| Description |
416 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
"Covering every era and over 650 artists, this comprehensive, illustrated guide offers an accessible yet expansive view of art history, featuring everything from iconic works and lesser-known gems to techniques and themes. Offering a comprehensive overview of Western artists, themes, paintings, techniques, and stories, Art: A Visual History is packed full of large, full-color images of iconic works and lesser-known gems. Exploring every era, from 30,000BCE to the present, it includes features on the major schools and movements, as well as close-up critical appraisals of 22 masterpieces - from Botticelli's Primavera to J. M. W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire. With detailed referencing, crisp reproductions, and a fresh design, this beautiful book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in art history - from first-time gallery-goers to knowledgeable art enthusiasts. "--Amazon. |
| Contents |
Early art -- Gothic and early Renaissance -- High Renaissance and Mannerism -- The Baroque era -- From Rococo to Neoclassicism -- Romantic and academic art -- Modernism -- Contemporary art. |
| Subject |
Art -- Western countries -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Art -- History.
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| Genre |
Informational works.
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Illustrated works.
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| ISBN |
9780744023671 (hardcover) |
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074402367X (hardcover) |
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