The Visual Arts
A History, Volume I
7th Edition
Published on 31. May 2005
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Paperback/Softback
520 pages
978-0-13-155114-5 (ISBN)
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This new edition is an authoritative and provides a balanced account of the history of art. It presents art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas-spanning from the primitive art of hunters 30,000 years ago to the most controversial art forms of today.
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Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
1517 gr
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978-0-13-155114-5 (9780131551145)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface ix
Introduction 2
Art as Craft 2
Systems of Building 3
Sculptural Techniques and Materials 3
Painting Techniques and Materials 5
Print-making 7
Photography 9
Pictorial Representation 9
Perspective 9
Color 11
Style and Individual Expression 13
Context: Function and Meaning 14
The Power of Images 16
Women Artists 18
The History of Art 20
Part One
Foundations of Art
Chapter One
Before History 24
Timechart 24
The Art of the Hunters 25
Map Prehistoric Europe and the Near East 26
Cave Art 27
Mesolithic Art 33
The Art of Farmers 33
In context Catal Hueyuek: A Neolithic Town 34
Neolithic Architecture 37
Stonehenge 38
Chapter Two
The Early Civilizations 40
Timechart 40
Mesopotamia 41
Sumer 41
Map Ancient West Asia 43
Akkadian Art 45
Ziggurats 46
Sources and Documents Gudea's Dream 47
Babylon 48
The Indus Valley 49
Ancient Egypt 52
Predynastic 52
Map Ancient Egypt 53
Early Dynastic 54
Old Kingdom Architecture 55
Sources and Documents Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts 58
Old Kingdom Sculpture and Painting 59
Middle Kingdom 63
The Aegean 65
Map The Ancient Aegean 65
Minoan Crete 66
Mycenae and the Mainland 71
In Context The Homeric World 74
China 75
Shang Dynasty 75
Map Ancient China 76
Chapter Three
Developments Across the Continents 80
The Hittites 80
Timechart 80
The Discovery of Iron 82
Map Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia 83
The New Kingdom in Ancient Egypt 83
Sources and Documents Thutmose Instructs his Vizier 85
In Context Hatshepsut: Women in Ancient Egypt 86
New Kingdom Architecture 88
Akhenaten 90
Ramesside Art 93
Assyria and Babylon 95
Narrative Relief 98
Babylon 100
Iran 102
Achaemenid Art 102
Persepolis 104
Zhou China 106
The Americas 109
Map Ancient Mesoamerica 109
The Olmecs 110
Peru 111
Map Ancient Peru 112
In Context Chavin de Huantar: Religion and Society, in Ancient Peru 113
Africa: Nok Culture 115
Chapter Four
The Greeks and Their Neighbours 116
Timechart 116
Archaic Greece 117
Map Ancient Greece 118
The Male Nude 121
The Polis 125
The Classical Period 126
The Parthenon 126
Sources and Documents Pausanias on the Parthenon 128
In Context The Delphi Charioteer: Ancient Greek Religion and Athletics 134
Naturalism and Idealization 138
Concepts The Ideal: Idealism, Proportion and the `Canon' 139
Vase Painting 143
Stelae 145
The Late Classical Period 146
Barbarian Alternatives: Scythians and the Animal Style 149
Urban Development Organic Growth and Urban Planning from Jericho to Athens 150
Hallstatt and La Tene 154
Iberia and Sardinia 156
The Etruscans 157
Sources and Documents Pliny on Etruscan Sculpture 161
Chapter Five
Hellenistic and Roman Art 165
Timechart 165
Map Etruscan and Roman Italy 167
The Hellenistic Period 167
Plato, Aristotle and the Arts 169
Allegory 173
Hellenistic Architecture 175
Hellenistic and Roman Painting and Mosaics 178
In Context Roman Luxury: Silver and Cameo Glass 179
Sources and Documents Vitruvius on Roman Painting 183
Roman Architecture 185
Domestic Architecture 186
Temples and Public Works 187
Urban Development The Roman City: From the Republic to the Late Empire 188
The Colosseum and the Invention of Concrete 191
The Pantheon 193
