Art : the definitive visual guide / editorial constultant by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Contributor(s):

Graham-Dixon, Andrew [editorial consultant]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Dorling Kindersley 2008 LondonDescription: 612 p : ill. (chiefly col.), portraits (chiefly col.)ISBN:

9781405322430

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709 ART

Contents:

Contents :Looking at art: Subject and composition -- Perspective and viewpoint -- Subject and composition-- Light and shade -- Media and Techniques -- Colour -- Brushstrokes and texture-- Prehistory to 1400 CE: Prehistoric art -- Ancient Near East -- Ancient Egypt -- Civilizations of the East -- Ancient Greece -- Themes : Nudes -- The Etruscans and Ancient Rome -- Outside the Empires -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- Carolingian -- Ottonian -- Viking art -- Anglo-Saxon and Celtic art -- Early Islamic art -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- East Asia -- Central and South America -- Romanesque and Gothic art -- Early Italian art -- International Gothic art-- 15th and 16th centuries: Italian Renaissance -- Themes : Myth and legend -- Northern Renaissance -- Themes : Landscape -- Mannerism -- China: Ming Dynasty -- Japanese art -- Central and South America -- 17th and 18th centuries -- Baroque -- Theme : Still life -- Rococo -- Animals -- Neoclassicism -- English watercolourists -- Colonia America -- China: Qing dynasty -- Japanese art -- Islamic art -- Hindu art -- 19th century -- Romanticism -- Theme : Love -- Realism -- Pre-Raphaelites -- Victorian art -- French academic art -- Japanese art -- Impressionism -- Neo- and Postimpressionism -- Theme : Children -- The Nabis -- Symbolism and Art Nouveau -- Scandanavian art -- End of the century -- Sculpture -- African art -- Oceania -- Early 20th century -- Fauvism -- German Expressionism -- Pre-war Vienna -- Cubism -- Futurism, Rayonism and Orphism -- Birth of Abstract art -- Theme : Work -- Early British Modernism -- Early US Moderism -- Naive Painting -- École de Paris -- Constructivism -- Dada -- Surrealism -- Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) -- Bauhaus -- Avant-Garde -- Realism and Figurative Painting -- Mexican art -- 1945 onwards : Abstract Expressionism -- Themes : War -- Postwar Europe -- Abstract painting and sculpture -- Minimal art -- Pop art -- Themes : Portraits -- Op art and Kinetic art -- Assemblage, Junk and Land art -- Conceptual art -- Figurative painting -- Superrealism -- Feminist art -- Neo-Expressionism and Graffiti art -- New media -- Contemporary sculpture -- Australian Aboriginal art -- Europe today -- Africa today -- Asia today -- North America today.

Summary: Provides a guided tour around 2,500 of the world's most influential painting and sculptures, from cave paintings to modern masterpieces.

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Includes index.

Contents :Looking at art: Subject and composition --
Perspective and viewpoint --
Subject and composition--
Light and shade --
Media and Techniques --
Colour --
Brushstrokes and texture--
Prehistory to 1400 CE: Prehistoric art --
Ancient Near East --
Ancient Egypt --
Civilizations of the East --
Ancient Greece --
Themes : Nudes --
The Etruscans and Ancient Rome --
Outside the Empires --
Early Christian and Byzantine --
Carolingian --
Ottonian --
Viking art --
Anglo-Saxon and Celtic art --
Early Islamic art --
South Asia --
Southeast Asia --
East Asia --
Central and South America --
Romanesque and Gothic art --
Early Italian art --
International Gothic art--
15th and 16th centuries: Italian Renaissance --
Themes : Myth and legend --
Northern Renaissance --
Themes : Landscape --
Mannerism --
China: Ming Dynasty --
Japanese art --
Central and South America --
17th and 18th centuries -- Baroque --
Theme : Still life --
Rococo --
Animals --
Neoclassicism --
English watercolourists --
Colonia America --
China: Qing dynasty --
Japanese art --
Islamic art --
Hindu art --
19th century --
Romanticism --
Theme : Love --
Realism --
Pre-Raphaelites --
Victorian art --
French academic art --
Japanese art --
Impressionism --
Neo- and Postimpressionism --
Theme : Children --
The Nabis --
Symbolism and Art Nouveau --
Scandanavian art --
End of the century --
Sculpture --
African art --
Oceania --
Early 20th century --
Fauvism --
German Expressionism --
Pre-war Vienna --
Cubism --
Futurism, Rayonism and Orphism --
Birth of Abstract art --
Theme : Work --
Early British Modernism --
Early US Moderism --
Naive Painting --
École de Paris --
Constructivism --
Dada --
Surrealism --
Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) --
Bauhaus --
Avant-Garde --
Realism and Figurative Painting --
Mexican art --
1945 onwards : Abstract Expressionism --
Themes : War --
Postwar Europe --
Abstract painting and sculpture --
Minimal art --
Pop art --
Themes : Portraits --
Op art and Kinetic art --
Assemblage, Junk and Land art --
Conceptual art --
Figurative painting --
Superrealism --
Feminist art --
Neo-Expressionism and Graffiti art --
New media --
Contemporary sculpture --
Australian Aboriginal art --
Europe today --
Africa today --
Asia today --
North America today.

Provides a guided tour around 2,500 of the world's most influential painting and sculptures, from cave paintings to modern masterpieces.

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