Art History For DummiesJohn Wiley & Sons, 14 feb 2011 - 464 pagine Art history is more than just a collection of dates and foreign-sounding names, obscure movements and arcane isms. Every age, for the last 50,000 years has left its unique imprint on the world, and from the first cave paintings to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from the Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia, to the graffiti-inspired paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat, art history tells the story of our evolving notions of who and what we are and our place in the universe. Whether you’re an art enthusiast who’d like to know more about the history behind your favorite works and artists, or somebody who couldn’t tell a Titian and a De Kooning—but would like to—Art History For Dummies is for you. It takes you on a tour of thirty millennia of artistic expression, covering the artistic movements, major artists, and indispensable masterworks, and the world events and cultural trends that helped spawn them. With the help of stunning black-and-white photos throughout, and a sixteen-page gallery of color images, it covers:
Art History For Dummies is an unbeatable reference for anyone who wants to understand art in its historical context. |
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Introduction | 1 |
TwentiethCentury Art and Beyond 289 | 4 |
Art Tour through the Ages | 9 |
Why People Make Art and What It All Means | 15 |
The Major Artistic Periods and Movements | 21 |
An Overview of the Major Movements | 28 |
From Caves to Colosseum Ancient Art | 33 |
Magical Hunters and Psychedelic Cave Artists | 35 |
The Industrial Revolution | 227 |
Romanticism Reaching Within and Acting Out | 239 |
What You See Is What You Get Realism | 251 |
First Impressions Impressionism | 263 |
Making Their Own Impression The PostImpressionists | 275 |
Antoni Gaudí | 287 |
From Fauvism to Expressionism | 291 |
Form Based on Feeling | 295 |
Fickle Gods Warrior Art and the Birth of Writing | 43 |
One Foot in the Tomb Ancient Egyptian Art | 55 |
The InBetween Period and Middle Kingdom Realism | 65 |
Greek Art the Olympian Ego | 71 |
Etruscan and Roman Art Its All Greek to Me | 89 |
Art after the Fall of Rome | 103 |
Mystics Marauders and Manuscripts Medieval Art | 123 |
BornAgain Culture The Early and High Renaissance | 151 |
Venetian Renaissance Late Gothic | 171 |
Art Thatll Stretch Your Neck Mannerism | 189 |
When the Renaissance Went Baroque | 199 |
Going Loco with Rococo | 219 |
Cubist Puzzles and Finding the Fast Lane with the Futurists 303 Chapter 23 What You See Is What You Dont Get From Nonobjective Art to Abstract ... | 313 |
AnythingGoes Art Fab Fifties and Psychedelic Sixties | 339 |
Photography From a Science to an Art | 353 |
Photography From a Science to an Art The Birth of Photography 354 | 354 |
The New World Postmodern Art | 365 |
The Part of Tens | 381 |
Ten MustSee Art Museums | 383 |
Ten Great Books by Ten Great Artists | 387 |
Ten Brushstrokes That Shook the World | 391 |
Online Resources | 399 |
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