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Art that changed the world / chief consultant, Ian Chilvers ; contributors, Iain Zaczek, Jude Welton, Caroline Bugler, Lorrie Mack.

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DK Publishing, 2013.

Art -- History.

Painting -- History.

Art and society.

Art and literature.

9781465414359 (hc.)

1st American ed.

400 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Subtitle on cover: Transformative art movements and the paintings that inspired them.

Includes indexes.

Ancient and medieval. Prehistoric art -- Egyptian art -- Greek and Roman art -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- The Dark Ages -- Romanesque and Gothic -- Renaissance and mannerism. Birth of the Renaissance -- Flowering of the Renaissance -- High Renaissance -- Venetian Renaissance -- Northern Renaissance -- Italian mannerism -- Mannerism outside Italy -- Baroque to neoclassicism. Italian Baroque -- Flemish and Spanish Baroque -- Dutch Baroque -- French Baroque -- French Rococo -- Rococo outside France -- Neoclassicism -- The 19th century. Romanticism -- Romantic landscape -- Pre-Raphaelites -- Realism -- Impressionism -- Post-impressionism -- Symbolism -- The modern age. Expressionism -- Cubism -- Birth of abstract art -- Dada and surrealism -- Abstract expressionism -- Pop and op art -- Recent abstraction -- The figurative tradition.

Each section features a double-page image of an influential painting that defines each artistic style. Seminal works of genius are portrayed in their historical context, with attention paid to the culture of the time and the lives of their creators.

Bugler, Caroline.

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