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Barron’s brand-new AP Art History test prep manual is now available with an optional CD-ROM. The book offers test takers a review of art history, starting with the earliest Western civilizations and extending to art of the present day. Additional chapters focus on non-European art traditions in India, China, Japan, the Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. Major periods are reviewed in separate chapters, each containing historical background, artistic innovation, major artists and movements, key works test takers should know, and relevant vocabulary. Each chapter has multiple-choice review questions and a practice essay with a model response. Every work of art discussed is illustrated in the text with an adjoining bulleted list of its characteristics. A diagnostic exam precedes the chapters surveying art history, and two full-length AP practice exams are presented at the end of the book with answer keys, diagnostic charts, answer explanations, and model essay responses. The text is profusely illustrated and a glossary of important terms is provided The optional CD-ROM presents two additional practice tests with answers and automatic scoring. In addition, the CD-ROM contains a flash card feature to test students’ visual memories as they learn to identify 300 works of art.Author: John B. Nici M.A. Paperback: 600 pages ISBN13: 9780764194634, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark., Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Company: Barron's Educational Series (2008-01-01) ISBN: 0764194631 List Price: $29.99 Amazon Price: $16.01 Used Price: $9.99 
Appropriate for one-semester art history surveys or historically-focused art appreciation classes, A History of Western Art, Revised Fourth Edition, features additional color which provides students with a greater understanding of the works of art. Focusing on the Western canon of art history, the text presents a compelling chronological narrative from prehistory to the present. A non-Western supplement, World Views: Topics in Non-Western Art, addresses specific areas of non-Western art and augments the Western chronology by illustrating moments of thematic relationships and cross-cultural contact. World Views is available at a discount when packaged with A History of Western Art.Author: Laurie Adams Paperback: 640 pages Company: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages (2006-12-15) ISBN: 0073526460 List Price: Amazon Price: $89.33 Used Price: $69.99 
Long considered the survey of modern art, this engrossing and liberally illustrated text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Retaining its comprehensive nature and chronological approach, it now comes thoroughly reworked by Elizabeth Mansfield, an experienced art historian and writer, with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative. Author: H. H. H Arnason, Elizabeth C. Mansfield Paperback: 848 pages Company: Prentice Hall (2009-08-06) ISBN: 0136062067 List Price: $122.67 Amazon Price: $89.49 Used Price: $68.62 
Covers Himalayan areas--Ladakh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal. New chronologies in Stone age and Bronze Age, China, Korea, and Japan.Author: Sherman Lee Hardcover: 576 pages Company: Prentice Hall (2003-01-10) ISBN: 0131830635 List Price: $136.00 Amazon Price: $103.28 Used Price: $60.00 
In tune with today's readers–rich but never effete–this is the art history book of choice for a new generation. Presenting a broad view of art from the early Renaissance in Europe through the Avant Garde since 1945, it sympathetically and positively introduces the works of all artists. This includes women, artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions, as well as those of Western Europe and the United States. The new edition contains even more full-color reproductions, larger images, redrawn maps and timelines, and new photographs and higher quality images. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind. Broad in scope and depth, this beautifully illustrated work features art from the following time periods and places: Renaissance art; Baroque art; art of the Pacific cultures; the rise of modern art; and the international Avant-Garde since 1945. An excellent reference work and beautiful edition for any visual artist.Author: Marilyn Stokstad Paperback: 736 pages Company: Prentice Hall (2007-02-19) ISBN: 013199140X List Price: $132.67 Amazon Price: $93.26 Used Price: $69.98 
In tune with today's readers–rich but never effete–this is the art history book of choice for a new generation. Presenting a broad view of art from prehistory through the Gothic Age, it sympathetically and positively introduces the works of all artists. This includes women, artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions, as well as those of Western Europe and the United States. The new edition contains even more full-color reproductions, larger images, redrawn maps and timelines, and new photographs and higher quality images. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind. Broad in scope and depth, this beautifully illustrated work features art from the following time periods and places: prehistory; art of the ancients (Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, Greece, Etruscan, and Roman); early Christian, Jewish, and Byzantine art; Islamic art; India before 1100; Chinese art before 1280; Japanese art before 1392; art of the Americas before 1300; the art of ancient Africa; early Medieval European art; Romanesque art, and Gothic art. An excellent reference work and beautiful edition for any visual artist.Author: Marilyn Stokstad Paperback: 688 pages Company: Prentice Hall (2007-02-17) ISBN: 0131743201 List Price: $132.67 Amazon Price: $90.00 Used Price: $64.38 
As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A CONCISE WESTERN HISTORY gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of artistic traditions.Author: Fred S. Kleiner Paperback: 504 pages Company: Wadsworth Publishing (2010-01-14) ISBN: 142406998X List Price: $122.95 Amazon Price: $100.00 Used Price: $149.39 
Author: Elke Linda Buchholz, Susanne Kaeppele, Karoline Hille, Irina Stotland, Gerhard BuhlerPaperback: 512 pages ISBN13: 9780810994423, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark., Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Company: Abrams (2007-11-01) ISBN: 0810994429 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $12.21 Used Price: $7.50 
Art history is more than just a collection of dates and foreign-sounding names, obscure movements and arcane isms. Every age, for the last 50,000 years has left its unique imprint on the world, and from the first cave paintings to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from the Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia, to the graffiti-inspired paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat, art history tells the story of our evolving notions of who and what we are and our place in the universe. Whether you’re an art enthusiast who’d like to know more about the history behind your favorite works and artists, or somebody who couldn’t tell a Titian and a De Kooning—but would like to—Art History For Dummies is for you. It takes you on a tour of thirty millennia of artistic expression, covering the artistic movements, major artists, and indispensable masterworks, and the world events and cultural trends that helped spawn them. With the help of stunning black-and-white photos throughout, and a sixteen-page gallery of color images, it covers: The rise and fall of classical art in Greece and Rome The differences between Renaissance art and Mannerism How the industrial revolution spawned Romanticism How and why Post-Impression branched off from Impressionism Constructivism, Dadaism, Surrealism and other 20th century isms What’s up with today’s eclectic art scene Art History For Dummies is an unbeatable reference for anyone who wants to understand art in its historical context. 