Roman Sculpture 195
Towards a Definition of Roman Art 196
In Context Family Piety: The Roman Portrait Bust 200
Late Antique Art 207
Part Two
Art and the World Religions
Chapter Six
Buddhism, Hinduism and the Arts of South and East Asia 216
Timechart 216
Buddhist Art in India 219
Map India 219
In Context The Life of the Buddha: Scriptures and Images 222
The Image of Buddha 224
Hindu Art in India 230
Concepts The Divine: From Apollo to Vishnu 233
In Context Ellora: An Architect-Sculptor's Summit 237
Sources and Documents Konarak Temple Building Accounts 238
Buddhist and Hindu Art in Sri Lanka and Java 244
Map South-East Asia 244
Buddhist and Hindu Art on the South-east Asian Mainland 249
Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist Art in China 255
Han Dynasty 255
In Context Confucius: Han Relief Carving 258
Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties 265
Song Dynasty 268
Landscape Painting 272
Shinto and Buddhist Art in Japan 277
Sources and Documents The Nihongi on the First Buddhist Images in Japan 279
The Heian, Fujiwara and Kamakura Periods (794-1333) 282
Sources and Documents Lady Murasaki on Calligraphy 285
Chapter Seven
Early Christian and Byzantine Art 288
Timechart 288
The Beginnings of Christian Art 289
In Context The Catacombs: Early Christian Art 292
From Domus Ecclesiae to the Christian Basilica 294
The Image of Christ 297
Sources and Documents Agnellus on S Apollinare Nuovo 300
Ravenna 303
Byzantine Art 306
Ecclesiastical Architecture 306
Map The Byzantine World 307
Hagia Sophia 307
Urban Development Constantinople: The Creation of a Christian Imperial Capital City 308
The Classical Tradition 313
Icons and Iconoclasts 315
The Triumph of Orthodoxy 316
In Context The Virgin: The First Images 318
Christian Art in Northern Europe 320
Interlace and Illumination 322
Christian Art in Western Europe 324
The Carolingian Renovatio 326
Sources and Documents Einhard on the Palatine Chapel 327
In Context Monasticism: East and West 328
Developments in Christian Imagery 329
Chapter Eight
Early Islamic Art 333
Timechart 333
Map The Islamic World 334
Umayyad Art and Architecture 336
Sources and Documents The Byzantine Ambassadors Visit Baghdad 341
Abbasid Art and Architecture 342
Islamic Spain 345
Samanid and Seljuk Architecture 348
Islamic Decoration 349
In Context The Madrasa: Architecture for Education 350
Part Three
Sacred and Secular Art
Chapter Nine
Medieval Christendom 356
Timechart 356
Map Western Europe and the Middle Ages 358
Ottonian Art 359
Romanesque Architecture in Italy 362
Romanesque Art and Architecture in Northern Europe 366
Innovations in Romanesque Architecture 373
Gothic Art and Architecture 375
Sources and Documents Abbot Suger Finds Columns and Beams for St-Denis 376
In Context The Gothic Cathedral: The New Jerusalem 378
High Gothic 380
Stained Glass and Flying Buttresses 381
Urban Development Medieval Towns: Commercial Prosperity and Civic Pride 382
Economics and Theology 387
Sources and Documents Abbot Haymo and the `Cult of the Carts' at Chartres 387
Sculpture and Painting 388
English and German Gothic 391
Sources and Documents Piers Plowman on Stained Glass and Opus Anglicanum 392
Italian Gothic 393
In Context St Francis and St Clare 396
Giotto 403
Sources and Documents The Monks in Padua Complain about the Scrovegni Chapel 405
Secular and International Gothic 408
Chapter Ten
The Fifteenth Century in Europe 416
Timechart 416
The Beginnings of the Italian Renaissance 417
Map Renaissance Italy 418
Brunelleschi 418
Masaccio 420
`Progress' in Sculpture 421
A New Style in Flanders 424
Van Eyck and van der Weyden 424
In Context The Ghent Altarpiece: Jan van Eyck and his Patrons 426
Sources and Documents Bartolommeo Fazio on Jan van Eyck 430
Architecture in Italy 430
Alberti 431
Sculpture in Italy 433
Donatello 433
New Departures 434
Italian Painting and the Church 438
Fra Angelico, Uccello and Piero della Francesca 439
