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Janson's History of Art The Western Tradition

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ISBN-10: 0205685196

ISBN-13: 9780205685196

Edition: 8th 2011

Authors: Penelope J. E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph F. Jacobs, Ann S. Roberts

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List price: $211.80
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/3/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.796

Walter B. Denny is Professor of Art History atthe University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Penelope J. E. Daviesis Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. She is a scholar of Greek and Roman art and architecture as well as a field archaeologist. She is author ofDeath and the Emperor: Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius, winner of the Vasari Award. nbsp; Walter B. Dennyis a Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.nbsp; In addition to exhibition catalogues, his publications include books on Ottoman Turkish carpets, textiles, and ceramics, and articles on miniature painting, architecture and architectural decoration. nbsp; Frima Fox Hofrichteris Professor and former Chair of the History of Art and Design…    

Penelope J. E. Daviesis Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. She is a scholar of Greek and Roman art and architecture as well as a field archaeologist. She is author ofDeath and the Emperor: Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius, winner of the Vasari Award. nbsp; Walter B. Dennyis a Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.nbsp; In addition to exhibition catalogues, his publications include books on Ottoman Turkish carpets, textiles, and ceramics, and articles on miniature painting, architecture and architectural decoration. nbsp; Frima Fox Hofrichteris Professor and former Chair of the History of Art and Design…    

