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Janson's History of Art, February 2006
Hardcover (reprint)

JANSON'S HISTORY OF ART
By: Penelope J.E. Davies

Western Tradition in 4 Volumes

7th edition
Prentice Hall
February 2006
1056 pages
ISBN: 0131934554
Hardcover (reprint)
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This four-part volume uses an exceptional art program--with sumptuous color pictures--to introduce readers to a succession of art styles from prehistoric times and ancient Egypt, to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. Elegantly written, it contains a balanced and interesting narrative that increases ones ability to understand art.

Parts I and II cover The Ancient World and The Middle Ages, with a look at prehistoric; Egyptian; ancient near eastern; Aegean; Greek; Etruscan; Roman; early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval; Romanesque; and Gothic art.

Part III looks at the Renaissance through the Rococo--with a focus on the early and high renaissance in Italy; mannerism and other trends; Late Gothic painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts; and the Baroque in Italy, Spain, Flanders, Holland, France and England.

Part IV is a treatment on the modern world, including Neoclassicism and Romanticism; Realism and Impressionism; Post-impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; Twentieth-Century painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography; and Postmodernism.

For those who appreciate art as individual works, rather than a mere collection of data.

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