Sources and Documents Filippino Lippi and Filippo Strozzi: Financial and other Problems over the Strozzi Chapel 441
Secular Painting 443
Botticelli 445
The Venetian Synthesis 449
Mantegna and Bellini 449
International Humanism 453
Duerer 453
In Context Bellini and Carpaccio: Corporate Patronage in Renaissance Venice 454
Glossary
For Further Reading
Index
Picture Credits
Introduction 2
Art as Craft 2
Systems of Building 3
Sculptural Techniques and Materials 3
Painting Techniques and Materials 5
Print-making 7
Photography 9
Pictorial Representation 9
Perspective 9
Color 11
Style and Individual Expression 13
Context: Function and Meaning 14
The Power of Images 16
Women Artists 18
The History of Art 20
Part One
Foundations of Art
Chapter One
Before History 24
Timechart 24
The Art of the Hunters 25
Map Prehistoric Europe and the Near East 26
Cave Art 27
Mesolithic Art 33
The Art of Farmers 33
In context Catal Hueyuek: A Neolithic Town 34
Neolithic Architecture 37
Stonehenge 38
Chapter Two
The Early Civilizations 40
Timechart 40
Mesopotamia 41
Sumer 41
Map Ancient West Asia 43
Akkadian Art 45
Ziggurats 46
Sources and Documents Gudea's Dream 47
Babylon 48
The Indus Valley 49
Ancient Egypt 52
Predynastic 52
Map Ancient Egypt 53
Early Dynastic 54
Old Kingdom Architecture 55
Sources and Documents Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts 58
Old Kingdom Sculpture and Painting 59
Middle Kingdom 63
The Aegean 65
Map The Ancient Aegean 65
Minoan Crete 66
Mycenae and the Mainland 71
In Context The Homeric World 74
China 75
Shang Dynasty 75
Map Ancient China 76
Chapter Three
Developments Across the Continents 80
The Hittites 80
Timechart 80
The Discovery of Iron 82
Map Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia 83
The New Kingdom in Ancient Egypt 83
Sources and Documents Thutmose Instructs his Vizier 85
In Context Hatshepsut: Women in Ancient Egypt 86
New Kingdom Architecture 88
Akhenaten 90
Ramesside Art 93
Assyria and Babylon 95
Narrative Relief 98
Babylon 100
Iran 102
Achaemenid Art 102
Persepolis 104
Zhou China 106
The Americas 109
Map Ancient Mesoamerica 109
The Olmecs 110
Peru 111
Map Ancient Peru 112
In Context Chavin de Huantar: Religion and Society, in Ancient Peru 113
Africa: Nok Culture 115
Chapter Four
The Greeks and Their Neighbours 116
Timechart 116
Archaic Greece 117
Map Ancient Greece 118
The Male Nude 121
The Polis 125
The Classical Period 126
The Parthenon 126
Sources and Documents Pausanias on the Parthenon 128
In Context The Delphi Charioteer: Ancient Greek Religion and Athletics 134
Naturalism and Idealization 138
Concepts The Ideal: Idealism, Proportion and the `Canon' 139
Vase Painting 143
Stelae 145
The Late Classical Period 146
Barbarian Alternatives: Scythians and the Animal Style 149
Urban Development Organic Growth and Urban Planning from Jericho to Athens 150
Hallstatt and La Tene 154
Iberia and Sardinia 156
The Etruscans 157
Sources and Documents Pliny on Etruscan Sculpture 161
Chapter Five
Hellenistic and Roman Art 165
Timechart 165
Map Etruscan and Roman Italy 167
The Hellenistic Period 167
Plato, Aristotle and the Arts 169
Allegory 173
Hellenistic Architecture 175
Hellenistic and Roman Painting and Mosaics 178
In Context Roman Luxury: Silver and Cameo Glass 179
Sources and Documents Vitruvius on Roman Painting 183
Roman Architecture 185
Domestic Architecture 186
Temples and Public Works 187
Urban Development The Roman City: From the Republic to the Late Empire 188
The Colosseum and the Invention of Concrete 191
The Pantheon 193
Roman Sculpture 195
Towards a Definition of Roman Art 196
In Context Family Piety: The Roman Portrait Bust 200
Late Antique Art 207
Part Two
Art and the World Religions
Chapter Six
Buddhism, Hinduism and the Arts of South and East Asia 216
Timechart 216
Buddhist Art in India 219
Map India 219
In Context The Life of the Buddha: Scriptures and Images 222
The Image of Buddha 224