This book, an introduction to the history of art that features excellent scholarship, takes a global approach with an emphasis on the Western tradition in art. It reflects new interests and issues, expanding the topic to include women and minorities, and showing media and techniques other than painting, sculpture, and architecture. Written in clear, standard English without art historical or aesthetic jargon, Art: A Brief History is visually appealing as well as intellectually stimulating. This comprehensive survey of world art is based on the most recent scholarship, and includes coverage of arts inspired by all the major religions, the contribution of women and minorities, and contains discussions of all the arts, including ceramics, glass, metal, enamel, and the fiber arts. This book serves as an introduction to the history of art and a ready reference for people working in the arts, including museum docents, and art gallery employees, owners, and managers.
Author: Marilyn Stokstad, Michael Cothren Paperback: 656 pages Company: Prentice Hall (2009-10-12) ISBN: 0136059090 List Price: $126.67 Amazon Price: $97.50 Used Price: $84.00 
Covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day, this best-selling and authoritative dictionary is more wide-ranging than any comparable reference work. It contains over 2,500 clear and concise entries on styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. It also includes biographical entries for artists, critics, collectors, dealers, and patrons, with places and full dates of birth and death (in many instances correcting misinformation that has found its way into other sources). For this new edition, entries have been thoroughly revised and updated, and more than fifty new entries have been added. Browsers and readers with an interest in a particular area will benefit from the classified list of all the entries in the book. Written in an engaging manner with many entries enlivened by quotations from artists and critics, this dictionary is a pleasure to browse, while its A-Z structure and classified list makes it perfect for quick reference. Previously entitled The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, this major new edition is essential for anyone with an interest in art.Author: Ian Chilvers Paperback: 720 pages ISBN13: 9780199532940, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2009-09-03) ISBN: 019953294X List Price: $18.99 Amazon Price: $11.10 Used Price: $9.88 
the martial arts. Noted folklorist and anthropologist Thomas A. Green handpicked the best and brightest experts—both martial arts scholars and expert practitioners—to contribute the nearly 100 A-to-Z entries focusing on systems that exist outside contemporary military contexts.Library Binding: 894 pages Company: ABC-CLIO (2001-10-01) ISBN: 1576071502 List Price: $185.00 Amazon Price: $148.00 Used Price: $53.87 
Are you new to the martial arts? Or are you a veteran student who is looking for that extra edge or curious about other styles and new techniques? No matter where you train, at what level or in which style, the Ultimate Martial Arts Encyclopedia offers in-depth insight into the most critical aspects of your martial arts experience. Inside, you'll find dozens of chapters covering an impressive array of topics, from histories and traditions to techniques and more. Every chapter is written by an expert, and photographs throughout the book ensure that you'll learn the techniques properly and be able to integrate them into your practice. Topics include: An introduction to all the major martial arts styles, from aikido to wing chun Advice and instruction on getting the most out of every block, strike, and kick you execute Clear, illustrated explanations of highly effective techniques from lesser-known arts Insight into developing a fighting strategy, conquering fear and pain, and improving your mental game for strong practice in the classroom and in competition Weighing in at more than 250 pages, with 46 chapters full of hard-hitting advice, the Ultimate Martial Arts Encyclopedia is required reading for all martial arts students, from beginners to black belts. About the Editors John R. Little is the author of The Warrior Within, Bruce Lee: Words from a Master, and other books on Bruce Lee. He is also the author of numerous published articles on martial arts philosophy and practice. Curtis F. Wong is the publisher of Inside Kung-Fu and other highly respected martial arts magazines.Author: John Little Paperback: 288 pages Company: McGraw-Hill (2000-09-11) ISBN: 0809228351 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $9.99 Used Price: $5.40 
A new edition to our Encyclopedia of Art Techniques series, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MOSAIC TECHNIQUES shares the ancient methods for creating decorative artwork with mosaic tiles. This visual directory helps you transform your pottery, furniture, walls, and floors with fabulous creative mosaics. Learn foolproof techniques for getting colors to work together to create dynamic designs. It needn't be expensive: find out how to work with improvised mosaic tiles, such as pebbles, colored glass, and other found materials. Author: Emma Biggs Hardcover: 160 pages ISBN13: 9780762404445, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Company: Running Press (1996-12-04) ISBN: 0762404442 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $15.80 Used Price: $13.00 
A comprehensive collection of the best art and craft activities for young children. Teacher created, classroom-tested art activities to actively engage children's imaginations! The result of a nationwide competition, these art and craft activities are the best of the best. Just the thing to add pizazz to your day! The GIANT Encyclopedia of Art and Craft Activities joins our best-selling GIANT Encyclopedia series which includes The GIANT Encyclopedia of Circle Time and Group Activities, The GIANT Encyclopedia of Theme Activities, and The GIANT Encyclopedia of Science Activities. 
