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The major art pieces, most important artists, and significant artistic movements from 35,000 BCE to today are collected together in this easy to read resource on art history. Continuing in the tradition of the standout Handy Answer Book reference series, this book not only the covers the development of Western art, but also the history of art across the globe. An overview of artits history, techniques, materials, forms, colors, style, the nature of artistic expression, and how to look at artis followed by examinations of the main periods and movements of art history. The book both explains and shows important elements, influences, artists, and masterworks of era and the world events and cultures that influenced and changed them through nearly 150 color images of indispensable masterworks. This accessible and entertaining resource for readers with a casual interest in art history as well as industry professionals also includes a glossary of terms to demystify...
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Madelynn Dickerson is an art writer and educator with a degree in literature from U.C. Santa Cruz and an M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh in History of Art: History, Theory and Display. Her wide ranging interests have led to opportunities to study Renaissance art in Italy and Scotland, to research abstract expressionism and surrealism, and to teach Western art, world art, and literature at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. She lives with her husband in Southern California.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dickerson, Madelynn.
The handy art history answer book /Madelynn Dickerson. 1 [edition].
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-57859-417-7 (pbk.)
1. ArtHistoryMiscellanea. I. Title.
N5303.D53 2013
709dc23
2013000153
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
I would like to offer my warmest, most sincere thanks to Roger Jnecke, Managing Director and Publisher at Visible Ink Press, for making this book possible. The guidance and patience of Kevin Hile, Managing Editor, was a great gift during the writing process and I cant thank you enough.
I owe so much to the friendship and support of my colleagues at the American Academy of Art, especially Lindsay Harmon, MLIS, for answering so many questions and providing access to such helpful resources, and Jaime OConnor, Humanities Department Chair, for your understanding and enthusiasm.
And of course, to my family and my husband, Rachid, thank you for everything listening, cooking, hugging, and laughing with me while writing this book.
P HOTO C REDITS
Artwork images that are copyrighted include copyright information in the text of the captions. All other artworks are in the public domain. The following credits should also be noted:
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This timeline is not inclusive of every period or movement of art history, but it should provide good general context for major periods of art history across the globe. All dates should be considered approximate.
| Prehistoric Art | |
| Paleolithic Art | c. 350008000 B.C.E. |
| Neolithic Art | c. 80002000 B.C.E. |
| Ancient Art | |
| Ancient Near Eastern Art | c. 3000600 B.C.E. |
| Ancient Egyptian Art | c. 300030 B.C.E. |
| Indus Valley Art | c. 30001000 B.C.E. |
| Ancient Aegean Art | c. 3000700 B.C.E. |
| Ancient Chinese Art | c. 2000200 B.C.E. |
| Art of the Pre-classic Period in Mesoamerica | c. 1500300 B.C.E. |
| Ancient Greek Art | c. 100030 B.C.E. |
| Ancient Roman Art | c. 500 B.C.E..-476 C.E. |
| Art of the Nok Culture in Africa | c. 500200 B.C.E.. |
| Buddhist Art of the Maura Dynasty in India | c. 322185 B.C.E.. |
| Indian Art of the Gupta Period | c. 320550 c.E. |
| Art of the Pre-Modern World | |
| Art from the Mali Empire at Djenn | c. 2001600 C.E. |
| Art of the Classic Period in Mesoamerica | c. 250 B.C.E..-900 C.E. |
| Art of the Kofun and Asuka Periods in Japan Early Byzantine Art |
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