Art HistoryThis renowned textbook offers thorough coverage of all the visual arts from all parts of the world in a narrative that provides a rich contextual backgroundsocial, cultural, historical, religious, geographical, and political. This book has more than 1400 photographs and hundreds of line drawings, diagrams, and full-color maps. The text features art from the following time periods and places: prehistoric art in Europe; ancient art of the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and Greece; Roman and Etruscan art; Jewish, early Christian, Japan, and the Americas; medieval art in Europe; Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance art; Baroque art; art of the Pacific cultures; the rise of modern art; and the international Avant-Garde since 1945. Beginning student will appreciate the text's visual appeal, readable writing style, and helpful instructional features, such as the Starter Kit at the beginning of the book. Instructors will appreciate the inclusion of artists in all media, with women artists and artists of color fully represented. - Publisher. |
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Page 327
... northern and southern . The northern type is chiefly distin- guished by a superstructure called a shikhara ( see " Stupas and Temples , " page 320 ) . The shikhara rises as a solid mass above the flat stone ceiling and windowless walls ...
... northern and southern . The northern type is chiefly distin- guished by a superstructure called a shikhara ( see " Stupas and Temples , " page 320 ) . The shikhara rises as a solid mass above the flat stone ceiling and windowless walls ...
Page 333
... northern temples are most clearly distin- guished by their superstructures . The Dharmaraja Ratha does not culminate in the paraboloid of the northern shikhara but in a pyramidal tower called a vimana . Each story of the vimana is ...
... northern temples are most clearly distin- guished by their superstructures . The Dharmaraja Ratha does not culminate in the paraboloid of the northern shikhara but in a pyramidal tower called a vimana . Each story of the vimana is ...
Page 357
... Northern Wei dynasty , c . 460 CE . Stone , height 45 ' ( 13.7 m ) . Detail of a wall painting in Cave 217 , Dunhuang. which was based on Chinese models of this period . The slen- der forms and linear grace of Horyu - ji have much in com ...
... Northern Wei dynasty , c . 460 CE . Stone , height 45 ' ( 13.7 m ) . Detail of a wall painting in Cave 217 , Dunhuang. which was based on Chinese models of this period . The slen- der forms and linear grace of Horyu - ji have much in com ...
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Art History: A View of the West, Volume 1, Books a la Carte Edition Marilyn Stokstad No preview available - 2009 |
Art History: A View of the West + Companion Website for Art History Marilyn Stokstad No preview available - 2007 |
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