Art Theory: An Historical Introduction

Art Theory: An Historical Introduction
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1405107073 , 9781405107075
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2004-02-23
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Art Theory: An Historical Introduction is a unique survey of Western thought about art from ancient times to the present.

  • Provides a lucid and lively narrative geared to the needs of the general reader and beginning student.
  • Covers the major periods of Western art history: Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the early modern period (Renaissance and Baroque), the Enlightenment, the nineteenth century, early twentieth-century modernism, and postmodernism.
  • Relates theory to the practice as well as to the intellectual- and cultural-historical currents of each period, thus demonstrating the value of an historical approach to theoretical issues.
  • Includes an extensive bibliography that provides a useful and up-to-date guide to the primary sources and secondary literature and 93 illustrations.
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