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An enthralling journey through 40,000 years of art, from prehistoric cave paintings right up to the present day. Discover artists and their art around the world, in exciting and imaginative tales about artists and the way they created their work. Written by educator and art historian Michael Bird, a...
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Laurence King Publishing Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | London, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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An enthralling journey through 40,000 years of art, from prehistoric cave paintings right up to the present day. Discover artists and their art around the world, in exciting and imaginative tales about artists and the way they created their work. Written by educator and art historian Michael Bird, and illustrated by Kate Evans, the book also features reproductions of the famous artworks discussed, a comprehensive timeline of events, and extra feature spreads on places connected with art. This is a beautiful and engaging introduction to art for any home or school library. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 336 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781780676142 (hardback) : 178067614X (hardback) 9781780676159 (hardcover) 1780676158 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | N5308 |
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K815.72-49 J110.9-49 |
| Call Number: | J110.9-49/B618 |
| Contents: |
Preface -- Caves to civilizations (40,000- 20 BCE) -- Sacred places (800-1425) -- Great ambitions (1425-1550) -- Life stories (1550-1750) -- Revolution! (1750-1860) -- Seeing it differently (1860-1900) -- War and peace (1900-1950) -- Where it's at (1950-2014) -- Map of the world -- Timeline -- Glossary -- List of artworks -- Index -- Credits -- Acknowledgments. "African artists -- Ai Weiwei -- Ancient Chinese artists -- Ancient Egyptian artists -- Ancient Greek artists -- Ancient Roman artists -- Aztec artists -- Basawan and Dharm Das -- Louise Bourgeois -- Georges Braque -- Pieter Bruegel -- Caravaggio -- Paul Cézanne -- Marc Chagall -- Jean-Siméon Chardin -- Frederic Edwin Church -- Camille Claudel -- Gustave Courbet -- Jacques-Louis David -- Donatello -- Marcel Duchamp -- Albrecht Dürer -- El Anatsui -- Jan van Eyk -- Fan Kuan -- Caspar David Friedrich -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Giotto -- Vincent van Gogh -- Francisco Goya -- Katsushika Hokusai -- Ibn al-Bawwab -- Frida Kahlo -- Vasily Kandinsky -- Khmer artists -- Anselm Kiefer -- Emily Kame Kngwarreye -- Claude Lorrain -- Henri Matisse -- Medieval European artists -- Michelangelo -- Joan Miró -- Claude Monet -- Henry Moore -- Berthe Morisot -- Eadweard Muybridge -- Pablo Picasso -- Jackson Pollock -- Prehistoric artists -- Raphael -- Rembrandt -- Andrei Rublev -- Kurt Schwitters -- Georges Seurat -- Varvara Stepanova -- William Henry Fox Talbot -- Titian -- J.M.W. Turner -- Diego Velázquez -- Johannes Vermeer -- Leonardo da Vinci." |