Janson's History of Art : Western Tradition

by Davies, Penelope J.E.; Denny, Walter B.; Hofrichter, Frima Fox; Jacobs, Joseph F.; Roberts, Ann M.; Simon, David

• ISBN13: 9780131934559
• ISBN10: 0131934554
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This four-part volume uses an exceptional art programwith sumptuous color picturesto introduce readers to a succession of art styles from prehistoric times and ancient Egypt, to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. Elegantly written, it contains a balanced and interesting narrative that increases ones ability to understand art.Parts I and II cover The Ancient World and The Middle Ages, with a look at prehistoric; Egyptian; ancient near eastern; Aegean; Greek; Etruscan; Roman; early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval; Romanesque; and Gothic art. Part III looks at the Renaissance through the Rococowith a focus on the early and high renaissance in Italy; mannerism and other trends; "Late Gothic" painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts; and the Baroque in Italy, Spain, Flanders, Holland, France and England. Part IV is a treatment on the modern world, including Neoclassicism and Romanticism; Realism and Impressionism; Post-impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; Twentieth-Century painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography; and Postmodernism.For those who appreciate art as individual works, rather than a mere collection of data.

Table of Contents

The Ancient World

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

The Middle Ages

Early Christian and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

The Renaissance through the Rococo

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth- Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism

Renaissance and Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

The Modern World

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism: Realism, Impressionism, and the Pre-Raphaelites, 1848-1885

Progress and its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905

Toward Abstraction: The Modernist Revolution, 1904-1914

Art Between the Wars, 1914-1940

Post World War II to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Post-Modern Era: Art Since 1980

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