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History of art : a survey of the major visual arts from the dawn of history to the present day

Title
History of art : a survey of the major visual arts from the dawn of history to the present day / H.W. Janson.
Author
Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982
Publication
New York : H.N. Abrams, 1986.

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Additional Authors
Janson, Anthony F.
Description
824 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
Summary
Relates the history of art from prehistoric cave paintings to the present. Includes 1256 illustrations.
Subject
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 802-807.
Contents
Part one: The ancient world. Magic and ritual: the art of prehistoric man -- Egyptian art -- The ancient Near East -- Aegean art -- Greek art -- Etruscan art -- Roman art -- Early Christian and Byzantine art -- Part two: The middle ages. Islamic art -- Early medieval art -- Romanesque art -- Gothic art -- Part three: The renaissance. Late gothic paining, sculpture, and the graphic arts -- The early renaissance in Italy -- The high renaissance in Italy -- Mannerism and other trends -- The renaissance in the north -- The baroque in Italy and Germany -- The baroque in Flanders, Holland, and Spain -- The baroque in France and England -- Part four: The modern world. Neoclassicism and Romanticism -- Realism and impressionism -- Post-impressionism -- Twentieth-century painting and sculpture -- Twentieth-century architecture -- Twentieth-century photography.
ISBN
  • 0810910942
  • 9780810910942
  • 013389388X
  • 9780133893885
LCCN
85015081
OCLC
  • ocm12236482
  • 12236482
  • SCSB-642888
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library