ART Courses Playbook

An anthology of critical commentaries selected from the classical period to the late modern. It explores some of the central and emerging themes, issues and debates within Art History as an increasingly expansive and globalised discipline. It features an international range of contributors , including art historians, artists, curators and gallerists.Arranged chronologically, each entry includes a bibliography for further reading and a key word index for easy reference.

A superbly illustrated survey with quality, full-color reproductions and photographs of sites, architecture, and sculptural pieces from the civilizations of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to 20th-century modernism.

How our changing world view, from a flat earth to a spinning planet, has affected our attitudes, architecture and art.

Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most up-to-date and wide-ranging history of art ever published in a single volume. Presenting art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, it offers an authoritative, balanced, and enlightening account, ranging from a statuette carved in central Europe some 30,000 years ago to the digital, video, and installation art of the new millennium. The volume covers painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture, and photography. Textiles, coins, pottery, enamels, gold, and silver are also included. The scope is international, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, and Oceania, as well as Europe and the Americas. The insight, elegance, and fluency that the authors bring to their text are complemented by 1459 superb illustrations.

The history of art stretches back more than 30,000 years. "The Art Book" takes a hundred key works of art -- from cave paintings to the Cubist collages of Pablo Picasso, and from "Laocoön and his Sons" to Louise Bourgeois's "Maman" -- and explores the ideas behind their creation, while placing each work in a broader historical context.

Since its first publication in 1962, H. W. Janson's "History of Art" has introduced the vast world of Western art to several generations of students and has inspired millions of art lovers. This groundbreaking new edition upholds Janson's distinctive narrative style, authoritative scholarship, and superior art program, while introducing new topics and works of art that are vital to the study of art history today. With Janson's eloquent text and matchless quality of illustration, the narrative of art history is told with majesty, balance, and wit -- enlarging our capacity to understand and appreciate the works of art themselves.

"The Power of Art" propels us on an eye-opening, breathtaking odyssey, zooming in on eight extraordinary masterpieces, from Caravaggio's David and Goliath to Picasso's Guernica. Jolting us far from the comfort zone of the hushed art gallery, Schama closes in on intense make-or-break turning points in the lives of eight great artists who, under extreme stress, created something unprecedented, altering the course of art forever. The embattled heroes -- Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rothko -- each in his own resolute way, faced crisis with steadfast defiance, pitting passion and conviction against scorn and short-sightedness. The masterpieces they created challenged convention, shattered complacency, shifted awareness and changed the way we look at the world. With vivid storytelling and powerfully evocative descriptive passages, Schama explores the dynamic personalities of the artists and the spirit of the times they lived through, capturing the flamboyant theatre of bourgeois life in Amsterdam, the passion and paranoia of Revolutionary Paris, and the carnage and pathos of Civil War Spain.

This vibrant reference guide features 50 influential women artists from the Renaissance to the Postmodern era. From the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi and the 17th-century illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to modern icons such as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, the most important female artists are profiled in concise texts and with brilliant full-color reproductions. This absorbing book showcases the remarkable artistic contributions of women throughout history.