Art history for dummies /
Jesse Bryant Wilder
- Second edition
- Hoboke, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, 2022
- xv, 429 pages : colored illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index
Getting started with Art History. Art tour through the ages Why people make art and what it all means The major artistic movements From caves to the Colosseum : Ancient art. Magical hunters and psychedelic cave artists Fickle gods, warrior art, and the birth of writing: Mesopotamian Art One foot in the tomb: Ancient Egyptian Art Greek Art, the Olympian ego, and the inventors of the Modern World Etruscan and Roman Art: It's all Greek to me! Art after the fall of Rome : a.d. 500-a.d. 1760. The graven image: early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic art Mystics, marauders, and manuscripts: Medieval art Born-again culture: The early and high Renaissance, Late Gothic, and the Renaissance in the North Art that'll Stretch your neck: Mannerism When the Renaissance went Baroque Going loco with Rococo The Industrial Revolution and artistic devolution : 1760-1900. All roads lead back to Rome and Greece: Neoclassical art Romanticism: Reaching within and acting out What you see is what you get: Realism First impressions: Impressionism Making their own impression: The Post-Impressionists Twentieth-century art and beyond. From Fauvism to Expressionism Cubist puzzles and finding the fast lane with the futurists Nonobjective Art: Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism Anything-goes art: Fab fifties and psychedelic sixties Photography: From a science to an art The New World: Postmodern art The part of tens. Ten must see art museums Ten great books by ten great artists
Fine art might seem intimidating at first. But with the right guide, anyone can learn to appreciate and understand the stimulating and beautiful work of history's greatest painters, sculptors, and architects. In Art History For Dummies, we'll take you on a journey through fine art from all eras, from Cave Art to the Colosseum, and from Michelangelo to Picasso and the modern masters. Along the way, you'll learn about how history has influenced art, and vice versa. This updated edition includes brand new material on a wider array of renowned female artists, explorations of the Harlem Renaissance, American Impressionism, and the Precisionists, discussions of art in the 20th and 21st centuries, including Dadaism, Constructivism, Surrealism, and today's eclectic art scene