Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13599 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 688 pages

Customer Reviews

So much information...
This textbook was so well written and put together, that I'm going to take the course that deals with the second volume. The pictures of artwork were amazing.

Art History
I recieved this book for an Art History class and it has all kinds of information in it. Pictures, drawlings, artifacts, it has it all. It is a great book if you want to learn more about art. I would suggest it highly.

Good book
Good book with a lot of images and art knowledge. Good for reading to understanding more about art.