Art : an introduction / Eleanor C. Munro

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, c1972Edition: Second editionDescription: viii, 375 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 155034316
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N 5305 .C54 1972
Contents:
Introduction -- Prehistoric and primitive arts -- Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The classical world: Greece -- The classical world: Rome -- The Eastern empire: Byzantium -- The Islamic empire -- India and Indonesia -- China -- Japan -- Pre-Colombian art -- The middle ages -- The late Gothic north -- The Italian renaissance: Florence and Rome -- Venice -- The renaissance in the north -- The birth of Baroque: Rome -- Catholic Baroque: Spain, Flanders, and Versailles -- Protestant Baroque: Netherlands, England and the colonies -- Eighteenth century: Rococo and Neoclassic -- Nineteenth century: Revolution, Romanticism and the School of Paris -- America -- Twentieth century: art becomes international -- Glossary of art terms -- Glossary of artists -- Chronological charts of periods of art -- Index
Summary: The second edition of Art: An Introduction, like the first, is based on a dual approach to art. Part 1 discusses the elements of form, design, technique, iconography, and esthetics. Part II presents a historical survey in which these elements are utilized for stylistic analysis in discussions of painting, sculpture, and architecture.
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Introduction -- Prehistoric and primitive arts -- Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The classical world: Greece -- The classical world: Rome -- The Eastern empire: Byzantium -- The Islamic empire -- India and Indonesia -- China -- Japan -- Pre-Colombian art -- The middle ages -- The late Gothic north -- The Italian renaissance: Florence and Rome -- Venice -- The renaissance in the north -- The birth of Baroque: Rome -- Catholic Baroque: Spain, Flanders, and Versailles -- Protestant Baroque: Netherlands, England and the colonies -- Eighteenth century: Rococo and Neoclassic -- Nineteenth century: Revolution, Romanticism and the School of Paris -- America -- Twentieth century: art becomes international -- Glossary of art terms -- Glossary of artists -- Chronological charts of periods of art -- Index

The second edition of Art: An Introduction, like the first, is based on a dual approach to art. Part 1 discusses the elements of form, design, technique, iconography, and esthetics. Part II presents a historical survey in which these elements are utilized for stylistic analysis in discussions of painting, sculpture, and architecture.

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