This is the first comprehensive A-Z guide to science fiction and fantasy art techniques. It also includes an inspirational gallery of finished works. This title includes professional tips and techniques and clear step- by-step instructions for a variety of popular styles -- from horror to heroic fantasy, from creatures to characterisation. An A-to-Z technique section provides a detailed look at all major media -- acrylics, airbrush, animation software, computer software, and pen and ink -- and explains how to apply each one. Also included are special "brainstorming" sections to let you see how an initial idea is developed to produce the final artwork. This creative resource also contains a gallery of works by some of the most innovative and renowned fantasy artists, including Chris Achilleos, Paul Bartlett, Jim Burns, Judith Clute, Danny Flynn, Brian Frowd, David A. Hardy, Jael, Peter Jones, Ian Miller, Dan Seagrave, Ron Tiner and Boris Vallejo. Whether you're a student or a professional artist, you'll discover that The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Techniques is an invaluable reference for expressing your artistic imagination and polishing your technical skills.Author: John Grant, Ron Tiner Paperback: 176 pages Company: Titan Books Ltd (1997-10-17) ISBN: 1852868910 List Price: $25.60 Amazon Price: $22.35 Used Price: $25.05 
Author: John Corcoran, Emil Farkas, Stuart SobelHardcover: 27 pages Company: Pro-Action Pub. (1993-01) ISBN: 0961512636 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $71.70 Used Price: $8.75 
Author: ReneÌ HuygheHardcover: 461 pages Company: Excalibur (1981) ISBN: 0896730824 List Price: $17.98 Amazon Price: $59.99 Used Price: $11.77 
Van Briggle art pottery, produced in Colorado in the early 1900s, includes some of the most beautiful pottery collected today. In full color are more than 800 pieces from 1901 to the present. Features company history, the production process, identification and dating, and company material. 2004 values. REVIEW:This book provides the most comprehensive pictorial review of pottery produced by the Van Briggle Art Pottery Company. Previous publications have produced a relatively small sample of photos and have focused on more select items. This book appeal to both the serious collector and the general collecting pubic, as all items produced by the company are represented.Author: Richard Sasicki, Josie Fania Hardcover: 144 pages Company: Collector Books (1992-11) ISBN: 0891455191 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $145.00 Used Price: $35.95 
After being in print for 18 years, The Collector's Encyclopedia of American Art Glass by John A. Shuman III has been revised in an all-new second edition. With 15 new chapters, updated values, exciting new advertisements in both color and black and white, and over 150 new images of rare and valuable art glass, this edition is sure to be better than the first. Featuring advice for both the novice as well as the advanced collector, the book preserves the resourcefulness of the first book. Vivid photographs are used to ensure easy reference. Descriptive glass entries alphabetized from Acid Cutback to Wave Crest are included, as well as characteristics of each glass type, pertinent dates, names of important contributing individuals, shapes likely to be found, and company signatures and trademarks. The Collector's Encyclopedia of American Art Glass, Second Edition, shines as the most comprehensive guide to American art glass on the market.Author: John A., III Shuman Hardcover: 384 pages Illustrated Company: Collector Books (2006-05-01) ISBN: 1574324829 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $6.00 Used Price: $5.52 
The HarperCollins Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, 2nd edition, contains over 3,200 clear definitions of terns encountered in thestudy and practice of the visual arts and in their literature. It covers all forms of easel and mural paintings, drawing, sculpture, the graphic arts, photography, ceramics, and mosaic. There are entries on schools, styles, and periods, but the chief emphasis of the book is on the materials and methods of the artist. Materials are defined in terms of compositions, source, use, and characteristic properties; processes and techniques are defined in terms of their practical application and results. Tools and equipment are concisely described and illustrated with copious line drawings.Author: Ralph Mayer Paperback: 480 pages Company: Collins (1992-01-15) (1992-01-02) ISBN: 0064610128 List Price: $18.00 Amazon Price: Used Price: $4.41 
Boasting well over 6,000 contributors from 12 countries, the Dictionary offers its readers authoritative and comprehensive global coverage.A resource for both art and cultural studies, the Dictionary serves as a unique guide to all the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, printmaking, as well as the decorative arts. The Dictionary ranges far both geographically and historically; it features unparalleled coverage of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic world, Japan, Korea, Native North America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, and Ancient Rome. Providing depth as well as breadth, The Dictionary of Art examines important art forms and key issues of design, taste, function, and patronage, illuminating them in light of the cultural context in which they developed. Hardcover: 32600 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2003-02-11) ISBN: 0195170687 List Price: $995.00 Amazon Price: $55.69 Used Price: $824.50 
From Baroque to Postmodernism, batik to mezzotint, and canvas to porcelain, this new dictionary provides succinct and accessible explanations of over 1,650 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world. · Features extensive coverage of periods and styles throughout art history · Includes many materials, techniques, technical and foreign terms · Explains philosophical terms and methodologiesAuthor: Michael Clarke Paperback: 272 pages ISBN13: 9780192800435, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2001-06-28) ISBN: 0192800434 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $9.60 Used Price: $7.33 
This second edition of noted art historian James Hall's classic dictionary of subjects and themes in Western art is a definitive work by which others will be compared. The book is also an indispensable tool for students and art appreciators who are looking to enhance the understanding and enjoyment of their viewing. Here in a single succinct volume are combined religious, classical, and historical themes, the figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry, all of which have been established through paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance. More than just a dictionary, this text places these subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify their meanings. This thoroughly redesigned second edition includes a new insert of sixteen images, hand-selected by the author to depict key themes in the book. 