Preface
Faculty and Student Resources for Teaching and Learning with Janson's History of Art
Introduction
The Renaissance Through Rococo
Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy
The Growth Of Mendicant Orders And The Visual Arts In Italy
The Franciscans at Assisi and Florence
Churches and Their Furnishings in Urban Centers
Materials And Techniques: Fresco Painting And Conservation
Pulpits in Pisan Churches
Expanding Florence Cathedral
Building for the City Government: The Palazzo della Signoria
Painting In Tuscany
Cimabue and Giotto
Siena: Devotion to Mary in Works by Duccio and Simone
: Agnolo di Tura del Grasso
The Art Historian's Lens: The Social Work of Images
Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Artists and Patrons in Times of Crisis
Primary Sources: Inscriptions on the Frescoes in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
Northern Italy
Venice: Political Stability and Sumptuous Architecture
Milan: The Visconti Family and Northern Influences
Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe
Courtly Art: The International Gothic
Sculpture for the French Royal Family
Illuminated Manuscripts: Books of Hours
Bohemia and England
Urban Centers And The New Art
Robert Campin in Tournai
Jan van Eyck in Bruges
Materials And Techniques: Panel Painting in Tempera and Oil
Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels
Primary Sources: Cyriacus of Ancona (1449)
Late Fifteenth-Century Art In The Netherlands
Aristocratic Tastes for Precious Objects, Personal Books, and Tapestries
The Art Historian's Lens: Scientific and Technical Study of Paintings
Panel Paintings in the Southern Netherlands
The Northern Netherlands
Regional Responses To The Early Netherlandish Style
France
Primary Sources: Fray Jos� De Sig�enza (1544?-1606)
Spain
Central Europe
Primary Sources: From the Contract for the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece
Printing And The Graphic Arts
Printing Centers in Colmar and Basel
Materials And Techniques: Printmaking
The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy
Florence In The Fifteenth Century
The Baptistery Competition
Primary Sources: In Praise of the City of Florence (ca. 1403-04) by Leonardo Bruni
Architecture and Antiquity in Florence
Primary Sources: Lorenzo Ghiberti (ca. 1381-1455)
Materials And Techniques: Brunelleschi's Dome
Primary Sources: Leon Battista Alberti on what makes a building beautiful
Ancient Inspirations in Florentine Sculpture
Materials And Techniques: Perspective
Painting in Florentine Churches and Chapels
The Art Historian's Lens: Patronage Studies
Florentine Painters in the Age of the Medici
Domestic Life: Palaces, Furnishings,And Paintings In Medicean Florence
Palace Architecture
Primary Sources: Domenico Veneziano Solicits Work
Paintings for Palaces
Primary Sources: Giovanni Dominici Urges Parents to Put Religious Images in Their Homes
Portraiture
Renaissance Art Throughout Italy,
Piero della Francesca in Central Italy
Alberti and Mantegna in Mantua
Venice
Rome and the Papal States
The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520
The High Renaissance In Florence And Milan
Leonardo da Vinci in Florence
Leonardo in Milan
Primary Sources: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Leonardo Back in Florence and Elsewhere
Rome Resurgent
Bramante in Rome
Michelangelo in Rome and Florence
Primary Sources: Michelangelo Interprets the Vatican Piet�
Michelangelo in the Service of Pope Julius II
Materials And Techniques: Drawings
Raphael in Florence and Rome
The Art Historian's Lens: Cleaning And Restoring Works Of Art
Primary Sources: On Raphael's Death
VENICE
Giorgione
Titian
The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Late Renaissance Florence: The Church, The Court, And Mannerism
Florentine Religious Painting in the 1520s
The Medici in Florence: From Dynasty to Duchy
Primary Sources: Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
Rome Reformed
Michelangelo in Rome
Primary Sources: Michelangelo the Poet
The Catholic Reformation and Il Ges�
Northern Italy: Ducal Courts And Urban Centers
The Palazzo del Te
Parma And Cremona
Correggio and Parmigianino in Parma
Cremona
Venice: The Serene Republic
Sansovino in Venice
Andrea Palladio and Late Renaissance Architecture
Primary Sources: Andrea Palladio
Titian
Materials And Techniques: Oil on Canvas
Primary Sources: From a Session of the Inquisition Tribunal in Venice of Paolo Veronese
Titian's Legacy
Renaissance and Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Northern Europe
France: Courtly Tastes For Italian Forms
Chateaux and Palaces: Translating Italian Architecture
Art for Castle Interiors
Materials And Techniques: Making and Conserving Renaissance Tapestries
Spain: Global Power And Religious Orthodoxy
The Escorial
El Greco and Religious Painting in Spain
Central Europe: The Reformation And Art
Catholic Contexts: The Isenheim Altarpiece
Albrecht D�rer and the Northern Renaissance
Primary Sources: Albrecht D�rer (1471-1528)
Religious and Courtly Images in the Era of Reform
Painting in the Cities: Humanist Themes and Religious Turmoil
England: Reformation And Power
Primary Sources: Elizabethan Imagery
The Netherlands: World Marketplace
The City and the Court: David and Gossaert
The Art Historian's Lens: The Economics Of Art
Antwerp: Merchants, Markets, and Morality
Primary Sources: Karel van Mander Writes About Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Baroque in Italy and Spain
Painting In Italy
Caravaggio and the New Style
Artemisia Gentileschi
Primary Sources: Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-ca. 1653)
Ceiling Painting and Annibale Carracci
Architecture In Italy
The Completion of St. Peter's and Carlo Maderno
