| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 183 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Series |
Berkshire essentials
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"Illustrated selections from the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, 2nd edition." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Architecture -- Architecture, vernacular -- Art : Africa -- Art : Ancient Greece and Rome -- Art : Central Asia -- Art : China -- Art : East Asian and European connections -- Art : Europe -- Art : Japan -- Art : native North America -- Art : paleolithic -- Art : Pre-Columbian Central and South America -- Art : Russia -- Art : South Asia -- Art : Southeast Asia -- Art : West Asia -- Art : world art studies -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Museums -- Porcelain -- Textiles. |
| Summary |
This book covers art from the Paleolithic period and the millennium-long heyday of porcelain to performance art of the postmodernist world, exploring the origins of art making and the case for including visual studies in world history. Overviews on vernacular architecture and textiles examine how the study of these art forms can provide insight on a people's aesthetic sense and development, as well as on the cultural, political, and socioeconomic aspects of their lives. |
| Subject |
Art and history.
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| Added Author |
McNeill, William H., editor.
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Bowden, Brett, editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Berkshire encyclopedia of world history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Art in world history. Great Barrington, MA : Berkshire, 2012 9781933782911 (DLC) 2011021126 |
| ISBN |
9781614729990 (electronic book) |
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9781933782911 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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