History of Art: The Western Tradition

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Prentice Hall Professional, 2004 - Art - 1031 pages
For forty years, this widely acclaimed classic has remained unsurpassed as an introduction to art in the Western world, boasting the matchless credibility of the Janson name. This newest update features a more contemporary, more colorful design and vast array of extraordinarily produced illustrations that have become the Janson hallmark.

A narrative voice makes this book a truly enjoyable read, and carefully reviewed and revised updates to this edition offer the utmost clarity in contributions based on recent scholarship. Extensive captions for the book’s incredible art program offer profound insight through the eyes of twentieth-century art historians speaking about specific pieces of art featured throughout.

Significantly changed in this edition is the chapter on “The Late Renaissance,” in which Janson offers a new perspective on the subject, tracing in detail the religious art tied to the Catholic Reform movement, whose early history is little known to many readers of art history. Janson has also rearranged early Renaissance art according to genres instead of time sequence, and he has followed the reinterpretation of Etruscan art begun in recent years by German and English art historians.

With a truly humanist approach, this book gives written and visual meaning to the captivating story of what artists have tried to express—and why—for more than 30,000 years.

 

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Contents

ALL SIDEBARS ARE IN SMALL ITALICS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
PART
CHAPTER
CHAPTER THREE
3-5
CHAPTER FOUR
1
CHAPTER FIVE
3
The Late Renaissance in Italy 486
5-41
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
16-57
CHAPTER NINETEEN
16-77
CHAPTER TWENTY
16-95
PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART THREE 644
16-115
TIMELINE THREE 658
16-129
CHAPTER TWENTYONE
21-1
CHAPTER TWENTYTWO
21-81
CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE
22-31

CHAPTER
5-44
PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART ONE 210
45
PART
8-10
CHAPTER NINE
8-57
CHAPTER
8-81
CHAPTER ELEVEN
8-86
PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART TWO 384
8-86
PART THREE
12-14
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
12-58
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
42
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
16-3
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
16-29
SCULPTURE 786
22-31
CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR
24-5
CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE
24-62
CHAPTER TWENTYSIX
24-62
CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN
24-62
CHAPTER TWENTYEIGHT
67
PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART FOUR 962
TIMELINE FOUR 980
DISCOGRAPHY 995
CREDITS 1030
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History of Art: The Western Tradition
Horst Woldemar Janson,Anthony F. Janson
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History of Art: The Western Tradition
Horst Woldemar Janson,Anthony F. Janson
No preview available - 2004

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About the author (2004)

Anthony F. Janson has forged a distinguished career as an author, museum professional, and teacher. He has written books, catalogs, and articles on a wide range of subjects from the Renaissance to the present day. He served as Chief Curator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota; and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. He has taught at three universities, most recently at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Dr. Janson took over authorship of History of Artand History of Art for Young Peopleupon the death of his father, H. W. Janson, in 1982.

Bibliographic information

TitleHistory of Art: The Western Tradition
AuthorsHorst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherPrentice Hall Professional, 2004
ISBN0131828959, 9780131828957
Length1031 pages
  
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