What exactly is neoexpressionism? the difference between applique and appliqué? the part of a city known as the acropolis? or the painting technique called gouache? In this authoritative and concise dictionary, more than 2,000 entries embrace the vast vocabulary of painting and sculpture, architecture and photography, and the decorative, applied, and graphic arts. The hundreds of illustrations and diagrams play a vital role as information: art movements become immediately recognizable by a representative painting, and the defining features of each order of architecture are identifiable at a glance. This revised edition features a substantial number of new entries, including today's influential artist groups and tendencies from Chicano art to gene art, and new terms connected with the use of computer technology in the art world, from digital image to pixel. 400 illustrations. 
Complete with over 160 illustrations, here is an invaluable reference guide for art lovers and students of Christian history, culture, art, or religion. "A tour de force ›and| an indispensable reference to Christian motifs, subject matter, iconography and theology in visual art".--"Publishers Weekly".Author: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona Paperback: 376 pages Company: Continuum International Publishing Group (1998-05) ISBN: 0826410650 List Price: $25.95 Amazon Price: $35.00 Used Price: $29.75 
This unique, exceptionally comprehensive dictionary of the culinary arts defines approximately 20,000 terms (including “foreign terms” from all the world's cuisines, not just European). The entries are drawn from such varied categories as: foods, international foods, prepared dishes, preparation and cooking methods, tools and equipment, food chemistry, beers, spirits, and wines, hospitality and restaurant management, nutrition, food safety and sanitation, chef biographies, food history, and gastronomy. Measurement and conversion charts, phonetic pronunciations, cross-references, and origins and usage designations will be useful to professional or amateur chefs—or anyone who simply enjoys food.Author: Steven Labensky, Gaye G. Ingram, Sarah R. Labensky Paperback: 522 pages Company: Prentice Hall (2000-03-17) ISBN: 0130966223 List Price: $33.40 Amazon Price: Used Price: $27.99 
This dictionary provides comprehensive information on the fine arts, with entries on paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, and the artists who have made them, throughout the world. It covers historical styles and movements in the arts, and contains entries on techniques, materials and terms, as well as on the major writers whose ideas have influenced the course of art and the work of artists. This revised and updated edition contains more than 2500 entries, over 200 entries having been added to those in the previous edition.Paperback: 384 pages Company: Thames & Hudson (1994-11) ISBN: 0500202745 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $5.42 Used Price: $0.01 
A companion volume to James Hall's perennial seller Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, which deals with the subject of Christian and Western art, the present volume includes the art of Egypt, the ancient Near East, Christian and classical Europe, India and the Far East. Hall explores the language of symbols in art, showing how paintings, drawings, and sculpture express many shades of meaning from simple, everyday hopes and fears to the profoundest philosophical and religious aspirations. The book explains and interprets symbols from many cultures, and over 600 illustrations clarify and complement the text.Author: James Hall Paperback: 256 pages Company: Westview Press (1996-01-31) ISBN: 0064309827 List Price: $46.00 Amazon Price: $30.00 Used Price: $2.61
Covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day, this best-selling and authoritative dictionary is more wide-ranging than any comparable reference work. It contains over 2,500 clear and concise entries on styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. It also includes biographical entries for artists, critics, collectors, dealers, and patrons, with places and full dates of birth and death (in many instances correcting misinformation that has found its way into other sources). For this new edition, entries have been thoroughly revised and updated, and more than fifty new entries have been added. Browsers and readers with an interest in a particular area will benefit from the classified list of all the entries in the book. Written in an engaging manner with many entries enlivened by quotations from artists and critics, this dictionary is a pleasure to browse, while its A-Z structure and classified list makes it perfect for quick reference. Previously entitled The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, this major new edition is essential for anyone with an interest in art.Author: Ian Chilvers Paperback: 720 pages ISBN13: 9780199532940, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2009-09-03) ISBN: 019953294X List Price: $18.99 Amazon Price: $11.10 Used Price: $9.88 
Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the most original painters America has ever produced, left behind a remarkable legacy when she died at the age of ninety-eight. Her vivid visual vocabulary -- sensuous flowers, bleached bones against red sky and earth -- had a stunning, profound, and lasting influence on American art in this century. O'Keeffe's personal mystique is as intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvases. Here is the first full account of her exceptional life -- from her girlhood and early days as a controversial art teacher...to her discovery by the pioneering photographer of the New York avant-garde, Alfred Stieglitz...to her seclusion in the New Mexico desert, where she lived until her death. And here is the story of a great romance -- between the extraordinary painter and her much older mentor, lover, and husband, Alfred Stieglitz. Renowned for her fierce independence, iron determination, and unique artistic vision, Georgia O'Keeffe is a twentieth-century legend. Her dazzling career spans virtually the entire history modern art in America. 
