Name: Art By Andrew Graham Dixon
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Art: The Definitive Visual Guide by Andrew Graham Dixon

Filled with more than 8,000 paintings and sculpture from around the world, this is ultimate visual guide to the history of art.

Featuring examples of the world's most celebrated, influential, and iconic artworks, this beautiful volume brings a gallery into your home where you can learn everything you need to know about art and artists.

Linger over 8,000 stunning works from 700 artists and explore the major milestones, from cave paintings to modern masterpieces. Learn how to read composition, subject matter, technique and style. Gain a better understanding of key artworks through detailed close-up examinations that explore and explain the artist's intentions and techniques, while picture-packed gallery pages explore common artistic themes such as landscapes, nudes and animals.

Created in collaboration with the biggest art library in the world, Bridgeman, this is a must-have for every family bookshelf.

About Andrew Graham Dixon

Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. He has presented six landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as numerous individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years, he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and, more recently, in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of books on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture, to contemporary art. Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. He has presented six landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as numerous individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years, he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and, more recently, in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of books on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture, to contemporary art.

1: Looking at art
- 1: Subjective and Composition
- 2: Perspective and Viewpoint
- 3: Light and Shade
- 4: Media and Techniques
- 5: Colour
- 6: Brushstrokes and Texture
2: Prehistory to 1400CE
- 1: Prehistoric art
- 2: Ancient Near East
- 3: Ancient Egypt
- 4: Civilisations of the Eat
- 5: Ancient Greece
- 6: Themes: Nudes
- 7: The Etruscans and Ancient Rome
- 8: Outside the Empires
- 9: Early Christian and Byzantium
- 10: Carolingian
- 11: Ottonian
- 12: Anglo-Saxon and Celtic art
- 13: Early Islamic art
- 14: South Asia
- 15: Southeast Asia
- 16: East Asia
- 17: Central and South America
- 18: Romanesque and Gothic art
- 19: Early Italian art
- 20: International Gothic art
3: 15th and 16th centuries
- 1: Italian Renaissance
- 2: Themes: Myth and legend
- 3: Northern Renaissance
- 4: Themes: Landscape
- 5: Mannerism
- 6: China: Ming Dynasty
- 7: Japanese art
- 8: Central and South America
4: 17th and 18th centuries
- 1: Baroque
- 2: Themes: Still Life
- 3: Rococo
- 4: Themes: Animals
- 5: Neoclassicism
- 6: English Watercolourists
- 7: Colonial America
- 8: China: Qing Dynasty
- 9: Islamic art
- 10: Hindu art
5: 19th century
- 1: Romanticism
- 2: Themes: Love
- 3: Realism
- 4: Pre-Raphaelites
- 5: Victorian art
- 6: French academic art
- 7: Japanese art
- 8: Impressionism
- 9: Neo-and Postimpressionism
- 10: Themes: Children
- 11: The Nabis
- 12: Symbolism and Art Nouveau
- 13: Scandinavian art
- 14: End of the Century
- 15: Sculpture
- 16: African art
- 17: Oceania
6: Early 20th century:
- 1: Fauvism
- 2: German Expressionism
- 3: Pre-war Vienne
- 4: Cubism
- 5: Futurism, Rayonism and Orphism
- 6: Birth of Abstract art
- 7: Themes: Work
- 8: Early British Modernism
- 9: Early US Modernism
- 10: Naive Painting
- 11: Ecole de Paris
- 12: Constructivism
- 13: Dada
- 14: Surrealism
- 15: Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity)
- 16: Bauhaus
- 17: Avant-Garde
- 18: Realism and Figurative Painting
- 19: Mexican art
7: 1945 onwards
- 1: Abstract Expressionism
- 2: Themes: War
- 3: Post-war Europe
- 4: Abstract Painting and Sculpture
- 5: Minimal art
- 6: Pop art
- 7: Themes: Portraits
- 8: Op art and Kinetic art
- 9: Assemblage, Junk and Land art
- 10: Conceptual art
- 11: Figurative painting
- 12: Superrealism
- 13: Feminist art
- 14: Neo-Expressionism and Graffiti art
- 15: New Media
- 16: Contemporary Sculpture
- 17: Australian Aboriginal art
- 18: Europe Today
- 19: Africa Today
- 20: Asia Today
- 21: North America Today
8: Glossary
9: Index
10: Acknowledgments

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ISBN 13

9781405322430

ISBN 10

1405322438

Title

Art: The Definitive Visual Guide by Andrew Graham Dixon

Author

Andrew Graham Dixon

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Used - Very Good

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Hardback

Publisher

Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Year published

20081001

Number of pages

612

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