Bernini and St. Peter's
Architectural Components in Decoration
A Baroque Alternative: Francesco Borromini
The Baroque in Turin: Guarino Guarini
The Baroque in Venice: Baldassare Longhena
Sculpture In Italy
Early Baroque Sculpture: Stefano Maderno
The Evolution of the Baroque: Gianlorenzo Bernini
A Classical Alternative: Alessandro Algardi
Materials And Techniques: Bernini's Sculptural Sketches
Painting In Spain
Spanish Still Life: Juan S�nchez Cot�n
Naples and the Impact of Caravaggio: Jusepe de Ribera
Diego Vel�zquez: From Seville to Court Painter
Monastic Orders and Zurbar�n
PRIMARY SOURCES: Antonio Palomino (1655-1726)
Culmination in Devotion: Bartolom� Esteban Murillo
The Baroque in the Netherlands
Flanders
Peter Paul Rubens and Defining the Baroque
Primary Sources: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Anthony van Dyck: History and Portraiture at the English Court
Local Flemish Art and Jacob Jordaens
The Bruegel Tradition
Still-Life Painting
The Dutch Republic
The Haarlem Academy: Hendrick Goltzius
The Caravaggisti in Holland: Hendrick Terbrugghen
The Haarlem Community and Frans Hals
The Next Generation in Haarlem: Judith Leyster
Rembrandt and the Art of Amsterdam
The Art Historian's Lens: Authenticity and Workshops: Rubens and Rembrandt
Materials And Techniques: Etching, Drypoint, and Selective Wiping
The Landscape, Still-Life, And Genre Painting
Landscape Painting: Jan van Goyen
City Views: Jacob van Ruisdael
Architectural Painting: Pieter Saenredam
Still-life Painting: Willem Claesz. Heda
Flower Painting: Rachel Ruysch
Genre Painting: Jan Steen
Intimate Genre Painting: Jan Vermeer
Exquisite Genre Painting: Gerard ter Borch
The Baroque in France and England
France: The Style Of Louis Xiv
Painting and Printmaking in France
Primary Sources: Nicolas Poussin (ca. 1594-1665)
The Art Historian's Lens: Forgeries and The Book of Truth
French Classical Architecture
Sculpture: The Impact of Bernini
Baroque Architecture In England
Inigo Jones and the Impact of Palladio
Sir Christopher Wren
John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor
The Rococo
France: The Rise Of The Rococo
Painting: Poussinistes versus Rub�nistes
Primary Sources: Jean de Jullienne (1686-1767)
Materials And Techniques: Pastel Painting
Chinoiserie
The French Rococo Interior
The Rococo In Western Europe Outside Of France
William Hogarth and the Narrative
Canaletto
The Rococo In Central Europe
Johann Fischer von Erlach
Egid Quirin Asam
Dominikus Zimmermann
Balthasar Neumann
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Illusionistic Ceiling Decoration
The Modern World
Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789
Rome Toward 1760: The Font Of Neoclassicism
Artistic Foundations of Neoclassicism: Mengs and Hamilton
Romanticism In Rome: Piranesi
Neoclassicism In Britain
Sculpture and Painting: Historicism, Morality, and Antiquity
Materials And Techniques: Josiah Wedgwood and Neoclassical Jasperware
The Birth of Contemporary History Painting
Grand Manner Portraiture in the Neoclassical Style: Joshua Reynolds
The Art Historian's Lens: The Elusive Meaning of West's The Death of General Wolfe
Architecture and Interiors: The Palladian Revival
Early Romanticism In Britain
Architecture and Landscape Design: The Sublime and the Picturesque
Early Romantic Painting in Britain
Romanticism in Grand Manner Portraiture: Thomas Gainsborough
Neoclassicism In France
Architecture: Rational Classicism
The Sublime in Neoclassical Architecture: The Austere and the Visionary
Painting and Sculpture: Expressing Enlightenment Values
Primary Sources: Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
The Climax of Neoclassicism: The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David
Primary Sources: �tienne-Jean Del�cluze
Neoclassical Portraiture: Marie-Louise-�lisabeth Vig�e-Lebrun
Italian Neoclassicism Toward 1785
Neoclassical Sculpture: Antonio Canova
Art in the Age of Romanticism, 1789-1848
Painting
Spain: Francisco Goya
Britain: Spiritual Intensity and the Bond with Nature
Materials And Techniques: Blake's Printing Process
Primary Sources: John Constable (1776-1837)
Germany: Friedrich's Pantheistic Landscape
America: Landscape as Metaphor
France: Neoclassical Romanticism
France: Painterly Romanticism and Romantic Landscape
Primary Sources: Eug�ne Delacroix (1798-1863)
Romantic Landscape Painting
Romantic Sculpture
Romantic Revivals In Architecture
Britain: The Sublime and the Picturesque
Germany: Creating a New Athens
America: An Ancient Style for a New Republic
France: Empire Style
The Age of Positivism: Realism, Impressionism, and the Pre-Raphaelites, 1848-1885
Realism In France
Realism in the 1840s and 1850s: Painting Contemporary Social Conditions
The Realist Assault on Academic Values and Bourgeois Taste
Impressionism: A Different Form of Realism
Primary Sources: Lila Cabot Perry (1848?-1933)
Materials And Techniques: Impressionist Color Theory
British Realism
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Aesthetic Movement: Personal Psychology and Repressed Eroticism
Primary Sources: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Realism In America
Scientific Realism: Thomas Eakins
Iconic Imagery: Winslow Homer
The Art Historian's Lens: An Artist's Reputation and Changes in Art Historical Methodology
Photography: A Mechanical Medium For Mass-Produced Art
First Innovations
Recording the World
Reporting the News: Photojournalism
Photography as Art: Pictorialism and Combination Printing
Primary Sources: Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
Architecture And The Industrial Revolution
Ferrovitreous Structures: Train Sheds and Exhibition Palaces
Historic Eclecticism and Technology
Announcing the Future: The Eiffel Tower
