Art and Human Experience (eBook)

The Commonwealth and International Library: Liberal Studies Division

Pamela Rydzewski (Autor)

D. F. Bratchell, E. F. Candlin, Robert Robinson (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
222 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-4893-9 (ISBN)

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Art and Human Experience focuses on the diversity of art traditions which evolved in societies with widely differing cultures. The book first underscores the elements of vision and form in the arts, hunters of the Old Stone Age, and African tribal sculpture, including the art of primitive societies and African sculpture. Suggested readings are presented to further stress the points of the elements of the arts and its evolution and development in various ages and cultures. The text then elaborates on the Amerindian art of Mexico and South America, Egyptian art, and the classical art of Rome and Greece. The book notes that the Amerindian cultures have produced a lot of very fine art, painting, architecture, and sculpture that have caught the attention of artists, thinkers, scholars, and writers since their discovery by the Spaniards. The Egyptians not only excelled in mathematics, medicine, surgery, astronomy, physics, and law but also in architecture and the arts. The Romans have also contributed a lot to the development of art and architecture. The manuscript takes a look at medieval art, the Renaissance, Chinese art, and the post-Renaissance in Europe. The publication is a fine reference for students and researchers interested in the evolution of the arts.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Art and Human Experience 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Dedication 6
Preface 10
List of Illustrations 12
List of Plates 14
CHAPTER 1. Introduction 16
SUGGESTED READING 20
CHAPTER 2. Vision and Form 21
SUGGESTED READING 33
CHAPTER 3. Hunters of the Old Stone Age 34
SUGGESTED READING 43
CHAPTER 4. African Tribal Sculpture 44
THE ART OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES IN MODERN TIMES 44
AFRICAN SCULPTURE 60
SUGGESTED READING 61
CHAPTER 5. Amerindian Art 62
SUGGESTED READING 80
CHAPTER 6. Egyptian Art 81
THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING AND LEARNING 81
SUGGESTED READING 98
CHAPTER 7. The Classical Art of Greece and Rome 99
SUGGESTED READING 120
CHAPTER 8. Chinese Art 121
THE ART OF CHINA FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE T'ANG PERIOD TO THE END OF THE SUNG 121
SUGGESTED READING 136
CHAPTER 9. Medieval Art 137
SUGGESTED READING 152
CHAPTER 10. The Renaissance 153
SUGGESTED READING 171
CHAPTER 11. The Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries: Post-Renaissance in Europe 172
SUGGESTED READING 193
CHAPTER 12. Modern Art 194
SUGGESTED READING 215
Index 218

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-4893-9 / 1483148939
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-4893-9 / 9781483148939