 | - Book Title: The picture history of painting from cave painting to modern times
- Author: H W Janson and Doro Jane Janson
- ISBN: mw00128592929
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson
- Year Published: Undated but believed circa 1960
- Our Price: £33.00 GBP ($60.39 USD)
- Description: Thames and Hudson, undated but believed circa 1960: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 10 x 13 inches tall: 319 pages including index: over 500 illustrations, many full-page with 103 in colour. Synopsis: A comprehensively illustrated panorama of the art of painting through the ages. Contents: Part one. How painting began: images and imagination. The magic pictures of the cavemen. Pictures for the dead: Egypt. Pictures for the living: Crete Greek and romantic painting. Part two. The middle ages: early Christian and Byzantine art. The early and middle ages in the West. The rise of the towns: Gothic. Part three. Explorers and discoverers: the 15th century. Late Gothic art. The early Renaissance in Italy. The age of genius: the 16th century. The high Renaissance in Italy. The Northern Renaissance. Mannerism. Part four. The triumph of light: what is Baroque? Italy and Flanders. Holland. Spain, France. Part five. Toward revolution: the 18th century. Part six. The age of machines: Ingris and Goya. The Romantic movement. Realism and impressionism. The postimpressionists. Part seven. Painting in our time: what about the is is? Expressionism. Abstraction. Fantasy. Index. Acknowledgements. Condition: dust jacket edges slightly rubbed:some discolouration lower cover: price corner removed, front flap repaired: slight marking to front endpaper from flap repair: cover and contents clean and good. Please note this is a heavy book please e-mail for shipping costs
- Condition: Collectable- Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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