Progress and Its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905
Post-Impressionism
Paul C�zanne: Toward Abstraction
Primary Sources: Paul C�zanne (1839-1906)
Georges Seurat: Seeking Social and Pictorial Harmony
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: An Art for the Demimonde
Materials And Techniques: Lithography
Vincent van Gogh: Expression Through Color and Symbol
Paul Gauguin: The Flight from Modernity
Primary Sources: Paul Gauguin
Symbolism
The Nabis
Other Symbolist Visions in France
Symbolism Beyond France
Symbolist Currents in American Art
The Art Historian's Lens: Feminist Art History
The Sculpture of Rodin
Art Nouveau And The Search For Modern Design
The Public and Private Spaces of Art Nouveau
American Architecture: The Chicago School
Henry Hobson Richardson: Laying the Foundation for Modernist Architecture
Louis Sullivan and Early Skyscrapers
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie House
Photography And The Advent Of Film
Pictorialist Photography and the Photo Secession
Documentary Photography
Motion Photography and Moving Pictures
Toward Abstraction: The Modernist Revolution, 1904-1914
Fauvism
Cubism
Reflecting and Shattering Tradition: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
The Art Historian's Lens: The Myth of the Primitive
Analytic Cubism: Picasso and Braque
Synthetic Cubism: The Power of Collage
The Impact Of Fauvism And Cubism
German Expressionism
Materials And Techniques: The Woodcut In German Expressionism
Primary Sources: Vasily Kandinsky
Austrian Expressionism
Cubism after Picasso and Braque: Paris
Italian Futurism: The Visualization of Movement and Energy
Cubo-Futurism and Suprematism in Russia
Primary Sources: Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935)
Cubism and Fantasy: Marc Chagall and Giorgio de Chirico
Marcel Duchamp And The Advent Of An Art Of Ideas
Constantin Brancusi And The Birth Of Modernist Sculpture
American Art
America's First Modernists: Arthur Dove and Marsden Hartley
Early Modern Architecture In Europe
Austrian and German Modernist Architecture
German Expressionist Architecture
Art Between the Wars
DADA
Zurich Dada: Jean Arp
New York Dada: Marcel Duchamp
Berlin Dada
Cologne Dada
Primary Sources: Hannah H�ch (1889-1978)
Paris Dada: Man Ray
Surrealism
Picasso and Surrealism
Surrealism in Paris: Spurring the Imagination
Representational Surrealism: Magritte and Dal�
Surrealism and Photography
The Surrealist Object
Organic Sculpture Of The 1930S
Alexander Calder in Paris
Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth in England
Primary Sources: Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Creating Utopias
Russian Constructivism: Productivism and Utilitarianism
De Stijl and Universal Order
The Bauhaus: Creating the "New Man"
Primary Sources: Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
The Machine Aesthetic in Paris
Primary Sources: Le Corbusier (1886-1965)
Materials And Techniques: Reinforced Concrete
Art In American: Modernity, Spirituality, And Regionalism
The City and Industry
Art Deco and the International Style
Seeking the Spiritual
Regionalism and National Identity
The Harlem Renaissance
Mexican Art: Seeking A National Identity
Diego Rivera
The Eve Of World War Ii
America: The Failure of Modernity
Europe: The Rise of Fascism
Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980
Existentialism In New York: Abstract Expressionism
The Bridge from Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism: Arshile Gorky
Abstract Expressionism: Action Painting
Primary Sources: Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Abstract Expressionism: Color-Field Painting
New York Sculpture: David Smith and Louise Nevelson
Existentialism In Europe: Figural Expressionism
Jean Dubuffet
Francis Bacon
Rejecting Abstract Expressionism: American Art Of The 1950S And 1960S
Re-Presenting Life and Dissecting Painting
Environments and Performance Art
Pop Art: Consumer Culture as Subject
Primary Sources: Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Formalist Abstraction Of The 1950S And 1960S
Formalist Painting
Formalist Sculpture: Minimal Art
Primary Sources: Frank Stella (b. 1936)
The Pluralist 1970S: Post-Minimalism
Post-Minimal Sculpture: Geometry and Emotion
Earthworks and Site-Specific Art
The Art Historian's Lens: Studying the Absent Object
Conceptual Art: Art as Idea
Television Art: Nam June Paik
Art With A Social Agenda
Street Photography
African-American Art: Ethnic Identity
Primary Sources: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Feminist Art: Judy Chicago and Gender Identity
Late Modernist Architecture
Continuing the International Style: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Sculptural Architecture: Referential Mass
The Postmodern Era: Art Since
Architecture
Postmodern Architecture: A Referential Style
New Modernisms: High-Tech Architecture
Deconstructivism: Countering Modernist Authority
Materials And Techniques: Computer-Aided Design in Architecture
Postminimalism And Pluralism: Limitless Possibilities In Fine Art
The Return of Painting
Sculpture
Appropriation Art: Deconstructing Images
Primary Sources: Cindy Sherman (B. 1954)
Photography and LED Signs
Context and Meaning in Art: The Institutional Critique and Art as Commodity
Multiculturalism And Political Art
African-American Identity
The AIDS Pandemic and a Preoccupation with the Body
The Power of Installation, Video, and Large-Scale Photography
Primary Sources: Ilya Kabakov (b. 1933)
The Art Historian's Lens: The Changing Art Market
GLOBAL ART
El Anatsui, Adinkra Signs, and Postmodern Ambiguity
Cai Guo Qing: Projects for Extraterrestrials
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Credits