Art History For Dummies
For Dummies (Verlag)
978-0-470-09910-0 (ISBN)
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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:
The rise and fall of classical art in Greece and Rome
The differences between Renaissance art and Mannerism
How the industrial revolution spawned Romanticism
How and why Post-Impression branched off from Impressionism
Constructivism, Dadaism, Surrealism and other 20th century isms
What’s up with today’s eclectic art scene
Art History For Dummies is an unbeatable reference for anyone who wants to understand art in its historical context.
Jesse Bryant Wilder holds a MAT (Masters in Teaching) and a MA in Literature and is the founder, publisher and editor of NEXUS, a series of interdisciplinary textbooks used in high schools around the country. He has written several textbooks on art and art history and was an art critic for the Plain Dealer.
Introduction 1
Part I: Mankind in the Looking Glass: Art History 101 7
Chapter 1: Art Tour through the Ages 9
Chapter 2: Why People Make Art and What It All Means 15
Chapter 3: The Major Artistic Periods and Movements 21
Part II: From Caves to Colosseum: Ancient Art 33
Chapter 4: Magical Hunters and Psychedelic Cave Artists 35
Chapter 5: Fickle Gods, Warrior Art, and the Birth of Writing: Mesopotamian Art 43
Chapter 6: One Foot in the Tomb: Ancient Egyptian Art 55
Chapter 7: Greek Art, the Olympian Ego, and the Inventors of the Modern World 71
Chapter 8: Etruscan and Roman Art: It’s All Greek to Me! 89
Part III: Art after the Fall of Rome: a.d. 500–a.d. 1760 103
Chapter 9: The Graven Image: Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art 105
Chapter 10: Mystics, Marauders, and Manuscripts: Medieval Art 123
Chapter 11: Born-Again Culture: The Early and High Renaissance 151
Chapter 12: Venetian Renaissance, Late Gothic, and the Renaissance in the North 171
Chapter 13: Art That’ll Stretch Your Neck: Mannerism 189
Chapter 14: When the Renaissance Went Baroque 199
Chapter 15: Going Loco with Rococo 219
Part IV: The Industrial Revolution and Artistic Devolution: 1760–1900 227
Chapter 16: All Roads Lead Back to Rome and Greece: Neoclassical Art 229
Chapter 17: Romanticism: Reaching Within and Acting Out 239
Chapter 18: What You See Is What You Get: Realism 251
Chapter 19: First Impressions: Impressionism 263
Chapter 20: Making Their Own Impression: The Post-Impressionists 275
Part V: Twentieth-Century Art and Beyond 289
Chapter 21: From Fauvism to Expressionism 291
Chapter 22: Cubist Puzzles and Finding the Fast Lane with the Futurists 303
Chapter 23: What You See Is What You Don’t Get: From Nonobjective Art to Abstract Expressionism 313
Chapter 24: Anything-Goes Art: Fab Fifties and Psychedelic Sixties 339
Chapter 25: Photography: From a Science to an Art 353
Chapter 26: The New World: Postmodern Art 365
Part VI: The Part of Tens 381
Chapter 27: Ten Must-See Art Museums 383
Chapter 28: Ten Great Books by Ten Great Artists 387
Chapter 29: Ten Brushstrokes That Shook the World 391
Appendix: Online Resources 399
Index 415
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.5.2007 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 183 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 658 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-470-09910-0 / 0470099100 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-09910-0 / 9780470099100 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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