The Visual Arts: A History
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Honour, Hugh / Fleming, John, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Generously illustrated with over photographs, architectural plans, ong>andong> color maps, this highly regarded survey encompasses the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, ong>andong> the Americas--covering painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture ong>andong> photography, ong>andong> ranging from a statuette carved in central Europe some years ago to video art of the s. It delves into the purpose ong>andong> meaning of art to show readers how art can deepen our self-knowledge, sharpen our awareness of our own ong>andong> other religious beliefs, ong>andong> enlarge our understong>andong>ing of alternative ways of life. Divides material into five parts (Foundations of Art, Art ong>andong> the World Religions, Sacred ong>andong> Secular Art, The Making of the Modern World, ong>andong> Twentieth-Century Art), with discussions on late Gothic art; 17th century Dutch long>andong>scape painting; Native American art; Far Eastern ong>andong> African art; photography; women in art, ong>andong> much more. Integrates boxes throughout that reflect on the full spectrum of factors which have conditioned artistic production at different times ong>andong> in different parts of the world. Contains many new illustrations ong>andong> photos, including the paintings in the Chauvet Cave in south-west France, ong>andong> the late second-millennium BC figurative sculptures found at Sanxindui, China. All chapters include a hong>andong>y timechart for easy reference. For art historians.