Title:
Art : a visual history / Robert Cumming.
ISBN:
9781465436610
Personal Author:
Edition:
Revised edition.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2015.
Physical Description:
416 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
Revision of: Eyewitness Companion: Art. ©2005.
Includes index.
Contents:
Early art -- Gothic and early Renaissance -- High Renaissance and Mannerism -- The Baroque era -- From Rococo to Neoclassicism -- Romantic and academic art -- Modernism -- Contemporary art.
Summary:
How to tell Impressionism from Expressionism, a Degas from a Monet, early Medieval art from early Christian? Art: A Visual History explains it all — painting, sculpture, great artists, styles, and schools — and will help you answer the question, "What makes great art?"
A chronological book features information on the history of more than 650 artists, as well as details on the major schools and movements of the art world, from Ancient Greece to Pop Art, as well as an extended, detailed focus on 22 masterpieces. --Publisher's description.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
ocn904082037
Availability:
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