Author: Bruce Cole
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671747282
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and architecture, past and present. "Illuminating . . . a notable accomplishment".--The New York Times. Illustrated.
Art of the Western World
Author: Bruce Cole
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671747282
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and architecture, past and present. "Illuminating . . . a notable accomplishment".--The New York Times. Illustrated.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671747282
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and architecture, past and present. "Illuminating . . . a notable accomplishment".--The New York Times. Illustrated.
The Ancient World
Author: Henriette Antonia Groenewegen-Frankfort
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art
Author: Ann C. Gunter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118336755
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
Provides a broad view of the history and current state of scholarship on the art of the ancient Near East This book covers the aesthetic traditions of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, and the Levant, from Neolithic times to the end of the Achaemenid Persian Empire around 330 BCE. It describes and examines the field from a variety of critical perspectives: across approaches and interpretive frameworks, key explanatory concepts, materials and selected media and formats, and zones of interaction. This important work also addresses both traditional and emerging categories of material, intellectual perspectives, and research priorities. The book covers geography and chronology, context and setting, medium and scale, while acknowledging the diversity of regional and cultural traditions and the uneven survival of evidence. Part One of the book considers the methodologies and approaches that the field has drawn on and refined. Part Two addresses terms and concepts critical to understanding the subjects and formal characteristics of the Near Eastern material record, including the intellectual frameworks within which monuments have been approached and interpreted. Part Three surveys the field’s most distinctive and characteristic genres, with special reference to Mesopotamian art and architecture. Part Four considers involvement with artistic traditions across a broader reach, examining connections with Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean. And finally, Part Five addresses intersections with the closely allied discipline of archaeology and the institutional stewardship of cultural heritage in the modern Middle East. Told from multiple perspectives, A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art is an enlightening, must-have book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of ancient Near East art and Near East history as well as those interested in history and art history.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118336755
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
Provides a broad view of the history and current state of scholarship on the art of the ancient Near East This book covers the aesthetic traditions of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, and the Levant, from Neolithic times to the end of the Achaemenid Persian Empire around 330 BCE. It describes and examines the field from a variety of critical perspectives: across approaches and interpretive frameworks, key explanatory concepts, materials and selected media and formats, and zones of interaction. This important work also addresses both traditional and emerging categories of material, intellectual perspectives, and research priorities. The book covers geography and chronology, context and setting, medium and scale, while acknowledging the diversity of regional and cultural traditions and the uneven survival of evidence. Part One of the book considers the methodologies and approaches that the field has drawn on and refined. Part Two addresses terms and concepts critical to understanding the subjects and formal characteristics of the Near Eastern material record, including the intellectual frameworks within which monuments have been approached and interpreted. Part Three surveys the field’s most distinctive and characteristic genres, with special reference to Mesopotamian art and architecture. Part Four considers involvement with artistic traditions across a broader reach, examining connections with Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean. And finally, Part Five addresses intersections with the closely allied discipline of archaeology and the institutional stewardship of cultural heritage in the modern Middle East. Told from multiple perspectives, A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art is an enlightening, must-have book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of ancient Near East art and Near East history as well as those interested in history and art history.
Gods in Color
Author: Vinzenz Brinkmann
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN: 9783791357072
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
ForewordMAX HOLLEINESSAYSA HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP ON THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT SCULPTUREVINZENZ BRINKMANNON THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT SCULPTUREVINZENZ. BRINKMANN AND ULRIKE KOCH-BRINKMANNREDISCOVERING COLORPolychrome Art from Ancient Egypt and the Near EastRENÉE DREYFUSESSAYSTHE DISCOVERY OF THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT GREEK SCULPTUREWinckelmann's Research on Statues and TextsOLIVER PRIMAVESICOLOR AND LIGHTDodwell and Pomardi in GreeceJOHN CAMP.ANCIENT PAINTS AND.PAINTING TECHNIQUES Methods of InvestigationVINZENZ BRINKMANN, ULRIKE KOCH-BRINKMANN, AND HEINRICH PIENINGCATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITIONBibliographyAcknowledgmentsMAX HOLLEINPhotography Credits.
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN: 9783791357072
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
ForewordMAX HOLLEINESSAYSA HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP ON THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT SCULPTUREVINZENZ BRINKMANNON THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT SCULPTUREVINZENZ. BRINKMANN AND ULRIKE KOCH-BRINKMANNREDISCOVERING COLORPolychrome Art from Ancient Egypt and the Near EastRENÉE DREYFUSESSAYSTHE DISCOVERY OF THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT GREEK SCULPTUREWinckelmann's Research on Statues and TextsOLIVER PRIMAVESICOLOR AND LIGHTDodwell and Pomardi in GreeceJOHN CAMP.ANCIENT PAINTS AND.PAINTING TECHNIQUES Methods of InvestigationVINZENZ BRINKMANN, ULRIKE KOCH-BRINKMANN, AND HEINRICH PIENINGCATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITIONBibliographyAcknowledgmentsMAX HOLLEINPhotography Credits.
