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Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Gardner's Art Through the Ages more books like this

by Helen Gardner

Earlier editions of this classic textbook are listed in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. , and the previous, 11th edition (2001) garnered awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association for its excellence and longevity. The 12th edition features more color illustrations, a new design, updat

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Story of Art

Story of Art more books like this

by Professor E H Gombrich

This introduction to the history of art is meant to be read as a sequential narrative. The author--the distinguished art historian E. H. Gombrich--keeps things simple by referring only to the works of art, sculpture, and architecture that are reproduced in the book. Each subsequent edition has included more color photographs, an expanded and/or ...

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The Art Book

The Art Book more books like this

by Phaidon Press

An alphabetical reference to 500 painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times, with one color example of each artist's work. A glossary of art movements and technical terms concludes the volume.

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Shock of the New

Shock of the New more books like this

by Robert Hughes

An expanded book version of an eight-part BBC television series, this volume presents a broad thematic summary of modern art. The title derives from a study of seven significant modern art exhibitions by a friend of the author, Ian Dunlop. Robert Hughes is the art critic for Time magazine, and one of the world's most respected, and controversial, ...

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The Geometry of Art and Life

The Geometry of Art and Life more books like this

by Matila Ghyka

This classic study probes the geometric interrelationships between art and life in discussions that range from Plato, Pythagoras, and Archimedes to modern architecture and art. Includes 80 plates and 64 figures.

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Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture

Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture more books like this

by Richard H Wilkinson

The legacy of Egyptian art, from colossal statues to finely wrought jewellery and minuscule charms, can appear deceptively simple. Without knowledge of the hieroglyphic images incorporated in the art, much remains obscure. Here is an introduction to the symbolic language of hieroglyphs: a directory of the one hundred signs used most often in ...

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Gardner's Art Through the Ages more books like this

by Richard G. Tansey

This classic art history survey text has sold more than two million copies since it was first published in 1926. The ideal text for the full-year history course, it surveys the entire span of Western art from prehistory to the present and offers overviews of significant areas of non-Western art. Features: * New to this edition: * Increased ...

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Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change

Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change more books like this

by Robert Hughes

An updated and enlarged edition of this book on twentieth-century art. Now Robert Hughes has written a major new chapter on the 1980's which brings us the story of the art that was modern - and confronts that art with a powerful challenge for the future.

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Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp more books like this

by Anne D'Harnoncourt

First published in 1973, this continues to be the definitive book on the artist.

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Erotic art : a survey of erotic fact and fancy in the fine arts more books like this

by Phyllis Kronhausen, Eberhard Kronhausen

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Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography

Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography more books like this

by John Gruen

The biography of painter, designer and AIDS victim Keith Haring.

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Art in Theory, 1900-1990: An Anthology of Changing Ideas more books like this

by Dr. Charles Harrison (Editor), Paul Wood (Editor)

Since it was first published in 1992, this book has become one of the leading anthologies of art theoretical texts in the English-speaking world. This expanded edition includes the fruits of recent research, involving a considerable amount of newly translated material from the entire period, together with additional texts from the last decades of ...

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Art History and Its Methods more books like this

by Eric Fernie (Editor)

Approaches to the history of art are probably more varied - and more debated - than in any other branch of history, and a study of different historical approaches is becoming an increasingly important component of many academic courses. This anthology of art-historical writings from the Renaissance to the present day has a particular focus, for ...

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Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye, the New Version, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged more books like this

by Rudolf Arnheim

Gestalt theory and the psychology of visual perception form the basis for an analysis of art and its basic elements.

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The Art of Ancient Greece: Sources and Documents more books like this

by J J Pollitt

This book, a companion volume to Professor Pollitt's The Art of Rome: Sources and Documents (published by the Press in 1983), presents a comprehensive collection in translation of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Its purpose is to make this important evidence available to ...

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Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists more books like this

by Robert Hughes

A generous selection of forthright essays on art and artists. Hughes tackles the lives and works of over 80 artists, from the old masters to our contemporaries, exploring their achievement (or lack of it) and how they altered the history of art for better or worse.

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World history of art more books like this

by Hugh Honour, John Fleming

In this fourth edition, Honour and Fleming have expanded their account of specific periods and artforms. Many discussions - from late Gothic art to 19th-century Dutch landscape painting to Native American art - have been treated at greater length, and a new final chapter added to cover the 1980s and 1990s. The chronological span of the book is ...

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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art more books like this

by Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller

This classic study of the ancient Maya reveals a culture as rich as the ancient civilizations of Europe, the Middle East, and the Orient.

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Arts and crafts of Thailand more books like this

by William Warren, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni

Thailand has a long-standing tradition of arts and crafts. Unlike most of its neighbours, it has never been occupied by a foreign power or engaged in wars of conquest, and it has thus enjoyed a relatively peaceful development since ancient times. Patronized by the court and the temples, the designs and craftsmanship of Thai artisans have ...

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Anthropology & Art: Readings in Cross-Cultural Aesthetics more books like this

by Charlotte M. Otten (Editor)

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Art and Architecture in Italy, 1250-1400: Third Edition more books like this

by John White

The 14th century in Italian art is a very rich one, and Professor White's book gives architecture equal weight with painting and sculpture. The story of the Gothic style and the prehistory of the Renaissance is given: all the facts are related, but also the works of art are described with insight and for their own sakes, and not simply as data for ...

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School of Visual Arts Gold: Fifty Years of Creative Graphic Design more books like this

by Staff School Of Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts. A look at the School's work from subway posters to books and magazines.

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The occult in art more books like this

by Owen S. Rachleff

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New Objectivity more books like this

by Sergiusz Michalski

In the early 1920s, the emotionalism of German Expressionism was replaced by a cooler perspective. The artists of the New Objectivity looked at everyday life outside the house, in the street and the gutter, developing a new style. This book examines their art.

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Art of Ancient India more books like this

by Susan L Huntington, John C Huntington

This text offers an overview of the art and architecture of the Indian subcontinent.

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