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10 000 Years of Art
ISBN:9780714849690
Publisher:Phaidon
Autor: Phaidon Editors
Category:Art » General
Availability: Available

Published: 2009-03-09
Pages: 544
Paperback
Format: 123 x 163 mm

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Description

Following on from "The Art Book" (1994), "30,000 Years of Art" provides an original and accessible way of looking at art. On its publication in 2007, "The Daily Telegraph" described it as 'a bold new publishing event that promises to redefine the parameters of art history'. In this mini format edition of the book, 500 great works of art from all periods and regions in the world have been carefully selected from the original book and are again arranged in chronological order, breaking through the usual geographical and cultural boundaries of art history to celebrate the vast range of human artistry across time and space. The book presents art in a way different from other art history compendia, revealing the diversity, or in many cases similarity, of man's artistic achievements through time and around the globe. Ordered chronologically, the resulting timeline of works leads to compelling browsing: surprising juxtapositions offer intellectual pleasure and a sense of wonder and discovery. The selection of works from across the world, arranged in the sequence in which they were made, takes the reader on a global and historical journey, responding to such questions as 'where does the earliest art appear?' What were artists creating in China or Africa while Rembrandt was painting portraits in Leyden? How were similar subjects - equestrian themes, landscapes, religious scenes - manipulated by artists in Aztec Mexico and Medieval Europe? While artworks from ancient Greece or the European Renaissance or pre-Columbian Americas will be interspersed with contemporaneous works created in Africa, India or Japan, an extraction of the Greek or Renaissance or American works could stand alone as an essential abridgement of the finest art of that period or culture. The selection of works is non-hierarchical and includes both fine and decorative arts - most commonly painting and sculpture, but also textiles, masks, ceramics and jewellery. Primarily functional arts (furniture, architecture, industrial and graphic design etc.) are not covered. Each work is accompanied by key caption information (date, title, place of origin, style or culture, medium, dimensions etcetera), and a text that provides critical review of the work, placing it in its art historical context and thus explaining its contribution to the development of the history of art.

500 great works of art from all periods and regions of the world.
Conceived and edited by Phaidon Editors

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A pocket guide to world art from 8,000 BC to the present day
An accessible, informative and fun compendium of world art that presents 500 masterworks from all cultures in chronological order, demonstrating what was being made all over the globe at the same time
Only here can you find Leonardo’s Ginevra de’Benci next to an ink painting from the Chinese Ming Dynasty, or Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon alongside a face mask from Gabon
Each work occupies a unique place in the history of art and is a representative example of the art of its culture
Concise descriptive texts set each work in context, explaining its place in the history of art
A comprehensive index and a glossary make this book an invaluable reference tool and teaching resource

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