Description |
824 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm + 1 timeline in folder ; 105 x 29 cm |
Summary |
Using nearly thirteen hundred pictures to illustrate his text, Janson guides the reader through more than twenty thousand years of painting, architecture and sculpture. The author has taken care to emphasize the social, political and religious backgrounds which brought about the different art-forms |
Analysis |
Visual arts to 1982 |
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Visual arts, to 1982 |
Notes |
First ed. published: 1962 |
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Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 802-807 |
Subject |
Art -- History.
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Author |
Janson, Anthony F.
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LC no. |
04009408 |
ISBN |
0500234590 |
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