History of art : a survey of the major visual arts from the dawn of history to the present day / H.W. Janson, with Dora Jane Janson.

Main entry:

Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982.

Title & Author:

History of art : a survey of the major visual arts from the dawn of history to the present day / H.W. Janson, with Dora Jane Janson.

Edition:

2d ed.

Publication:

New York : H.N. Abrams, 1977.

Description:

767 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-755) and index.
Preface and Acknowledgments to the First Edition -- Preface and Acknowledgments to the Revised Sixth Edition -- Primer of Art History -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Prehistoric Art in Europe and North America -- Ch. 2. Egyptian Art -- Ch. 3. Ancient Near Eastern Art -- Ch. 4. Aegean Art -- Ch. 5. Greek Art -- Ch. 6. Etruscan Art -- Ch. 7. Roman Art -- Ch. 8. Early Christian and Byzantine Art -- Ch. 9. Early Medieval Art -- Ch. 10. Romanesque Art -- Ch. 11. Gothic Art -- Ch. 12. The Early Renaissance in Italy -- Ch. 13. The High Renaissance in Italy -- Ch. 14. The Late Renaissance in Italy -- Ch. 15. "Late Gothic" Painting, Sculpture, and the Graphic Arts -- Ch. 16. The Renaissance in the North -- Ch. 17. The Baroque in Italy and Spain -- Ch. 18. The Baroque in Flanders and Holland -- Ch. 19. The Baroque in France and England -- Ch. 20. The Rococo -- Ch. 21. Neoclassicism and Romanticism -- Ch. 22. Realism and Impressionism -- Ch. 23. Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau -- Ch. 24. Twentieth-Century Painting -- Ch. 25. Twentieth-Century Sculpture -- Ch. 26. Twentieth-Century Architecture -- Ch. 27. Twentieth-Century Photography -- Ch. 28. Postmodernism -- Books for Further Reading -- Discography -- Glossary -- Art and Architecture Websites -- Index -- Credits.

Summary:

Surveys the history of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual art from prehistoric times to the present.

ISBN:

0810910527
9780810910522
0133892964
9780133892963

Subject:

Art History.
Art Histoire.
art history.
Art.
Kunst.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Janson, Dora Jane, 1916-2002, author.
Janson, Dora Jane, 1916-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35213
Call No.: ID:88-B6583
Status: Available

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