| Description |
1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Gale eBooks
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Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
[pt. I.] Ancient and medieval : Prehistoric art ; Egyptian art ; Greek and Roman art ; Early Christian and Byzantine ; The Dark Ages ; Romanesque and Gothic -- [pt. II.] Renaissance and mannerism : Birth of the Renaissance ; Flowering of the Renaissance ; High Renaissance ; Venetian Renaissance ; Northern Renaissance ; Italian mannerism ; Mannerism outside Italy -- [pt. III.] Baroque to neoclassicism : Italian Baroque ; Flemish and Spanish Baroque ; Dutch Baroque ; French Baroque ; French rococo ; Rococo outside France ; Neoclassicism -- [pt. IV.] The 19th century : Romanticism ; Romantic landscape ; Pre-Raphaelites ; Realism ; Impressionism ; Post-impressionism ; Symbolism -- [pt. V.] The modern age : Expressionism ; Cubism ; Birth of abstract art ; Dada and surrealism ; Abstract expressionism ; Pop and op art ; Recent abstraction ; The figurative tradition. |
| Summary |
This guide tells the story of every major art style, movement by movement, from ancient and medieval times to modern day, giving art lovers a visual timeline showing key paintings that sparked each transition and explaining major events that shaped their evolution. |
| Subject |
Art -- History.
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Art and society.
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Art and literature.
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| Added Author |
Chilvers, Ian, author, consultant.
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Zaczek, Iain, contributor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Art that changed the world. New York : DK Publishing, 2013 9781465414359 (DLC) 2012277865 |
| ISBN |
9781465421203 (electronic book) |
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9781465414359 (hardcover) |
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1465414355 (hardcover) |
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