The handy art history answer book
Dickerson, Madelynn2014
eBook
Abstract: The Handy Art History Answer Book covers everything from Paleolithic images dating back to 35000 B.C.E. to the post-modern techniques of today. It leads you on a tour from the basics and beginnings of art to the various directions that art is heading today.
Main title:
The handy art history answer book / Madelynn Dickerson.
Author:
Dickerson, Madelynn, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.Canton, Michigan : Visible Ink Press, 2013.
Collation:
1 online resource (92 entries) : 157 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Also available in print.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: x, 294 pages : illustrations (some colour)
Contents:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TIMELINE -- INTRODUCTION -- ART PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY -- Art Fundamentals -- Basics of Architecture -- Form and Style -- Finding Meaning in Art -- Prehistoric Art -- ART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, 5000 B.C.E. / 400 C.E. -- Art of the Ancient Near East -- Art of India and Southeast Asia -- Art of Ancient Africa -- Ancient Egyptian Art -- Art of Ancient China -- Early Japan and Korea -- Art of the Ancient Americas -- Aegean Art -- Ancient Greek Art -- Etruscan Art -- Roman Art -- THE MEDIEVAL WORLD, C. 400 / 1300 -- Early Jewish and Christian Art -- Byzantine Art -- Islamic Art -- Early Medieval Art from Northern Europe -- Carolingian and Ottonian Art -- India and Southeast Asia -- Chinese Art from the Sui to the Yuan Dynasties, c. 589 / 1368 -- Korean Art until c. 1400 -- Japanese Art until c. 1400 -- Art of Medieval Africa -- Pre-Columbian America -- North America -- Romanesque Europe -- Gothic Europe -- THE EARLY MODERN WORLD, C. 1300 / 1600 -- Proto-Renaissance -- Early Renaissance in Italy -- Northern European Renaissance -- High Renaissance in Italy -- Renaissance Venice -- Sixteenth-Century European Art and Architecture -- Islamic Art and the Ottoman Empire -- African Art -- Art and Zen Buddhism -- Art in the New World -- BAROQUE AND BEYOND, C. 1600 / 1850 -- Baroque Italy and France -- Dutch and Flemish Painting -- The Golden Age of Spain -- Asian Art -- Rococo and the Eighteenth Century -- Mughal Art in India -- Neoclassical Art -- Romanticism -- Art of the Americas -- FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO WORLD WAR I, C. 1850 / 1914 -- Late Nineteenth-Century Painting -- Early Photography -- Japanese Art -- Impressionism -- Post-Impressionism -- Architecture -- African Art -- Early Twentieth-Century Art -- THE MODERN WORLD DURING AND AFTER THE WORLD WARS, C. 1914 / 1960 -- Early Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde -- Architecture and Design -- Dada and Surrealism -- Photography -- Modern Art until c. 1960 -- American Art and the Influence of Europe -- Modern Art in Latin America -- European Art after World War II -- Native American Art -- Pacific Art -- CONTEMPORARY ART, 1960s / PRESENT -- Pop Art -- Conceptual Art and Other Modern Art Movements -- Art, Culture, and Politics -- Figurative Art -- Postmodernism and Art -- Contemporary Art and Technology -- Emerging Forms of Art -- Contemporary Art and Globalization -- Exploring Art on Your Own -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781578594177 (pbk.)9781784024147 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
709
LC class:
N5303
Language:
English
BRN:
502187
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