Winckelmann's Images from the Ancient World
Author: Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048613735X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Assembled by the father of modern art history, this landmark 1767 publication features more than 200 fine engravings. Its fascinating panorama of images from classical civilizations includes informative text and captions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048613735X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Assembled by the father of modern art history, this landmark 1767 publication features more than 200 fine engravings. Its fascinating panorama of images from classical civilizations includes informative text and captions.
Art of the Ancient World
Author: Henriette Antonia Groenewegen-Frankfort (Henriette Antonia)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art
Author: Andrew Stewart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521853214
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Addresses the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art, its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521853214
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Addresses the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art, its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact.
Understanding Early Christian Art
Author: Robin M. Jensen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135951772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Understanding Early Christian Art is designed for students of both religion and of art history. It makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students of religion, to help them understand better the visual representations of Christianity. It will also aid art historians in comprehending the complex theology, history and context of Christian art. This interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking approach will enable students in several fields to further their understanding and knowledge of the art of the early Christian era. Understanding Early Christian Art contains over fifty images with parallel text.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135951772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Understanding Early Christian Art is designed for students of both religion and of art history. It makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students of religion, to help them understand better the visual representations of Christianity. It will also aid art historians in comprehending the complex theology, history and context of Christian art. This interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking approach will enable students in several fields to further their understanding and knowledge of the art of the early Christian era. Understanding Early Christian Art contains over fifty images with parallel text.
The Book of the Ancient World
Author: Dorothy Mills
Publisher: Sophia Perennis
ISBN: 9781597313537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Book of the Ancient World is an account of our common heritage from the dawn of civilization to the coming of the Greeks. It is the story of how human beings began their great adventure of learning how to live; of how they have sought to satisfy the practical needs of their bodies, the questioning of their minds, and the searching of their spirits. To this end it subordinates details of political events to the record of things that lie at the foundation or our modern civilization. Dorothy Mills had an uncanny and unique ability to write history that is interesting and at the same time based on sound scholarship. Her direct, engaging approach is valued increasingly by the many parents in our day who are looking for reliable materials for home study, as well as by many private school educators. The highly-prized six volumes of her historical works (see below) have become very scarce on the used book market, and so Dawn Chorus has undertaken to reprint them as part of its effort to offer texts ideally suited to the needs of a new generation of teachers and students. In a world where the quality of education has so deteriorated, may the reissue of this wonderful historical series shine as a beacon to a new generation of young (and not so young) scholars . Dawn Chorus publishes these five other books by Dorothy Mills: The Book of the Ancient Greeks; The Book of the Ancient Romans; The People of Ancient Israel; The Middle Ages; and Renaissance and Reformation Times. Dawn Chorus has also republished another outstanding, and long-out-of-print historical series perfectly suited for home or school use (and highly recommended in home-school curricula), entitled The Picturesque Tale of Progress, by Olive Beaupre Miller. It is available in large format (9 volumes), or smaller, double-bound format (5 volumes).
Publisher: Sophia Perennis
ISBN: 9781597313537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Book of the Ancient World is an account of our common heritage from the dawn of civilization to the coming of the Greeks. It is the story of how human beings began their great adventure of learning how to live; of how they have sought to satisfy the practical needs of their bodies, the questioning of their minds, and the searching of their spirits. To this end it subordinates details of political events to the record of things that lie at the foundation or our modern civilization. Dorothy Mills had an uncanny and unique ability to write history that is interesting and at the same time based on sound scholarship. Her direct, engaging approach is valued increasingly by the many parents in our day who are looking for reliable materials for home study, as well as by many private school educators. The highly-prized six volumes of her historical works (see below) have become very scarce on the used book market, and so Dawn Chorus has undertaken to reprint them as part of its effort to offer texts ideally suited to the needs of a new generation of teachers and students. In a world where the quality of education has so deteriorated, may the reissue of this wonderful historical series shine as a beacon to a new generation of young (and not so young) scholars . Dawn Chorus publishes these five other books by Dorothy Mills: The Book of the Ancient Greeks; The Book of the Ancient Romans; The People of Ancient Israel; The Middle Ages; and Renaissance and Reformation Times. Dawn Chorus has also republished another outstanding, and long-out-of-print historical series perfectly suited for home or school use (and highly recommended in home-school curricula), entitled The Picturesque Tale of Progress, by Olive Beaupre Miller. It is available in large format (9 volumes), or smaller, double-bound format (5 volumes).
Amazeing Art(TM)
Author: Christopher Berg
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060956745
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
In Amazeing Art, Christopher Berg showcases an astonishingly beautiful series of mazes depicting the wonders of the ancient world. From Stonehenge to the Colossus of Rhodes, he matches each with a capsule history that explains its background, and brilliantly evokes its mystery and significance. Fun, fascinating, and educational, Amazeing Art contains thirty-five mazes and their solutions printed on special easy-to-erase paper for the determined maze-solver.
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060956745
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
In Amazeing Art, Christopher Berg showcases an astonishingly beautiful series of mazes depicting the wonders of the ancient world. From Stonehenge to the Colossus of Rhodes, he matches each with a capsule history that explains its background, and brilliantly evokes its mystery and significance. Fun, fascinating, and educational, Amazeing Art contains thirty-five mazes and their solutions printed on special easy-to-erase paper for the determined maze-solver.