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Basic History of Art

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ISBN-10: 013099135X

ISBN-13: 9780130991355

Edition: 6th 2003

Authors: Anthony F. Janson

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For undergraduate one-semester courses in Art History, Art Appreciation, and General Humanities.Retaining the intelligence and freshness of H.W. Janson's classic original work, this unsurpassed introductory survey on the history of Western art from the ancient through modern worlds is specifically written and designed to make art history accessible and enjoyable for students. Now with a new Art History CD-ROM containing nearly 400 images in a flash card format, and an exciting new design, the Sixth Edition enhances its narrative with in-margin coverage of historical/terminology notes, drawings, tables on historical events and personages, explanation of artistic processes, and boxes with…    
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List price: $87.67
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Pearson
Binding: Paperback
Size: 8.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.894
Language: English

Introduction
Primer of Art History
Art and the Artist
Looking at Art
The Ancient World
Map: The Ancient World
Prehistoric Art in Europe and North America
The Old Stone Age
The New Stone Age
Egyptian Art
From Prehistoric to Historic
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Sumerian Art
Persian Art
Aegean Art
Cycladic Art
Minoan Art
Mycenaean Art
Greek Art
Painting
Temples
Sculpture
Etruscan Art
Tombs and Their Decoration
Temples
Sculpture
The Architecture of Cities
Roman Art
Architecture
Sculpture
Painting
Portraits
Time Line 1
The Middle Ages
Map: The Middle Ages
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Religions Under Roman Rule
Early Christian Art
Byzantine and Early Christian Art
Early Medieval Art
Celtic-Germanic Style
Hiberno-Saxon Style
Carolingian Art
Ottonian Art
Romanesque Art
The Ascendance of Christianity
Architecture
Sculpture
Painting and Metalwork
Gothic Art
Architecture
Sculpture
Painting
Time Line 2
The Renaissance
Map: The Renaissance
The Early Renaissance in Italy
The Ascension of Fine Arts
Sculpture
Architecture
Painting
The High Renaissance in Italy
The Artist as Genius
The Late Renaissance in Italy
Discoveries and Reform
Painting
Sculpture
Architecture
"Late Gothic" Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts
Renaissance versus "Late Gothic" Painting
Netherlandish Painting
Swiss and French Painting
"Late Gothic" Sculpture
The Graphic Arts
The Renaissance in the North
Germany
The Netherlands
France
The Baroque in Italy and Spain
Science, Faith, and Power in the Seventeenth Century
Painting in Italy
Architecture in Italy
Sculpture in Italy
Painting in Spain
The Baroque in Flanders and Holland
Flanders and Holland in the Seventeenth Century
Flanders
Holland
The Baroque in France and England
Painting in France
Architecture in France
Sculpture in France
England
The Rococo
France
England
Germany and Austria
Italy
Time Line 3
The Modern World
Map: The Modern World
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism
Painting
Sculpture
Architecture
Romanticism
The Romantic Movement
Painting
Sculpture
Architecture
Decorative Arts
Photography
Realism and Impressionism
Painting
Sculpture
Architecture
Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau
Painting
Sculpture
Architecture
Photography
Twentieth-Century Painting
Painting before World War I
Painting between the Wars
Painting since World War II
Late Modernism
Twentieth-Century Sculpture
Sculpture before 1945
Sculpture between the Wars
Sculpture since 1945
Twentieth-Century Architecture
Architecture before World War I
Architecture between the Wars
Architecture since 1945
Twentieth-Century Photography
The First Half Century
Photography since 1945
Postmodernism
The Paradox of Postmodernism
Postmodern Art
Architecture
Sculpture
Installations
Painting
Photography
Postscript: Postmodern Theory
Time Line 4