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The Story of Art: Pocket Edition
The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of ...all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject. For this new, compact edition The Story of Art has been completely redesigned, giving a fresh perspective to Gombrich's well-loved text. The illustrations, collected together in a separate section towards the back of the book for easy reference, vividly illustrate the lively and engaging narrative and are in colour throughout. The Story of Art has always been admired for two key qualities: it is a pleasure to read and a pleasure to handle. In these respects the pocket edition is no exception, combining smoothly flowing text with a clear, simple design in a convenient and accessible format. The new edition allows this classic work to continue its triumphant progress for another generation, and to remain the title of first choice for all newcomers to art.Library JournalPhaidon Press has produced a much-improved edition of Sir Ernst Gombrich's classic narrative study of art history, which was first published in 1950. Among the many competing introductory textsthe central monuments of which are H.W. Janson's History of Art (Prentice, 1986. 4th. ed.) and Helen Gardner's Art Through the Ages (4th ed. o.p.)Gombrich's venerable work has inhabited a unique niche, having been created specifically for newcomers to art. As his title indicates, he presents the whole of art history as a chronological narrative. Gombrich's voice is lively, opinionated, and almost conversational, yet his erudition shines through to make a book that is both accessible and informative. His premise, that the love of art, not the love of history, is the appropriate basis for its study is communicated directly with his irrepressible enthusiasm for certain masters and his passionate exasperation with 20th century nonobjective artists. While much of the text is unchanged, the format has been completely redesigned with vastly expanded illustrations, improved captions, better charts and an excellent index. This book belongs on every art-lover's bedside table, and even those libraries owning an earlier edition would not regret adding this refinement of an already first-rate work. Douglas F. Smith, Oakland P.L., Cal.
The Art Book
An A To Z Guide To 500 Great Painters And Sculptors From Medieval To Modern Times. Each Artist Is Represented By A Full-page Color Plate Of A Typical Work, Accompanied By Explanatory And Illuminating ...Information On Each Image And Its Creator. The Entries Are Comprehensively Cross-referenced And Glossaries Of Artistic Movements And Technical Terms Are Included, Together With An International Directory Of Galleries And Museums To Visit. Title From Cover. ... An A To Z Guide Of 500 Great Painters And Sculptors From Medieval To Modern Times--p. [3].
Art Through the Ages
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Art History
with Spring Gift-giving Season Upon Us, What Could Be More Welcome Than A Revised, Slipcased Edition Of The Book That publishers Weekly Described As Destined To Establish Itself A Modern Classic? Most... Moms, Dads, And Grads, Like The Rest Of Us, Know What They Like, But How Much Do We Know About Art History? Marilyn Stokstad's Art History Does A Fine Job Of Filling In The Gaps In Even The Most Informed Aficionado's Knowledge. Not Content To Cover The Only Usual Western Suspects, The Lavishly Illustrated Art History Endeavors To Be Inclusive Of All Key World Cultures And Traditions.publishers Weeklydestined To Establish Itself As A Modern Classic, This Hugely Informative, Wholly Enjoyable Global History Of Art From Prehistoric Times To The Present Views Art As A Fundamental, Inextricable Vehicle For The Human Spirit. Although Western Visual Art And Architecture Receive The Most Attention, There Is Also Extensive Coverage Of India, China, Japan, Africa, Islamic Art And Pacific Cultures. Few Texts So Wide-rangingly Connect The Artistic Output Of Each Period To The Artists' Lives, Sources Of Funding And Historical, Social And Political Context. The 1625 Stunning Illustrations (761 In Color) Are Unrivaled In Their Adventurous Selection And Quality By Any Book Of This Type. Time Lines Chart Parallel Developments Across Cultures And Civilizations; Inserts Spotlight Literary And Intellectual Trends And Artists' Techniques. Stokstad, Art History Professor At The University Of Kansas, Has Produced Both A College Text And A Layperson's Guide That Is More Fun Than H.w. Janson's Standard History Of Art, And More Multicultural.
A World History Of Art
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Art History: A Very Short Introduction
Dana Arnold. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 113-116) And Index.
