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The Oxford history of Western art

Positions works of art in illustration groups to create a visual environment and historical context to enhance understanding and appreciation
Print Book, English, 2000
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000
Reference works
xii, 564 pages : illustrations (some chiefly color) ; 29 cm
9780198600121, 9780192804150, 0198600127, 0192804154
42913461
Preface; Introduction; PART 1: THE FOUNDATIONS: GREECE AND ROME C.600 BC-AD 410; Introduction; Greek Sculpture; Greek Pictorial Arts; Greek Art Beyond Greece; Roman Sculpture; Roman Painting and Mosaics; Theory and Criticism; Ancient Paradigms from Augustus to Mussolini; PART 2: CHURCH AND STATE: THE ESTABLISHING OF EUROPEAN VISUAL CULTURE 410-1527; Introduction; Early Christian Art; Illuminated Manuscripts; Ars Sacra to c.1200; Monumental Sculpture to c.1300; Stained Glass; Painting in the Middle Ages; The Altarpiece; Ars Sacra c.1200-1527; Monumental Sculpture c.1300-1527; The New Painting: Italy & the North; Domestic Arts; The Print; PART 3: THE ART OF NATIONS: EUROPEAN VISUAL REGIMES 1527-1770; Introduction; The International Style; Forms in Space 1527-c.1600; Forms in Space c.1600-c.1700; Free-standing Sculpture c.1600-c.1700; The Picture: Italy & France; The Picture: Spain; The Picture: Dutch & Flemish; The Picture: England; The Print; The Interior; Forms in Space c.1700-1770; Academies, Theories, & Critics; The International Diaspora; PART 4: THE ERA OF REVOLUTIONS 1770-1914; Introduction; Pictures and Publics; Sculptures and Publics; The Print; Photography; Design & Industry; The Rise of Art History; Art Criticism & Aesthetic Ideals; Art Museums & Galleries; PART 5: MODERNISM AND AFTER 1914-2000; Introduction; The International Style; Alternative Media; Photography; Alternative Centres: The Soviet Union; Alternative Centres: Latin America; Alternative Centres: India; Alternative Centres: Africa/Afro-Caribbean; Alternative Centres: Canada & Australia; Postmodernism; Art History; Critics & Criticism; Art Museums and Galleries; Epilogue; Chronology; Glossary; Further Reading; Picture credits; Index