| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: Humanity, Art, and History -- Volume 1 From the Early Civilizations to the Sixteenth Century -- Early Civilizations -- 1. The origins of art Early Artifacts -- 2. Kingdoms of Mesopotamia Land Between the Rivers -- 3. Ancient Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean The Nile Valley, Crete, and Mycenae -- 4. Civilization and Empire in China Early Chinese Art -- Greece and Rome -- 5. Classical Greece Art in the Greek City-States -- 6. The Hellenistic Age Art in the Empire of Alexander the Great -- 7. The Rise of Rome From Etruscan Civilization to Republican Rome -- 8. The Imperial Ideal Art in the Roman Empire -- Religions and Conquests Between East and West -- 9. Christianity and the State Late Imperial and Byzantine Art -- 10. The Carolingian Empire Northern Europe, 650-1000 -- 11. The Rise of Islam Art in the Muslim Empire -- 12. African Art Traditions and Old Kingdoms -- 13. Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism The Development of Indian Art -- 14. Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism Art in China, 600-1368 -- The Middle Ages: Time of Faith -- 15. Monasteries and Pilgrims Romanesque art in France and Spain -- 16. Conquerors and Crusaders The Influence of the Normans -- 17. The Gothic Cathedral Technology and Style -- 18. The Revival of the Papacy Art in Medieval Italy -- The Middle Ages: New Horizons -- 19. Medieval Reform Movements Franciscan and Dominican Art -- 20. Royal and Papal Courts Gothic as a Decorative Style -- 21. The Rise of Civic Power Art in the Italian City-States -- 22. Perception and Reality Italian Art in the Fourteenth Century -- The Fifteenth Century -- 23. Guilds and Merchants in Florence The Early Renaissance -- 24. The Humanist Image in Florence The Revival of Antiquity -- 25. Antiquity at the Italian Courts Classical Images of Prestige -- 26. The Return of the Papacy Art in Fifteenth-Century Rome -- 27. Princes and Merchants Northern Europe, 1400-1500 -- The Sixteenth Century -- 28. Julius II and the High Renaissance Rome, 1503-1513 -- 29. Venice: The Image of the State Venetian Art, 1450-1600 |
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Volume 2 From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century -- 30. Reformation and Counter-Reformation Religious lmages, 1500-1600 -- 31. Power and Image European Courts, 1500-1600 -- 32. Turks, Mongols, and Islam Art at the Muslinl Courts -- The Seventeenth Century -- 33. The Triumph of Catholicism Rome and Baroque Art -- 34. Image and Religious Conflict France and England, 1600-1700 -- 35. America Before the Conquest Pre-Columbian Art -- 36. Spain and the Catholic Empire Art in the Spanish Dominions -- 37. The Dutch Republic The Golden Age of Dutch Art -- 38. Styles, Subjects, and Patrons New Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Art -- The Eighteenth Century -- 39. Extravagance and Frivolity The Development of Rococo Art -- 40. New Empires in the Far East China and Japan -- 41. The Lure of Antiquity Early Neoclassicism -- 42. The Rule of Taste British Art in the Eighteenth Century -- 43. From Fashion to Revolution Neoclassicism, 1750-1800 -- 44. Art, Politics, and Society Middle-Class Art, 1700-1800 -- The Nineteenth Century -- 45. The Napoleonic Empire From Neoclassicism to Romanticism -- 46. Pax Britannica British Art in the Nineteenth Century -- 47. New Heroes for a New Era Realism, 1840-1880 -- 48. Artistic Freedom Impressionism and Post-Impressionism -- 49. The Challenge of New Materials Architecture and the Industrial Revolution -- The Twentieth Century -- 50. Innovation and Abstraction Art for a New Century -- 51. The Aftermath of the Great War Art Between the Wars -- 52. Modernism Revisited Art and Architecture from 1945 to the Present Day -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Covers the history of art from early civilizations through the late 20th century |
| Notes |
Originally published: Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, 2004 |
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Includes indexes |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 6, 2016) |
| Subject |
Art -- History.
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art history.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317476504 |
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1317476506 |
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9781315706320 |
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1315706326 |
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9781317476498 |
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1317476492 |
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1317476514 |
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9781317476511 |
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