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by Robert Belton
One of the most complete references ever published for instant access to the world’s great art! More than just the usual survey of Western art, ART captures the great artists, art movements, and cultures from all over the world Filled with scores of gorgeous, oversized, full-color reproductions, readers will find over 500 pages of artists and their works, conveniently arranged from A to Z for quick and easy use. For those searching for detailed information, ART does not disappoint. It delivers comprehensive overviews highlighting the influences, art movements, and artists who folowed them—all cross-referenced for easy searching.
Readers will find extensive discussions on Western styles of art, as well as those from around the world, including the Far East, South America, Australia, and Africa. They will also discover a comprehensive glossary of terms defining the various art schools and movements, timelines covering both the major paintings of each period and the cultural context of the period, and more. Plus, a special section, “Methods and Techniques,” offers broad descriptions of various art methods—for example, how the Impressionists attempted to convey light in a different way than their predecessors, or the way Turner created sublime movements of passion and beauty with his sweeping, expressionistic brushstrokes.
For art lovers everywhere, ART is an unrivaled source of history, beauty, and culture—and one of the most complete references of the world’s greatest works of art.
Robert Belton taught history and aesthetic theory at the University of Western Ontario and at McMaster’s University. He is currently the associate dean of arts at Okanagan University College in Kelowna, British Columbia. Belton is the author of The Beribboned Bomb: The Image of Women in Male Surrealist Art, and Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture. He lives in Kelowna, British Columbia.
512 pages, 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 500 color illustrations, (hardcover), September 2002
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