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A world history of art : a history / Hugh Honour & John Fleming.

Honour, Hugh. (Author). Fleming, John, 1919-2001 (author.).

Summary:

A"Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most comprehensive history of art ever published in a single volume. Presenting art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, it offers an authoritative, balanced, and enlightening account, ranging from a statuette carved in central Europe some 30,000 years ago to the digital, video, and installation art of the new millennium. The volume covers painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture, and photography. Textiles, coins, pottery, enamels, gold, and silver are also included. The scope is international, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, and Oceania as well as Europe and the Americas. This Revised Seventh Edition expands the original coverage by embracing new developments in archaeology and art historical research, and in particular contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the authors' discussion of the art world over the past two decades, providing a new perspective on the latest developments shaping our cultural history. The insight, elegance, and fluency that the authors bring to their text are complemented by 1459 superb illustrations, many of which are now in color. Provied by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781780671178
ISBN: 1780671172
ISBN: 9781856695794
ISBN: 1856695794
ISBN: 9781856695848
ISBN: 1856695840
Physical Description: xii, 984 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm
Edition: Revised seventh edition.
Publisher: London : Laurence King Publishing, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 950-959) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Foundations of art -- 1. Before history -- 2. The early civilizations -- 3. Developments across the continents -- The Greeks and their neighbours -- Hellenistic and Roman art -- Part II. Art and the world religions -- 6. Buddhism, Hinduism and the arts of South and East Asia -- 7. Early Christian and Byzantine art -- 8. Early Islamic art -- Part III. Sacred and secular art. 9. Medieval Christendom -- 10. The fifteenth century in Europe -- 11. The sixteenth century in Europe -- 12. The Americas, Africa and Asia -- 13. The seventeenth century in Europe -- 14. Enlightenment and liberty -- Part IV. The making of the modern world -- 15. Romanticism to realism -- 16. Eastern traditions -- 17. Impressionism to post-impressionism -- 18. Indigenous arts of Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Oceania -- Part V. Twentieth-century art and beyond -- 19. Art from 1900 to 1919 -- 20. Between the two world wars -- 21. Post-war to post-modern -- 22. Into the third millennium.