Art: The Renaissance, the Baroque, the modern worldPrentice-Hall, 1985 - Art |
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... human activity has its history . The history of art , like the purpose of art , is inevitably bound up with many other aspects of history , and it is therefore generally organized according to the broad cultural divisions of history as ...
... human activity has its history . The history of art , like the purpose of art , is inevitably bound up with many other aspects of history , and it is therefore generally organized according to the broad cultural divisions of history as ...
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... human body a microcosm , since it mirrors in itself the harmony of the entire world . There is no miracle that the human intelligence cannot encompass , Manetti tells us , no mystery of the cosmos that it cannot fathom . But the highest ...
... human body a microcosm , since it mirrors in itself the harmony of the entire world . There is no miracle that the human intelligence cannot encompass , Manetti tells us , no mystery of the cosmos that it cannot fathom . But the highest ...
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... human frailty . In both its triumphs and its defeats the Renaissance , perhaps more vividly than any other period except the twentieth century , illustrates the unpredictable op- posites of human character and destiny . An impartial ...
... human frailty . In both its triumphs and its defeats the Renaissance , perhaps more vividly than any other period except the twentieth century , illustrates the unpredictable op- posites of human character and destiny . An impartial ...
Contents
The Pioneers The Mexicans Abstract Expressionism The Reaction Against | 956 |
Richardson Sullivan and the Chicago School Art Nouveau and Expressionist | 965 |
GLOSSARY | 977 |
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