Profiles over 1,600 Hopi Katsina carvers from 1840 to the present.Author: Gregory Schaaf Hardcover: 342 pages Company: Ciac Pr (2008-01-01) ISBN: 0977665216 List Price: $65.00 Amazon Price: $65.00 Used Price: $91.77 
Presents a biography of Van GoghAuthor: Mike Venezia Paperback: 32 pages ISBN13: 9780516422749, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark., Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Company: Children's Press(CT) (1989-03) ISBN: 051642274X List Price: $6.95 Amazon Price: $2.81 Used Price: $0.48 
Michelangelo is universally recognized to be one of the greatest artists of all time. In this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a substantially new view of the artist. Not only a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, Michelangelo was also an aristocrat who firmly believed in the ancient and noble origins of his family. The belief in his patrician status fueled his lifelong ambition to improve his family's financial situation and to raise the social standing of artists. Michelangelo's ambitions are evident in his writing, dress, and comportment, as well as in his ability to befriend, influence, and occasionally say "no" to popes, kings, and princes. Written from the words of Michelangelo and his contemporaries, this biography not only tells his own stories but also brings to life the culture and society of Renaissance Florence and Rome. Not since Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy has there been such a compelling and human portrayal of this remarkable yet credible human individual. Subscribe to William Wallace's podcast on individual works of the master! Click here! Episodes every week, right from this bookmark or your feed reader. Author: William Wallace Hardcover: 428 pages ISBN13: 9780521111997, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Company: Cambridge University Press (2009-10-12) ISBN: 0521111994 List Price: $30.00 Amazon Price: $15.38 Used Price: $15.38 
Has any other artist left the world such a vast legacy as Michelangelo? Author Philip Wilkinson leads young readers on a journey of discovery through the life and works of the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, and poet in a visually evocative book. Wilkinson's lively narrative follows Michelangelo from his early apprenticeship in fresco through his fascination with sculpture, which gave us such masterpieces as the Pieta and David. Readers learn how Michelangelo studied anatomy by cutting up cadavers and of his tortuous struggle to release the human form from raw stone. With the help of period artwork, quotes, and photographs of artifacts, the book traces Michelangelo's lifelong association with the Medici family and his Vatican patronage through several papacies. His monumental work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is examined in detail, as is Michelangelo's role as Chief Architect to St. Peter's. Michelangelo's story will enthrall all who are inspired by the search for perfection. Author: Philip Wilkinson Hardcover: 64 pages Company: National Geographic Children's Books (2006-07-11) (2006-07-11) ISBN: 079225533X List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $10.00 Used Price: $7.71 
Revealing interviews-copiously illustrated-with 17 of the century's most influential artists, including Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O'Keeffe To quote Robert Hughes, "All critics concerned with American painting will be Kuh's debtors from now on." Interviewed in the 1960s, the painters and sculptors Katharine Kuh spoke with provide insights into their work that remain illuminating and relevant. The author allows the artists to comment-in their own words-on their inspirations, philosophies, and creative processes and to debunk common myths about their work. Sometimes the results are surprising: abstract painter Josef Albers confesses to being a realist, while realist painter Ivan Albright firmly denies the charge...Marcel Duchamp professes surprise over the controversy stirred by his Nude Descending a Staircase, and Edward Hopper insists that his supposed themes of loneliness and nostalgia are entirely unintentional. 