The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology
The Art Of Art History Is A Unique Guide To Understanding Art History Through A Critical Reading Of The Field's Most Innovative And Influential Texts Over The Past Two Centuries. Each Section Focuses ...On A Key Issue: Aesthetics, Style, History As An Art, Iconography And Semiology, Gender, Modernity And Postmodernity, Deconstruction And Museology. More Than Thirty Readings From Writers As Diverse As Winckelmann, Kant, Gombrich, Warburg, Panofsky, Heidegger, Lisa Tickner, Meyer Schapiro, Jacques Derrida, Mary Kelly, Michel Foucault, Rosalind Krauss, Louis Marin, Margaret Iversen, And Nestor Canclini Are Brought Together, And Donald Preziosi's Introductions To Each Topic Provide Background Information, Bibliographies, And Critical Elucidations Of The Issues At Stake. His Own Concluding Essay Is An Important And Original Contribution To Scholarship In The Field.--amazon. Art History : Making The Visible Legible / Donald Preziosi -- Reflections On The Imitation Of Greek Works In Painting And Sculpture / Johann Joachim Winckelmann -- Winckelmann Divided : Mourning The Death Of Art History / Whitney Davis -- Patterns Of Intention / Michael Baxandall -- What Is Enlightenment? ; The Critique Of Judgement / Immanuel Kant -- Philosophy Of Fine Art / G.w.f. Hegel -- Principles Of Art History / Heinrich Wölfflin -- Form, Nineteenth-century Metaphysics, And The Problem Of Art Historical Description / David Summers -- Style / Meyer Schapiro -- Style / Ernst Gombrich -- Leading Characteristics Of The Late Roman Kunstwollen / Alois Riegl -- Images From The Region Of The Pueblo Indians Of North America / Aby Warburg -- Warburg's Concept Of Kulturwissenschaft And Its Meaning For Aesthetics / Edgar Wind -- Retrieving Warburg's Tradition / Margaret Iversen -- Semiotics And Iconography / Hubert Damisch --^ Semiotics And Art History : A Discussion Of Context And Senders / Mieke Bal And Norman Bryson -- Et In Arcadia Ego : Poussin And The Elegiac Tradition / E. Panofsky -- Toward A Theory Of Reading In The Visual Arts : Poussin's The Arcadian Shepherds / Louis Marin -- Sculpture In The Expanded Field / Rosalind Krauss -- What Is An Author? / Michel Foucault -- The Allegorical Impulse : Toward A Theory Of Postmodernism / Craig Owens -- Mapping The Postmodern / Andreas Huyssen -- The Art Historical Canon : Sins Of Omission / Nanette Salomon -- Sexuality And/in Representation : Five British Artists / Lisa Tickner -- No Essential Femininity / Mary Kelly And Paul Smith -- Postfeminism, Feminist Pleasures, And Embodied Theories Of Art / Amelia Jones -- The Temptation Of New Perspectives / Stephen Melville -- The Origin Of The Work Of Art / Martin Heidegger -- The Still Life As A Personal Object : A Note On Heidegger And Van Gogh / Meyer Schapiro --^ Restitutions Of The Truth In Pointing [pointure] / Jacques Derrida -- Orientalism And The Exhibitionary Order / Timothy Mitchell -- The Art Museum As Ritual / Carol Duncan -- Inventing The Postcolonial : Hybridity And Constituency In Contemporary Curating / Annie E. Coombes -- Remaking Passports : Visual Thought In The Debate On Multiculturalism / Néstor García Canclini -- The Art Of Art History / Donald Preziosi. Edited By Donald Preziosi. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 528-568) And Index.
The Story of Modern Art
Norbert Lynton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 392-395) And Index.
Art: The Definitive Visual Guide
ART, the ultimate visual guide to 2,000 of the world's most revered paintings and sculptures, begins with a short section on how to look at paintings and sculpture, explaining the simple steps of form...al analysis that swiftly become automatic and greatly increase and inform your enjoyment of art. The main part of the book is a 540-page chronological look at more than 700 artists. This section is subdivided into the main periods of art history with introductions to each period or art movement that explain the key elements and influences of the time. With several paintings by each major artist, this section is a joy to dip into or study in more depth. Key paintings are examined in detail to help you understand the artist's intentions, style, and method. Thematic galleries are interspersed, showing how artists from different periods and places treat the same subject matter, such as landscape, nudes, or animals.
Art: A New History
In Art: A New History, Paul Johnson turns his great gifts as a world historian to a subject that has enthralled him all his life: the history of art. This narrative account, from the earliest cave pai...ntings up to the present day, has new things to say about almost every period of art. Taking account of changing scholarship and shifting opinions, he draws our attention to a number of neglected artists and styles, especially in Scandinavia, Germany, Russia and the Americas. Paul Johnson puts the creative originality of the individual at the heart of his story. He pays particular attention to key periods: the emergence of the artistic personality in the Renaissance, the new realism of the early seventeenth century, the discovery of landscape painting as a separate art form, and the rise of ideological art. He notes the division of 'fashion art' and fine art at the beginning of the twentieth century, and how it has now widened. Though challenging and controversial, Paul Johnson is not primarily a revisionist. He is a passionate lover of beauty who finds creativity in many places. With 300 colour illustrations, this book is vivid, evocative and immensely readable, whether the author is describing the beauty of Egyptian low-relief carving or the medieval cathedrals of Europe, the watercolours of Thomas Girtin or the utility of Roman bridges ('the best bridges in history'), the genius of Andrew Wyeth or the tranquility of the Great Mosque at Damascus, the paintings of Ilya Repin or a carpet-page from the Lindisfarne Gospels. The warmth and enthusiasm of Paul Johnson's descriptions will send readers hurrying off to see these wonders for themselves.
