Waubonsee Community College

Art that changed the world, chief consultant, Ian Chilvers ; contributors, Iain Zaczek, Jude Welton, Caroline Bugler, Lorrie Mack

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Art that changed the world

827841927

chief consultant, Ian Chilvers ; contributors, Iain Zaczek, Jude Welton, Caroline Bugler, Lorrie Mack

Each section features a lavish double-page image of an influential painting that defines each artistic style. Seminal works of genius are portrayed in their historical context, with attention paid to the culture of the time and the lives of their creators

Ancient and medieval. Prehistoric art -- Egyptian art -- Greek and Roman art -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- The Dark Ages -- Romanesque and Gothic -- Renaissance and mannerism. Birth of the Renaissance -- Flowering of the Renaissance -- High Renaissance -- Venetian Renaissance -- Northern Renaissance -- Italian mannerism -- Mannerism outside Italy -- Baroque to neoclassicism. Italian Baroque -- Flemish and Spanish Baroque -- Dutch Baroque -- French Baroque -- French rococo -- Rococo outside France -- Neoclassicism -- The 19th century. Romanticism -- Romantic landscape -- Pre-Raphaelites -- Realism -- Impressionism -- Post-impressionism -- Symbolism -- The modern age. Expressionism -- Cubism -- Birth of abstract art -- Dada and surrealism -- Abstract expressionism -- Pop and op art -- Recent abstraction -- The figurative tradition