A concise yet comprehensive reference guide for art lovers and art students, this illustrated volume profiles major artists from classical antiquity to the modern era. All 501 artists featured in this book receive at least a one-page entry that summarizes their life, their work, and their influence. The most influential artists are discussed in entries of up to four pages. Entries are illustrated with portraits of the artists and reproductions of some of their best-known works. Included here are painters, sculptors, photographers, and performance and video artists. Among them are Renaissance artists Raphael and Michelangelo, northern European artists such as Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt van Rijn, English landscape painters Turner and Constable, French impressionists such as Degas and Renoir, Japanese artists Sesshu and Hishikawa Moronobu, American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, twentieth-century European giants such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, and modern sculptors Isamu Noguchi, Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, and many others. Important women in the arts are also included, among them, sculptor Louise Nevelson, painters Georgia O’Keeffe and Helen Frankenthaler, American impressionist in France Mary Cassatt, and many others. This informative and entertaining compendium of biographical sketches is supplemented with more than 670 illustrations, most of them in color.Hardcover: 640 pages ISBN13: 9780764161339, Condition: USED - ACCEPTABLE, Notes: Company: Barron's Educational Series (2008-09-12) ISBN: 0764161334 List Price: $29.99 Amazon Price: $15.17 Used Price: $4.29 
In this entertaining, informative collection, readers discover the idiosyncrasies-sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic-of twenty famous artists, including Michelangelo, Cassatt, van Gogh, Kahlo, and Warhol. “Fresh, spirited, and unconventional.”--Kirkus ReviewsAuthor: Kathleen Krull Hardcover: 96 pages ISBN13: 9780152001032, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark., Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Company: Harcourt Children's Books (1995-10-31) ISBN: 0152001034 List Price: $21.00 Amazon Price: $5.50 Used Price: $3.83 
First published in France, Serge Bramly's acclaimed biography reveals Leonardo to be as complicated, seductive, and profoundly sympathetic as the figures he painted. Bramly spent five years gathering evidence to reconstruct the artist's life--from his early years as an illegitimate child to his death in the arms of the King of France. Four pages of color photographs; 75 B&W photos.Author: Serge Bramly, Leonardo Da Vinci Paperback: 493 pages Illustrated Company: Penguin (Non-Classics) (1995-03-01) ISBN: 0140231757 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $9.95 Used Price: $2.99 
Author: Ray Spangenburg, Kit Moser, Diane Moser, Georgia O'KeeffeLibrary Binding: 48 pages Company: Enslow Elementary (2002-12) ISBN: 0766018822 List Price: $23.93 Amazon Price: Used Price: $0.14 
This important and welcome volume is the first English-language anthology of writings on Latin American modern art of the twentieth century. The book includes some fifty seminal essays and documents-including statements, interviews, and manifestoes by artists-that encompass the broad diversity of this emerging field. Many of these materials are difficult to access and some are translated here for the first time. Together the selections explore the breadth and depth of Latin American modern art as well as its distinctive evolution apart from American and European art history. Included in this collection are fascinating ideas and insights on the impact of the avant-garde in the 1920s, the Mexican mural movement, Surrealism and other fantasy-based styles, modern architecture, geometric and optical art, concrete and neo-concrete art, and political conceptualism. For students and scholars of Latin American art, the volume offers an invaluable collection of primary and secondary sources.Paperback: 288 pages Company: Yale University Press (2004-05-10) ISBN: 0300102550 List Price: $26.00 Amazon Price: $6.46 Used Price: $3.08 
From its origins in early 18th century slave communities to the end of the 20th century, African-American art has made a vital contribution to the art of the United States. This book provides a major reassessment of the subject, setting the art in the context of the African-American experience. 70 color illustrations. 5 linecuts.Author: Sharon F. Patton Paperback: 320 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (1998-06-25) ISBN: 0192842137 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $15.83 Used Price: $6.96 
After being closed for several years, on July 4, 2006, The Smithsonian American Art Museum will celebrate the grand reopening of its newly restored building, home to the world's premier collection of American art. Those who cannot attend can console themselves with this magnificent volume, which puts the museum's galleries at their fingertips. Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Nam June Paik are just a few of the artists represented in a book that spans all of American history and features gorgeous reproductions of works in a dazzling variety of styles and mediums, including paintings, sculpture, photography, and folk art. With text that illuminates the nation's history through examples of its art-including many rarely displayed pieces from the collection-this is one art book that belongs on every American coffee table. Author: Theresa J. Slowik Hardcover: 324 pages Company: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc." (2006-03-01) ISBN: 0810955326 List Price: $65.00 Amazon Price: $24.70 Used Price: $15.37 
