Art History EssentialsREA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Art History highlights the history of art, from the Ancient World to the Twentieth Century. It includes illustrations and photos of Egyptian architecture, Greek sculpture, and Renaissance paintings and sculpture. This book explains the different art movements such as Baroque and Neoclassicism, and describes the kinds of materials that were used to create the various works. This book is an ideal study aid for students who must familiarize themselves with major works of art, how they were created, and the affect they had on world history. |
Contents
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Egyptian Art | 6 |
Mesopotamian Art | 11 |
PreHellenic Aegean Art | 16 |
Greek Hellenic Art | 24 |
Etruscan Art | 31 |
Roman Art | 35 |
Early Christian and Byzantine Art | 42 |
Art of the Middle Ages | 54 |
The Renaissance Period | 83 |
The Baroque Period | 97 |
NineteenthCentury Art | 116 |
TwentiethCentury Art to ca 1950 | 123 |
PostModern Art ca 1950 to the Present | 130 |
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Antique Archaic architect unknown artisans artist unknown Assyrian Babylonian Baroque architecture Baroque period barrel vault basilica became bronze buildings Byzantine architecture Byzantine art canvas carved cave ceiling century A.D. CHAPTER Classic color columns created Cubism culture Cycladic decorative designs developed dome Doric Order Dutch Early Christian Early Renaissance echoed effect emphasis Etruscan figures Flemish forms France free-standing French frontal genre German glass Gothic architecture Gothic church GOTHIC PERIOD Greek groin vault High Renaissance High Renaissance Italian images interiors Italy landscape Later Renaissance Latin Cross manner Mannerist manuscript marble Migrational art Minoan Minor Art monumental mosaics Museum Mycenaean Neo-Classicism Nineteenth-Century Origins Ottonian art painters palaces Paleolithic panels popular portraits Post-Modern realism religious Renaissance and Mannerist RENAISSANCE PERIOD Rococo Rococo period Roman architecture Roman art Romanesque architecture ROMANESQUE PERIOD Romanesque sculpture Rome Sculpture and Painting spiritual stone structure style Sumerian symbolism technique temples terra-cotta themes tombs twentieth century walls westwork wood