Art
The Definitive Visual Guide
Published on 1. October 2008
Book
Hardback
612 pages
978-1-4053-2243-0 (ISBN)
Description
Filled with more than 8,000 paintings and sculpture from around the world, this is ultimate visual guide to the history of art.
Featuring examples of the world's most celebrated, influential, and iconic artworks, this beautiful volume brings a gallery into your home where you can learn everything you need to know about art and artists.
Linger over 8,000 stunning works from 700 artists and explore the major milestones, from cave paintings to modern masterpieces. Learn how to "read" composition, subject matter, technique and style. Gain a better understanding of key artworks through detailed close-up examinations that explore and explain the artist's intentions and techniques, while picture-packed gallery pages explore common artistic themes such as landscapes, nudes and animals.
Created in collaboration with the biggest art library in the world, Bridgeman, this is a must-have for every family bookshelf.
Featuring examples of the world's most celebrated, influential, and iconic artworks, this beautiful volume brings a gallery into your home where you can learn everything you need to know about art and artists.
Linger over 8,000 stunning works from 700 artists and explore the major milestones, from cave paintings to modern masterpieces. Learn how to "read" composition, subject matter, technique and style. Gain a better understanding of key artworks through detailed close-up examinations that explore and explain the artist's intentions and techniques, while picture-packed gallery pages explore common artistic themes such as landscapes, nudes and animals.
Created in collaboration with the biggest art library in the world, Bridgeman, this is a must-have for every family bookshelf.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Illustrations
Full-colour photographs and artworks throughout
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 258 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
3410 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4053-2243-0 (9781405322430)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Persons
Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. He has presented six landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as numerous individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years, he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and, more recently, in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of books on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture, to contemporary art. Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. He has presented six landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as numerous individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years, he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and, more recently, in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of books on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture, to contemporary art.
Content
1: Looking at art
1: Subjective and Composition
2: Perspective and Viewpoint
3: Light and Shade
4: Media and Techniques
5: Colour
6: Brushstrokes and Texture
2: Prehistory to 1400CE
1: Prehistoric art
2: Ancient Near East
3: Ancient Egypt
4: Civilisations of the Eat
5: Ancient Greece
6: Themes: Nudes
7: The Etruscans and Ancient Rome
8: Outside the Empires
9: Early Christian and Byzantium
10: Carolingian
11: Ottonian
12: Anglo-Saxon and Celtic art
13: Early Islamic art
14: South Asia
15: Southeast Asia
16: East Asia
17: Central and South America
18: Romanesque and Gothic art
19: Early Italian art
20: International Gothic art
3: 15th and 16th centuries
1: Italian Renaissance
2: Themes: Myth and legend
3: Northern Renaissance
4: Themes: Landscape
5: Mannerism
6: China: Ming Dynasty
7: Japanese art
8: Central and South America
4: 17th and 18th centuries
1: Baroque
2: Themes: Still Life
3: Rococo
4: Themes: Animals
5: Neoclassicism
6: English Watercolourists
7: Colonial America
8: China: Qing Dynasty
9: Islamic art
10: Hindu art
5: 19th century
1: Romanticism
2: Themes: Love
3: Realism
4: Pre-Raphaelites
5: Victorian art
6: French academic art
7: Japanese art
8: Impressionism
9: Neo-and Postimpressionism
10: Themes: Children
11: The Nabis
12: Symbolism and Art Nouveau
13: Scandinavian art
14: End of the Century
15: Sculpture
16: African art
17: Oceania
6: Early 20th century:
1: Fauvism
2: German Expressionism
3: Pre-war Vienne
4: Cubism
5: Futurism, Rayonism and Orphism
6: Birth of Abstract art
7: Themes: Work
8: Early British Modernism
9: Early US Modernism
10: Naive Painting
11: Ecole de Paris
12: Constructivism
13: Dada
14: Surrealism
15: Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity)
16: Bauhaus
17: Avant-Garde
18: Realism and Figurative Painting
19: Mexican art
7: 1945 onwards
1: Abstract Expressionism
2: Themes: War
3: Post-war Europe
4: Abstract Painting and Sculpture
5: Minimal art
6: Pop art
7: Themes: Portraits
8: Op art and Kinetic art
9: Assemblage, Junk and Land art
10: Conceptual art
11: Figurative painting
12: Superrealism
13: Feminist art
14: Neo-Expressionism and Graffiti art
15: New Media
16: Contemporary Sculpture
17: Australian Aboriginal art
18: Europe Today
19: Africa Today
20: Asia Today
21: North America Today
8: Glossary
9: Index
10: Acknowledgments
1: Subjective and Composition
2: Perspective and Viewpoint
3: Light and Shade
4: Media and Techniques
5: Colour
6: Brushstrokes and Texture
2: Prehistory to 1400CE
1: Prehistoric art
2: Ancient Near East
3: Ancient Egypt
4: Civilisations of the Eat
5: Ancient Greece
6: Themes: Nudes
7: The Etruscans and Ancient Rome
8: Outside the Empires
9: Early Christian and Byzantium
10: Carolingian
11: Ottonian
12: Anglo-Saxon and Celtic art
13: Early Islamic art
14: South Asia
15: Southeast Asia
16: East Asia
17: Central and South America
18: Romanesque and Gothic art
19: Early Italian art
20: International Gothic art
3: 15th and 16th centuries
1: Italian Renaissance
2: Themes: Myth and legend
3: Northern Renaissance
4: Themes: Landscape
5: Mannerism
6: China: Ming Dynasty
7: Japanese art
8: Central and South America
4: 17th and 18th centuries
1: Baroque
2: Themes: Still Life
3: Rococo
4: Themes: Animals
5: Neoclassicism
6: English Watercolourists
7: Colonial America
8: China: Qing Dynasty
9: Islamic art
10: Hindu art
5: 19th century
1: Romanticism
2: Themes: Love
3: Realism
4: Pre-Raphaelites
5: Victorian art
6: French academic art
7: Japanese art
8: Impressionism
9: Neo-and Postimpressionism
10: Themes: Children
11: The Nabis
12: Symbolism and Art Nouveau
13: Scandinavian art
14: End of the Century
15: Sculpture
16: African art
17: Oceania
6: Early 20th century:
1: Fauvism
2: German Expressionism
3: Pre-war Vienne
4: Cubism
5: Futurism, Rayonism and Orphism
6: Birth of Abstract art
7: Themes: Work
8: Early British Modernism
9: Early US Modernism
10: Naive Painting
11: Ecole de Paris
12: Constructivism
13: Dada
14: Surrealism
15: Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity)
16: Bauhaus
17: Avant-Garde
18: Realism and Figurative Painting
19: Mexican art
7: 1945 onwards
1: Abstract Expressionism
2: Themes: War
3: Post-war Europe
4: Abstract Painting and Sculpture
5: Minimal art
6: Pop art
7: Themes: Portraits
8: Op art and Kinetic art
9: Assemblage, Junk and Land art
10: Conceptual art
11: Figurative painting
12: Superrealism
13: Feminist art
14: Neo-Expressionism and Graffiti art
15: New Media
16: Contemporary Sculpture
17: Australian Aboriginal art
18: Europe Today
19: Africa Today
20: Asia Today
21: North America Today
8: Glossary
9: Index
10: Acknowledgments