Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Concise Global History

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
INTRODUCTION: What Is Art History?......Page 18
Art History in the 21st Century......Page 19
Different Ways of Seeing......Page 29
Prehistoric Art......Page 32
Ancient Near Eastern Art......Page 39
Egyptian Art......Page 48
Art and Society: Art in the Old Stone Age......Page 35
Art and Society: Mummification and the Afterlife......Page 51
Architectural Basics: Building the Great Pyramids......Page 52
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 60
CHAPTER 2 Greece......Page 62
Prehistoric Aegean Art......Page 63
Greek Art......Page 70
Religion and Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus......Page 64
Architectural Basics: Doric and Ionic Temples......Page 74
Materials and Techniques: Hollow-Casting Life-Size Bronze Statues......Page 81
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 100
Etruscan Art......Page 102
Roman Art......Page 107
Art and Society: An Outline of Roman History......Page 108
Architectural Basics: Roman Concrete Construction......Page 111
Architectural Basics: The Roman House......Page 112
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 134
Early Christian Art......Page 136
Byzantine Art......Page 145
Religion and Mythology: The Life of Jesus in Art......Page 139
Materials and Techniques: Mosaics......Page 144
Architectural Basics: Pendentives......Page 149
Art and Society: Icons and Iconoclasm......Page 154
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 160
Architecture......Page 162
Luxury Arts......Page 169
Religion and Mythology: Muhammad and Islam......Page 164
Architectural Basics: The Mosque......Page 165
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 172
Early Medieval Art......Page 174
Romanesque Art......Page 184
Religion and Mythology: Medieval Monasteries and Benedictine Rule......Page 180
Art and Society: Pilgrimages and the Cult of Relics......Page 185
Architectural Basics: The Romanesque Church Portal......Page 188
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 200
France......Page 202
England......Page 216
Holy Roman Empire......Page 217
Italy......Page 219
Architectural Basics: The Gothic Rib Vault......Page 204
Architectural Basics: The Gothic Cathedral......Page 208
Architectural Basics: Stained-Glass Windows......Page 210
Materials and Techniques: Fresco Painting......Page 223
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 230
Burgundy and Flanders......Page 232
France......Page 239
Holy Roman Empire......Page 241
Materials and Techniques: Woodcuts, Engravings, and Etchings......Page 243
Materials and Techniques: Tempera and Oil Painting......Page 234
Materials and Techniques: Renaissance Perspectival Systems......Page 247
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 266
CHAPTER 9 Europe, 1500 to 1600......Page 268
Italy......Page 269
Holy Roman Empire......Page 292
The Netherlands......Page 297
Spain......Page 301
Art and Society: Religious Art in Counter-Reformation Italy......Page 270
Artists on Art: Leonardo da Vinci on Painting......Page 271
Materials and Techniques: Renaissance Drawings......Page 274
Artists on Art: Palma il Giovane on Titian......Page 287
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 304
CHAPTER 10 Europe, 1600 to 1700......Page 306
Italy......Page 307
Spain......Page 316
Flanders......Page 319
Dutch Republic......Page 321
France......Page 328
England......Page 333
Artists on Art: Giovanni Pietro Bellori on Caravaggio......Page 313
Artists on Art: The Letters of Artemisia Gentileschi......Page 315
Artists on Art: Poussin\'s Notes for a Treatise on Painting......Page 329
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 334
Rococo......Page 336
The Enlightenment......Page 339
Art and Society: The Grand Tour and Veduta Painting......Page 345
Artists on Art: David on Greek Style and Public Art......Page 347
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 350
Art under Napoleon......Page 352
Romanticism......Page 354
Realism......Page 363
Architecture......Page 371
Photography......Page 373
Art and Society: The Romantic Spirit in Music and Literature......Page 356
Artists on Art: Delacroix on Neoclassicism......Page 359
Artists on Art: Courbet on Realism......Page 364
Materials and Techniques: Lithography......Page 366
Materials and Techniques: Daguerreotype, Calotype, and Wet-Plate Photography......Page 374
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 376
CHAPTER 13 Europe and America, 1870 to 1900......Page 378
Impressionism......Page 379
Post-Impressionism......Page 383
Symbolist and Fin-de-Siècle Painting......Page 391
Sculpture......Page 393
Architecture......Page 394
Art and Society: Academic Salons and Independent Art Exhibitions......Page 380
Materials and Techniques: 19th-Century Color Theory......Page 385
Artists on Art: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh......Page 386
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 396
CHAPTER 14 Europe and America, 1900 to 1945......Page 398
Europe, 1900 to 1920......Page 399
Dada......Page 407
Art and Society: Art \"Matronage\" in America......Page 411
Europe, 1920 to 1945......Page 414
America, 1930 to 1945......Page 421
Architecture......Page 426
Artists on Art: Matisse on Color......Page 400
Art and Society: Primitivism and Colonialism......Page 404
Artists on Art: Futurist Manifestos......Page 408
Artists on Art: Rivera on Art for the People......Page 425
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 430
CHAPTER 15 Europe and America after 1945......Page 432
Painting and Sculpture, 1945 to 1970......Page 433
Painting and Sculpture since 1970......Page 444
Architecture and Site-Specific Art......Page 453
Performance Art, Conceptual Art, and New Media......Page 460
Artists on Art: Jackson Pollock on Action Painting......Page 435
Artists on Art: Helen Frankenthaler on Color-Field Painting......Page 438
Artists on Art: Judy Chicago on The Dinner Party......Page 446
Art and Society: Public Funding of Controversial Art......Page 450
Art and Society: Maya Lin\'s Vietnam Veterans Memorial......Page 455
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 464
India and Pakistan......Page 466
Southeast Asia......Page 481
Religion and Mythology: Buddhism and Buddhist Iconography......Page 469
Architectural Basics: The Stupa......Page 470
Religion and Mythology: Hinduism and Hindu Iconography......Page 474
Architectural Basics: Hindu Temples......Page 476
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 484
China......Page 486
Korea......Page 503
Religion and Mythology: Daoism and Confucianism......Page 488
Materials and Techniques: Chinese Painting Materials and Formats......Page 491
Materials and Techniques: Calligraphy and Inscriptions on Chinese Paintings......Page 496
Architectural Basics: Chinese Wooden Construction......Page 497
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 506
Japan before Buddhism......Page 508
Buddhist Japan......Page 510
Japan under the Shoguns......Page 514
Modern Japan......Page 522
Religion and Mythology: Zen Buddhism......Page 517
Materials and Techniques: Japanese Woodblock Prints......Page 521
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 524
Mesoamerica......Page 526
South America......Page 537
North America......Page 541
Art and Society: The Mesoamerican Ball Game......Page 530
Religion and Mythology: Aztec Religion......Page 536
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 546
Prehistory and Early Cultures......Page 548
Art and Society: Art and Leadership in Africa......Page 551
19th Century......Page 555
20th Century......Page 558
Contemporary Arts......Page 562
Art and Society: African Masquerades......Page 561
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 564
Notes......Page 565
Glossary......Page 568
Bibliography......Page 582
Credits......Page 591
Index......Page 595