p. 589
Critical Theory	p. 595
Timeline - Looking Back	p. 599
Contemporary World Map	p. 600
Glossary	p. 601
Bibliography	p. 607
Index	p. 614
Credits	p. 624
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