Art: The Critics Choice : 150 Masterpieces of Western Art Selected and Defined by the Experts,9780823002603

Art: The Critics Choice : 150 Masterpieces of Western Art Selected and Defined by the Experts

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ISBN13: 9780823002603
ISBN10: 0823002608
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Random House Inc
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Summary

In a refreshingly different approach to art history, this masterful survey tells the story of art through a cross-section of exemplary works selected, explained, and explored by word-renowned experts.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6(2)
John Russell
Preface 8(2)
Marina Vaizey
Introduction Greco-Roman and Early Christian Art 10(24)
Jas Elsner
The Middle Ages
34(32)
Michael Kauffmann
The Early Renaissance
66(32)
Paul Hills
The High Renaissance and Mannerism
98(32)
Sharon Fermor
The Baroque
130(32)
J. Douglas Stewart
Northern Europe
162(32)
Paul Taylor
The Eighteenth Century
194(32)
Adelheid Gealt
The Early Nineteenth Century
226(32)
Christopher Riopelle
Modern Art
258(32)
Richard R. Bretell
The Early Twentieth Century
290(32)
Jill Lloyd
The Late Twentieth Century
322(32)
Marco Livingstone
Endpiece 354(6)
Marina Vaizey
Bibliography 360(2)
Glossary 362(2)
Index 364(4)
Acknowledgments 368

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