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Larousse encyclopedia of modern art : from 1800 to the present day
- Title
- Larousse encyclopedia of modern art : from 1800 to the present day / general editor, René Huyghe.
- Publication
- New York : Prometheus Press, ©1965.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | N6450 .H87q Oversize | Off-site |
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- Description
- 444 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
- Summary
- English text prepared by Emily Evershed and others from the French original, L'art et l'homme.
- Uniform Title
- Art et l'homme. English.
- Alternative Title
- Art and mankind
- Subject
- Note
- At head of title: Art and mankind.
- "English text prepared by Emily Evershed, Dennis Gilbert, Hugh Newbury, Ralph de Saram, Richard Waterhouse and Katherine Watson from the French original L'art et l'homme."
- Contents
- Classicism and the romantic movement. Art forms and society / René Huyghe ; Classicist reaction in the 18th and 19th centuries / Pierre Francastel ; Romantic movement / Marcel Brion ; Historical summary / Lydie Huyghe, Evelyn King and Emily Evershed -- Later Eastern art. The Moslem world: introduction / René Huyghe ; From the Mediterranean to Iran / Gaston Wiet ; Historical summary / Sophie Essad-Arseven and Gisèle Polaillon-Kerven ; Persian art after 1200 / Basil Gray ; Historical summary / Jeannine Auboyer ; Moslem India / Jeannine Auboyer ; Historical summary / Jeannine Auboyer ; Mogul India / Basil Gray ; Historical summary / Jeannine Auboyer ; The Far East. China under the Mings / Madeleine Paul-David ; Historical summary / Jeannine Auboyer ; Japanese art in the Muromachi and Momoyama periods / Madeleine Paul-David ; Historical summary / Madeleine Paul-David ; Chinese art of the Ch'ing period / Madeleine Paul-David ; Historical summary / Jeannine Auboyer ; The Tokugawa period in Japan / Madeleine Paul-David ; Historical summary / Madeleine Paul-David ; Contacts between East and West / Jacques Wilhelm -- Realism and impressionism. Art forms and society / René Huyghe ; The realist movement / Bernard Dorival ; Impressionism and symbolism / Michel Florisoone ; Historical summary / Lydie Huyghe, Evelyn King and Emily Evershed -- Art in the 20th century. Art forms and society / René Huyghe ; The beginnings of modern art / Jean Cassou ; Art after the First World War. The exploitation of the earlier discoveries / Bernard Champigneulle ; The new departures / Frank Elgar ; Historical summary / Cécile Goldscheider [and others].
- LCCN
- 65019759
- OCLC
- ocm00510449
- 510449
- SCSB-420129
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library