The Collins Big Book of Art: From Cave Art to Pop Art

The Collins Big Book of Art: From Cave Art to Pop Art

BookThe Collins Big Book of Art: From Cave Art to Pop Art
Introduction byDavid G. Wilkins
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
Cover Art byLeonardo da Vinci, Wassily Kandinsky, Ando Hiroshige, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
General EditorDavid G. Wilkins
ProducerBarbara Marshall Limited, Scala Group spa
ImprintCollins Design
Designed byAtelier Works London
Distributed by/Director of DistributionHarperCollins Publishers
ResearcherAnnabel Hendry
Copyright HolderBarbara Marshall Limited, Scala Group spa
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York
Copyright2005
First Printing2005
This Edition Published2005
Printed2005
Pages / Font528 pages
ISBN 13978-0-06-083285-8
ISBN 100-06-083285-1
Barcode9780060832858
EAN 553995
Library of Congress Classification NumberN5300.W642 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification Number709--dc22
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number2005014812
PriceUSA $39.95
PriceCanada $49.95
Printer's Key1 2 3 4 5 6 7 / 11 10 09 08 07 06 05
ChaptersThe Chronology of Art 37000 BCE—CE 1 CE 1—1000 1000—1500 1500—1600 1600—1700 1700—1800 1800—1900 1900—1960 Themes in Art Portraiture Family Portraits Self-Portraits Portraits of Couples Capturing the Famous Portraits of Power Portraits in Action Eyes Domestic Life Motherhood Entertaining Women at Home Leisure Playing Games Ancient Sports Music Entertainers Still Life Flowers Fruit The Modern Still Life The Body The Reclining Female The Ideal Male The Body in Motion Landscape Water The Four Seasons The Power of Nature Figures in the Landscape Rural Life Farm Work Village Life Poverty The City Venice Cityscapes Urban Life The Street Stores Working Animals Dogs Animals in Ritual Horses Birds Religion Sacred Icons The Old Testament The Birth of Christ Parables The Death of Christ The Last Judgement Saints Angels Mythology Venus Beasts Icarus Eastern Mythology Allegory Civic Allegory Personal Allegory Fantasy Surrealism Death Murder Literature William Shakespeare's Plays Nineteenth-Century Images of Literature History Victims of History Recording Historic Events Ancient History Politics Royalty Politicians People in Politics War Soldiers Social Protest Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century Abstraction Painting Sculpture Reference Glossary of Art Styles Index of Artists Manuscript References Index Acknowledgements
NotesFirst Edition Manufactured in China
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