Art Across Time
2nd Edition
Published on 23. November 2004
Book
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978-0-07-311192-6 (ISBN)
Description
From prehistory through the Fourteenth Century, volume one of "Art Across Time" presents the most accessible survey of art history available. Unencumbered by global flashbacks and confusing concurrent narratives, "Art Across Time" presents a manageable survey that emphasizes art in its cultural and social context.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1780 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-311192-6 (9780073111926)
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Laurie Adams
Art Across Time
Book
03/2006
McGraw Hill Higher Education
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Laurie Schneider Adams received a Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. She is Professor of Art History at John Jay College, City University of New York, where she teaches art survey, and at the Graduate Center, where she teaches courses on the Italian Renaissance and on Art and Psychoanalysis. She has published articles on iconography and on art and psychology. She is the editor of Giotto in Perspectiveand of the journal Source: Notes in the History of Art; the author of A History of Western Art, The Methodologies of Art, Art and Psychoanalysis, and Art on Trial; and co-author (with Maria Grazia Pernis) of Federico da Montefeltro and Sigismondo Malatesta: The Eagle and the Elephant and of 5 children's books (with Allison Coudert).
Content
Art across Time, Volume One Preface Introduction: Why Do We Study the History of Art? Part I Chapter 1: The Art of Prehistory Window on the World: Rock Paintings of Australia Chapter 2: The Ancient Near East Chapter 3: Ancient Egypt Chapter 4: The Aegean Part II Chapter 5: The Art of Ancient Greece Chapter 6: The Art of the Etruscans Window on the World: China: Neolithic to First Empire Chapter 7: Ancient Rome Window on the World: Developments in South Asia: The Indus Valley Civilization (to the 3rd century AD) Chapter 8: Early Christian and Byzantine Art Part III Chapter 9: The Early Middle Ages Chapter 10:Romanesque Art Chapter 11: Gothic Art Window on the World:Buddhist and Hindu Developments in East Asia (6th-13th centuries) Chapter 12: Precursors of the Renaissance Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Notes Literary Acknowledgments Photo Credits Index