Art of the Western World

by Michael Wood (Foreword), Denise Hooker (Foreword)

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  Paperback
  1991

  $7.79

  Spanning the supreme artistic achievements of western civilization from classical antiquity to post-modernism, this book - linked to an 18-part Channel 4 series - is an illustrated account of western art. It is divided into 18 chapters, each corresponding to one episode of the series, and each written by a specialist on that period. Particular attention is paid to the social context in which the artist worked and each chapter includes an interpretative guide to two works considered by the author to be particularly representative of the period.

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  Paperback
  1994

  $4.25

  From classical antiquity to post-modernism, this book spans the art of the whole of western civilization. 18 chapters, by experts and art historians from around the world, examine the supreme artistic achievements in the empires of Greece and Rome, the architectural glories of the Middle Ages, the extraordinary techniques and stylistic developments of the Renaissance, the aesthetic adventures of Romanticism and Impressionism, and the innovations, experiments and reinventions of the 20th century. Each author analyzes the art of the period in question, paying particular attention to the social context in which the artists worked. Not only the great works, but lesser-known yet equally significant ones are chosen to illustrate the different forms of western culture.