From the simple assertion that "words matter" in the study of visual art, this comprehensive but eminently readable volume gathers an extraordinary selection of words--painters and sculptors writing in their diaries, critics responding to a sensational exhibition, groups of artists issuing stylistic manifestos, and poets reflecting on particular works of art. Along with a broad array of canonical texts, Sarah Burns and John Davis have assembled an astonishing variety of unknown, little known, or undervalued documents to convey the story of American art through the many voices of its contemporary practitioners, consumers, and commentators. American Art to 1900 highlights such critically important themes as women artists, African American representation and expression, regional and itinerant artists, Native Americans and the frontier, popular culture and vernacular imagery, institutional history, and more. With its hundreds of explanatory headnotes providing essential context and guidance to readers, this book reveals the documentary riches of American art and its many intersecting histories in unprecedented breadth, depth, and detail.Paperback: 1104 pages Company: University of California Press (2009-03-31) ISBN: 0520257561 List Price: $34.95 Amazon Price: $28.73 Used Price: $22.35 
Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, and Laurie Anderson are just some of the major American artists of the twentieth century. From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the 2000 Whitney Biennial, a rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in American culture and society, as well as America's position within the international art world. This exciting new look at twentieth century American art explores the relationships between American art, museums, and audiences in the century that came to be called the "American century". Extending beyond New York, it covers the emergence of Feminist art in Los Angeles in the 1970s; the Black art movement; the expansion of galleries and art schools; and the highly political public controversies surrounding arts funding. All the key movements are fully discussed, including early American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Regionalism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism.Author: Erika Doss Paperback: 288 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2002-07-18) ISBN: 0192842390 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $16.86 Used Price: $14.24 
A splendidly illustrated introduction to the rich history of Native American art, distinguished by its broad coverage and nuanced discussion. This timely new book surveys the artistic traditions of indigenous North America, from those of ancient cultures such as Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, and Anasazi to the work of modern artists like Earnest Spybuck, Fred Kabotie, Dick West, T. C. Cannon, and Gerald McMaster. The text is organized geographically and draws upon the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history, and the latest research in North American archaeology. Recent art historical scholarship has helped restore, to a large degree, some understanding of the identities and cultural roles of Native American artists and the social contexts of the objects they created. Native American art is often discussed simply as a cultural production rather than the work of individual artists who made objects to fufill social and cultural purposes; this book focuses as much as possible on the artists themselves, their cultural identities, and the objects they made even when the names of the individual artists remain unrecoverable. But this is not a book of artists' biographies. It seeks to inform a general readership about the history of Native American art with a lively narrative full of historical incident and illustrated with provocative and superlative works of art. It explores the tension between artistic continuities spanning thousands of years and the startlingly fresh innovations that resulted from specific historical circumstances. The narrative weaves together so-called "traditional" arts, "tourist" arts, and Native American art of today by taking the point of view of their particular and local histories—the artists, their communities, and audiences. 180 illustrations, 80 in color. Among the many cultures included are: Arapaho • Athapascan • Cherokee • Cheyenne • Chumash • Hopi • Hupa/Karok • Inuit • Iroquois • Kwakiutl • Lakota • Miwok • Navajo • Ojibwa • Pomo • Tlingit • Tsimshian • Uypik • Zuni 
In this provocative new survey of American painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture, David Bjelajac dismisses both the idea of an evolutionary development of styles and a uniquely American way of seeing. Instead, showing the interrelation of art, politics, and social change, he encourages readers to look at artworks from the point of view of contemporaneous audiences and within a larger historical context. Explaining how shifting cultural values influence the way we interpret art, Bjelajac helps us to understand why people have reacted positively or negatively to various works at various times. Nearly 400 illustrations, 150 in full color, illustrate a vibrant, stimulating, and original work in which art is viewed not only in terms of its creation but also its reception. DAVID BJELAJAC, professor of art and the human sciences at the George Washington University, lives in Washington, D.C. 400 illustrations, 150 in full color, 8 x 10" 
No other introductory book presents the diversity and complexity of postwar American art from Abstract Expressionism to the present as clearly and succinctly as this groundbreaking survey. David Joselit traces and analyzes the contradictory formal, ideological, and political conditions during this period that made American art predominant throughout the world. Social and cultural transformations rooted in mass media technologies—photography, television, video, and the Internet—elevated consumer commodities to the status of legitimate art subjects, as in pop and installation art, and also brought about a mechanization of the creative act. Canonical movements and figures are discussed at length—Pollock, Rothko, Krasner, Oldenburg, Johns, Warhol, Paik, Ruscha, Sherman, Schnabel, Koons, Barney, and others—in juxtaposition with lesser known contemporary artists and practices. 183 illustrations, 80 in color. 
Here is the most thorough, well-researched, and beautifully illustrated study ever to examine American art from a cultural perspective. The author presents art and artists within the context of their times, including insights into the styles, trends, and political climate that defined each important era. He covers: Highlighted by more than 750 magnificent illustrations (165 in full color), this reference surveys American art from its beginnings in the colonial period through contemporary works, and charts the growth of a distinctly American art culture. 
