 | - Book Title: The Oxford History of Western Art
- Author: Martin Kemp
- ISBN: 0198600127
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Year Published: 19 October, 2000
- Our Price: £33.00 GBP ($60.39 USD)
- Description: Oxford University Press 2000: first edition: black cloth hard cover with gilt lettering to spine : dust jacket: approximately 9 x 11 inches tall: 864 pages including index: black and white and colour illustrations throughout . Synopsis: An in- depth overview of Western visual culture, presenting a 2700 year survey of the Western World's artistic heritage from Classical Greece to the late 20th-century.Contents , Advisory Panel, Contributors, Preface, Introduction. Part One: The Foundations: Greece and Rome c. 600 BC -- AD 410. Greek sculpture , Greek Pictorial Arts, Greek Art beyond Greece, Roman Sculpture, Roman Painting and Mosaics, Theory and Criticism, Ancient Paradigms from Augustus to Mussolini. Part Two: Church and State: the Establishing of European Visual Culture 410-1527. Early Christian Art. The illuminated manuscripts. Ars Sacra to c 1200. Monumental Sculpture to c 1300. Stained Glass. Painting in the Middle Ages. The Altarpiece. Ars Sacra c. 1200 -1527. Monumental sculpture c. 1302 -1527. The New Painting: Italy and The North. Domestic Arts. The Print. Part Three. The Art of Nations: European Visual Regimes 1527- 1770. The International Style. Forms In Space 1527 -Circa 1600. Forms in Space Circa 1600 -Circa 1700. Freestanding Sculpture Circa 1600- Circa 1700. The Picture: Italy and France. The Picture: Spain. The Picture: Dutch and Flemish. The picture: England. The Print. The Interior. Forms in Space Circa 1700 -1770. Academies, Theories and Critics. The International Diaspora. Part Four . The Era of Revolutions 1770- 1914. Pictures and Publics. Sculptures and Publics. The Print. Photography. Design and Industry. The Rise of Art History. Art Criticism and Atheistic Ideals. Art Museums and Galleries. Part Five. ModernIsm and After 1914 -2000. The International Style. Alternative Media. Photography. Alternative Centres: The Soviet Union. Alternative Centres: Latin America. Alternative Centres: India. Alternative Centres: Africa and Afro-Caribbean . Alternative Centres: Canada and Australia. Post-Modernism. Art History. Critics and Criticism. Art Museums and Galleries. Epilogue. Chronology. Glossary. Further Reading. Picture Acknowledgements. Index. Condition: edges of dust jackets slightly rubbed and with small repair: overall very clean and good. Please note this is a heavy book: prospective customers please e-mail for shipping costs.
- Condition: Collectable- Very Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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