Art: The Whole Story by Stephen Farthing

Art: The Whole Story by Stephen Farthing

If you’ve ever found yourself transfixed by a Renaissance painting, fascinated by an Inca textile, or filled with wonder by an exquisite piece of Ming porcelain, this is the book for you. Venture inside its pages and discover exactly what the great artistic periods and movements of the world were all about. Written by an experienced international team of artists, art historians and curators, this absorbing and beautiful book gives you priceless insights into the world’s most iconic images. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of artistic development period by period, with the illustrated, in-depth text covering every genre of art, from painting and sculpture to conceptual art and performance.

'Perfectly designed as a one-stop reference guide: one to dip in and out of, rather than read from cover to cover … indispensable' - Artists & Illustrators
'Stephen Farthing has done an amazing job of packing a comprehensive, if concise, history of world art into a hefty but manageable tome' - RA Magazine
'The perfect present for someone preparing for an art-history course at universityIt’s a bargain, too' - Sunday Times

Stephen Farthing is a painter and the Rootstein Hopkins Research Professor of Drawing at the University of the Arts, London.

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ISBN 13	9780500288955
ISBN 10	050028895X
Titel	Art: The Whole Story
Autor	Stephen Farthing
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-09-20
Seitenanzahl	576
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