This exciting new investigation explores the indigenous arts of the US and Canada from the early pre-Columbian period to the present day, stressing the conceptual and iconographic continuities over five centuries and across an immensely diverse range of regions. The richness of Native American art is emphasized through discussions of basketry, wood and rock carvings, dance masks, and beadwork, alongside the contemporary vitality of paintings and installations by modern artists such as Robert Davidson, Emmi Whitehorse, and Alex Janvier. Authors Berlo and Philips fully incorporate substantive new research and scholarship, and examine such issues as gender, representation, the colonial encounter, and contemporary arts. By encompassing both the sacred and secular, political and domestic, the ceremonial and commercial, Native North American Art shows the importance of the visual arts in maintaining the integrity of spiritual, social , political, and economic systems within Native North American societies.Author: Janet Catherine Berlo, Ruth B. Phillips Paperback: 304 pages ISBN13: 9780192842183, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark., Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Company: Oxford University Press, USA (1998-11-19) ISBN: 0192842188 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $13.30 Used Price: $6.89 
Published to coincide with the opening of the Audrey Jones Beck building in March of 2000, this lavishly illustrated catalogue--the first single volume dedicated to this extraordinary collection--features one hundred of the most important European paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The works, which range in date from the early Renaissance to the beginning of the twentieth century, are all handsomely featured as full-page color plates. The accompanying text is highly accessible, providing interesting insights into the artists' lives and explaining--in general terms--the stylistic evolution of the history of European painting. Furthermore, important new research on unpublished works has been incorporated into the entries. The European painting collection of the Museum of Fine Arts has grown tremendously over the past fifty years through the generosity of major donors and patrons. The 1944 bequest by Edith A. and Percy S. Straus forms the foundation of the permanent collection, including works by such well-known Italian and Northern Renaissance artists as Fra Angelico, Rogier van der Weyden, and Hans Memling. The next milestone was the acquisition of the Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, which comprises splendid pictures spanning many centuries, such as major works by Giovanni di Paolo, Frans Hals, Canaletto, Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas. Purchases and gifts, including substantial donations from Samuel H. Kress and the Kress Foundation from the 1930s through the 1960s, further strengthened the holdings of Renaissance and Baroque pictures with exceptional works such as Sebastiano del Piombo's Portrait of Anton Francesco degli Albizzi and Orazio Gentileschi's Portrait of a Young Woman as a Sibyl. The renowned John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection includes a significant number of important Impressionist and modern paintings, represented herein with works by Edouard Manet, Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Signac, Georges Braque, and Vassily Kandinsky. Represented as well are some of the museum's most important recent acquisitions, such as Still Life with Golden Bream, a stunning canvas by Francisco de Goya, and Still Life of Flowers and Fruit, a ravishing work by Jan van Huysum. With beautiful reproductions and informative commentary, Masterworks of European Painting will be of great appeal to art lovers and scholars alike. 
Author: Alan BownessPaperback: 224 pages Company: Thames & Hudson (1995-10) ISBN: 0500202052 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $73.57 Used Price: $0.01 Author: H J Hansen
Hardcover: Company: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY INC (1968-01-01) List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $11.95 Author: Hans Jurgen ; Wildhabe, Robert Hansen
Hardcover: Company: McGraw-Hill (1967-01-01) List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $37.50 
Taking the immovable nature of rock-art as being crucial to its creation and meaning, this fascinating volume addresses the importance of considering landscape in the interpretation of rock-art sites. Covering a range of European locations including Scotland, Ireland, Scandanavia, Italy and Spain, this volume challenges the normal bounds of what is considered rock-art.Paperback: 240 pages Company: Routledge (2002-02-01) ISBN: 0415257352 List Price: $44.95 Amazon Price: $44.92 Used Price: $28.95 
This survey explores the history of nineteenth-century European art and visual culture. Focusing primarily on painting and sculpture, it places these two art forms within the larger context of visual culture–including photography, graphic design, architecture, and decorative arts. In turn, all are treated within a broad historical framework to show the connections between visual cultural production and the political, social, and economic order of the time. Topics covered include The Classical Paradigm, Art and Revolutionary Propaganda In France, The Arts under Napoleon and Francisco Goya and Spanish Art at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century. For art enthusiasts, or anyone who wants to learn more about Art History. Author: Petra ten-Doesschate Chu Paperback: 560 pages Company: Prentice Hall (2006-04-08) ISBN: 0131886436 List Price: $121.00 Amazon Price: $79.49 Used Price: $60.00 
Traditional motifs from Austria, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland, and other European countries include scores of charming designs incorporating florals, wildlife, and human figures in folk costumes. Ideal for adding a touch of Old World flavor to a variety of print and craft projects. 265 black-and-white designs. Author: Marty Noble Paperback: 64 pages ISBN13: 9780486437576, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Company: Dover Publications (2004-08-30) ISBN: 0486437574 List Price: $8.95 Amazon Price: $5.56 Used Price: $6.09 
Casting fresh light on the renowned productions of auteurs like Antonioni, Fellini, and Bresson and drawing out from the shadows a range of important but lesser-known works, Screening Modernism is the first comprehensive study of European art cinema’s postwar heyday. Spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s, András Bálint Kovács’s encyclopedic work argues that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement with a handful of styles and themes but rather a stunning range of variations on the core principles of modern art. Illustrating how the concepts of modernism and the avant-garde variously manifest themselves in film, Kovács begins by tracing the emergence of art cinema as a historical category. He then explains the main formal characteristics of modern styles and forms as well as their intellectual foundation. Finally, drawing on modernist theory and philosophy along the way, he provides an innovative history of the evolution of modern European art cinema. Exploring not only modernism’s origins but also its stylistic, thematic, and cultural avatars, Screening Modernism ultimately lays out creative new ways to think about the historical periods that comprise this golden age of film. Author: Andras Balint Kovacs Paperback: 432 pages Company: University Of Chicago Press (2008-01-15) ISBN: 0226451658 List Price: $22.50 Amazon Price: $18.30 Used Price: $14.95 
Author: Petra Ten-Doesschate ChuHardcover: 544 pages Company: Prentice Hall Art (2006-10-19) ISBN: 0131962698 List Price: $110.00 Amazon Price: $110.00 Used Price: $112.79 
Author: Pierre Bourdieu, Alain Darbel, Dominique SchnapperPaperback: 192 pages Company: Polity Press (1997-03-25) ISBN: 0745619142 List Price: Amazon Price: $29.24 Used Price: $30.20 |
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