Art : a visual history
Cumming, Robert, 1943-2020
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Discover the history of Western art - from prehistory to the 21st century - through profiles of over 650 artists and their key works. Covering every era and over 650 artists, this comprehensive, illustrated guide offers an accessible yet expansive view of art history, featuring everything from iconic works and lesser-known gems to techniques and themes. Offering a comprehensive overview of Western artists, themes, paintings, techniques, and stories, Art: A Visual History is packed full of large, full-colour images of iconic works and lesser-known gems. Covering every era, from 30,000BCE to the present, it includes features on the major schools and movements, as well as close-up critical appraisals of 22 masterpieces - from Botticelli's Primavera to J. M. W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire.
Main title:
Art : a visual history / Robert Cumming.
Author:
Cumming, Robert, 1943-, author
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020.©2020
Collation:
416 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
First published in Great Britain in 2005 as Art.Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Early art c. 30,000BCE - 1300CE -- Gothic and early Renaissance c. 1300-1500 -- High Renaissance and Mannerism c. 1500-1600 -- The Baroque era c. 1600-1700 -- From Rococo to Neoclassicism c. 1700-1800 -- Romantic and Academic art c. 1800-1900 -- Modernism c. 1900-1970 -- The last 50 years 1970 onwards.
ISBN:
9780241437414 (hardback)0241437415 (hardback)
Dewey class:
709
Language:
English
BRN:
375163
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft | 709 CUM | Available |