Art Atlas, Hardcover by Onians, John (EDT), Used Good Condition, Free shippin...

by John Onians

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Art Atlas, Hardcover by Onians, John (EDT), ISBN 0789209616, ISBN-13 9780789209610, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US An invaluable guide to world art from prehistory to the present, complete with over 600 maps and illustrations and a searchable CD. The Art Atlas is the first work to present the art of the entire world from ancient to modern times through extensive use of specially commissioned maps. Covering painting, sculpture, and architecture as well as other arts and artifacts, the volume provides an entirely new vision of the history of the world&;s art by showing how physical and political geography has shaped its developments. Over 350 pages in scope, Atlas compares countries separated by thousands of miles and many centuries, demonstrating how the art of each is affected by opportunities and constraints dictated by location or culture. Here, for the first time, readers can appreciate the art of prehistoric Oceania and the Nile Valley of the Pharaohs alongside that of nineteenth-century Russia and the twentieth-century United States. In addition to showing where and when great artists lived and worked, Atlas explains how major styles developed and the ways in which art has been influenced by religion, trade, travel, war, and other historical factors. The volume also provides the first comprehensive picture of the impact of the natural world on the development of art, charting the sources of fibers for weaving, pigments for coloring, wood for carving, paper

• Publisher: Abbeville Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2008
• ISBN: 9780789209610
• Condition: Good

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