Hindu Art in India 230
Concepts The Divine: From Apollo to Vishnu 233
In Context Ellora: An Architect-Sculptor's Summit 237
Sources and Documents Konarak Temple Building Accounts 238
Buddhist and Hindu Art in Sri Lanka and Java 244
Map South-East Asia 244
Buddhist and Hindu Art on the South-east Asian Mainland 249
Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist Art in China 255
Han Dynasty 255
In Context Confucius: Han Relief Carving 258
Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties 265
Song Dynasty 268
Landscape Painting 272
Shinto and Buddhist Art in Japan 277
Sources and Documents The Nihongi on the First Buddhist Images in Japan 279
The Heian, Fujiwara and Kamakura Periods (794-1333) 282
Sources and Documents Lady Murasaki on Calligraphy 285
Chapter Seven
Early Christian and Byzantine Art 288
Timechart 288
The Beginnings of Christian Art 289
In Context The Catacombs: Early Christian Art 292
From Domus Ecclesiae to the Christian Basilica 294
The Image of Christ 297
Sources and Documents Agnellus on S Apollinare Nuovo 300
Ravenna 303
Byzantine Art 306
Ecclesiastical Architecture 306
Map The Byzantine World 307
Hagia Sophia 307
Urban Development Constantinople: The Creation of a Christian Imperial Capital City 308
The Classical Tradition 313
Icons and Iconoclasts 315
The Triumph of Orthodoxy 316
In Context The Virgin: The First Images 318
Christian Art in Northern Europe 320
Interlace and Illumination 322
Christian Art in Western Europe 324
The Carolingian Renovatio 326
Sources and Documents Einhard on the Palatine Chapel 327
In Context Monasticism: East and West 328
Developments in Christian Imagery 329
Chapter Eight
Early Islamic Art 333
Timechart 333
Map The Islamic World 334
Umayyad Art and Architecture 336
Sources and Documents The Byzantine Ambassadors Visit Baghdad 341
Abbasid Art and Architecture 342
Islamic Spain 345
Samanid and Seljuk Architecture 348
Islamic Decoration 349
In Context The Madrasa: Architecture for Education 350
Part Three
Sacred and Secular Art
Chapter Nine
Medieval Christendom 356
Timechart 356
Map Western Europe and the Middle Ages 358
Ottonian Art 359
Romanesque Architecture in Italy 362
Romanesque Art and Architecture in Northern Europe 366
Innovations in Romanesque Architecture 373
Gothic Art and Architecture 375
Sources and Documents Abbot Suger Finds Columns and Beams for St-Denis 376
In Context The Gothic Cathedral: The New Jerusalem 378
High Gothic 380
Stained Glass and Flying Buttresses 381
Urban Development Medieval Towns: Commercial Prosperity and Civic Pride 382
Economics and Theology 387
Sources and Documents Abbot Haymo and the `Cult of the Carts' at Chartres 387
Sculpture and Painting 388
English and German Gothic 391
Sources and Documents Piers Plowman on Stained Glass and Opus Anglicanum 392
Italian Gothic 393
In Context St Francis and St Clare 396
Giotto 403
Sources and Documents The Monks in Padua Complain about the Scrovegni Chapel 405
Secular and International Gothic 408
Chapter Ten
The Fifteenth Century in Europe 416
Timechart 416
The Beginnings of the Italian Renaissance 417
Map Renaissance Italy 418
Brunelleschi 418
Masaccio 420
`Progress' in Sculpture 421
A New Style in Flanders 424
Van Eyck and van der Weyden 424
In Context The Ghent Altarpiece: Jan van Eyck and his Patrons 426
Sources and Documents Bartolommeo Fazio on Jan van Eyck 430
Architecture in Italy 430
Alberti 431
Sculpture in Italy 433
Donatello 433
New Departures 434
Italian Painting and the Church 438
Fra Angelico, Uccello and Piero della Francesca 439
Sources and Documents Filippino Lippi and Filippo Strozzi: Financial and other Problems over the Strozzi Chapel 441
Secular Painting 443
Botticelli 445
The Venetian Synthesis 449
Mantegna and Bellini 449
International Humanism 453
Duerer 453
In Context Bellini and Carpaccio: Corporate Patronage in Renaissance Venice 454
Glossary
For Further Reading
Index
Picture Credits