TY - BOOK AU - Adams,Laurie Schneider TI - Art across time: prehistory to the fourteenth century : volume I SN - 0697274780 AV - N5300 .A3 1999 U1 - 709 PY - 1999///] CY - Boston : PB - McGraw Hill College, KW - Art KW - History N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; v. 1. Prehistory to the fourteenth century -- v. 2. The thirteenth century to the present. v. I. Prehistory to the fourteenth century. 1. Why do we study the history of art? : The artistic impulse -- The values of art -- Art and illusion -- Art and identification -- Architecture -- Art collecting -- Archaeology and art history -- The methodologies of art history -- The language of art -- Stylistic terminology -- 2. The art of prehistory : The Stone Age in Western Europe -- Upper Paleolithic -- Mesolithic -- Neolithic -- Rock paintings of Australia -- Australian rock art -- 3. The ancient Near East : The Neolithic Era -- Mesopotamia -- From pictures to words -- Sumer: early dynastic period -- Akkad -- Neo-Sumerian culture -- Babylon -- Anatolia: the Hittites -- Assyria -- The Neo-Babylonian empire -- Iran -- The Scythians -- Arhaemenid Persia -- 4. Ancient Egypt : The gift of the Nile -- Religion -- The pharaohs -- The Egyptian concept of kingship -- The palette of Narmer -- The Egyptian view of death and the afterlife -- The Old Kingdom -- The Middle Kingdom -- The New Kingdom -- Tutankhamon's tomb -- Egypt and Nubia -- 5. The Aegean : Cycladic civilization -- Minoan civilization -- Discoveries at Thera -- Mycenaean civilization -- 6. The art of Ancient Greece : Cultural identity -- Government and philosophy -- Literature and drama -- "Man is the measure of all things" -- Painting and pottery -- Sculpture -- The development of Greek architecture and architectural sculpture -- Hellenistic period -- 7. The art of the Etruscans : Architecture -- Pottery and sculpture -- Women in Etruscan art -- Funerary art -- China: Neolithic to First Empire -- The tomb of Emperor Qin: I -- Precursors -- The tomb of Emperor Qin: II -- 8. Ancient Rome : Architectural types -- Sculptural types -- Mosaic and mural painting -- Cross-cultural trends -- Developments in South Asia: the Indus Valley civilization (to the 3rd century A.D.) -- The Indus Valley civilization -- The Vedic period ; Buddhist architecture and sculpture -- 9. Early Christian and Byzantine art : A new religion -- The divergence of East and West -- Early Christian art -- Centrally planned buildings -- Justinian and the Byzantine style -- The development of the Codex -- Later Byzantine developments -- Developments in Buddhist Art (1st-7th century A.D.) -- Rock-cut architecture -- Gupta sculpture -- The Ajanta caves -- Buddhist expansion in China -- 10. The early Middle Ages : Islam -- Northern European art -- Hiberno-Saxon art -- Carolingian period -- Ottonian period -- Mesoamerica (1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500) -- Olmec -- Teotihuacán -- Maya -- 11. Romanesque art : Historical background -- Pilgrimage roads -- Romanesque pilgrimage churches -- Developments at Autun -- The Stave Church of Norway and stone interlace -- The Italian Romanesque Cathedral Complex at Pisa -- Mural paintings -- The Bayeux "tapestry" -- 12. Gothic art : The origins of the Gothic style in France -- Early Gothic architecture: Saint-Denis -- Elements of Gothic architecture -- Romanesque precursors of Gothic -- The age of cathedrals -- Later developments of the French Gothic style -- Gothic architecture and scholasticism -- English Gothic -- The spread of Gothic -- Buddhist and Hindu developments in East Asia (6th-13th century) -- Buddhist paradise sects -- The pagoda -- The Buddhist monastery: Horyu-ji -- The Hindu temple -- Synthesis of Buddhism and Hinduism at Angkor -- 13. Precursors of the Renaissance : Thirteenth-century Italy -- Fourteenth-century Italy -- The international Gothic style -- Timelines -- Maps -- v. II. The fourteenth century to the present N2 - Book Description: 30,000 years of art -- one engaging guide. Can't tell a Manet from a Monet? Not sure why you should want to? Let scholar and author Laurie Adams introduce you to the story behind the history of art. Based on her art survey textbook of the same name, this edition of Art Across Time serves as an entertaining and readable introduction to the history of art. Providing biographical notes and historical context, Adams has created a vivid narrative. Each illustration has been carefully reviewed for color accuracy, and the large percentage of full-page reproductions presents a rare opportunity for readers to examine details of brushwork and texture that are lost in smaller images. All in all, this colorful book is an ideal gift that will compliment any library and interest any reader. ER -