Bruce Cole

Art of the Western World

From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and architecture, past and present. "Illuminating . . . a notable accomplishment".--The New York Times. Illustrated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atria Books
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 200mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9780671747282
• ISBN-10: 0671747282
• Artikelnr.: 21808495

Autorenporträt

Bruce Cole is the author of The Pumpkinville Mystery, a Simon & Schuster book.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL WOOD
CHAPTER 1
THE ART OF GREECE
CHAPTER 2
THE ROMAN WORLD
CHAPTER 3
THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH: WESTERN ART TO 1100
CHAPTER 4
THE AGE OF CATHEDRALS
CHAPTER 5
THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA: ITALIAN ART, c. 1250-1400
CHAPTER 6
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
CHAPTER 7
THE NORTH IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 8
THE AGE OF TITANS: ITALIAN ART OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 9
ART FOR POPES AND PRINCES
CHAPTER 10
A GOLDEN AGE: DUTCH ART OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 11
FROM FANTASY TO REVOLUTION: THE ART OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 12
ART AS EMOTION: THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 13
TOWARD A NEW REALITY: 1850-1900
CHAPTER 14
A BREAK WITH THE PAST: THE ART OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
CHAPTER 15
ART BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS: 1918-1941
CHAPTER 16
THE TRIUMPH OF MODERNISM: 1945-1970
CHAPTER 17
ART IN THE POST-MODERN ERA
INDEX