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Dewey Decimal Number: 700.90202 EAN: 9780714847894 ISBN: 0714847895 Label: Phaidon Press Inc. Manufacturer: Phaidon Press Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1072 Publication Date: October 22, 2007 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Studio: Phaidon Press Inc. Sales Rank: 36631 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 30,000 YEARS OF ART: THE STORY OF HUMAN CREATIVITY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE is the follow-up to Phaidon's phenomenally successful THE ART BOOK. This is an accessible, fun and informative compendium of world art that offers a fresh perspective on the whole of art history, from 28,000 BC to the present day. It debunks art historical classifications and hierarchies by presenting 1,000 masterworks of art in simple chronological order, demonstrating what was being created all over the globe at the same time. Only here can you find the Venus de Milo next to a mural from the Mayan civilization, or Velazquez' Las Meninas next to a painting from the Chinese Ming Dynasty, an Indian jade wine cup, a ritual Nepalese plaque, a Korean portrait, and Vermeer's Milkmaid. Each work has been chosen for its unique place in the history of art, and as a representative example of the art of its culture. By juxtaposing works of art from different cultures throughout time, this is the first book to offer a balanced appraisal of world art history, revealing the huge diversity of and similarity between man's artistic achievements. Each entry includes a full-page color image of the work and a concise descriptive text that sets the work in context, explaining its contribution to the development of art and the medium in which it was created. A comprehensive index, illustrated timelines, and a glossary of terms and movements make this book an invaluable reference tool and teaching resource. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Best Art Text EverText gives historical overview of art from 25000BC to 2000AD. Text offers beautiful pictures of the art along with succinct descriptions of each object. What is most significant is the text's identification of each object with its historical affiliation and genre. Loved it. Rating:  - Living with great artMy wife and I are both enjoying this book daily. We've decided to open the book to a new pair of pages each day. Yes, it's a huge book - but it takes many pages to cover 30,000 years! Presently the book resides, open, on the end of our partners desk. But to read the entries requires bending; so I'm underway in the building of a lectern so we can read it while standing erect. As we both went to art school, we have some of our own work on the walls; but having masterworks in the home to speak to us ... Read More Rating: - The Monster of All Cocktail Table Art BooksThe Amazon editorial review of this impressive book is excellent. This monstosity is the definitive 'reference' of art through the millennia. Represented here are works in all mediums as well as a comprehensive sculpture timeline. It is a wonderful art book to page through at any level of ones art knowledge. The descriptions accompaying each artist's work are short (2-3 paragraphs) but thoughtfully written and enlightening. Albight its abbreviated text it does do each artist justice. ... Read More Rating: - Great bookI am really enjoying this book - but it's all but impossisble to read in bed! Truly a delight and very educational. Rating:  - Bigger is not always betterPossibly useful for children with no knowledge of art, the book is cumbersome in size and slightly loathsome in outlook. '30,000 Years of Art' lumps all creative output from both past and distant cultures into one whopping big format. That being one big picture beside one simple page of text. It renders equivalent Australian aboriginal art and French nineteenth century eroticism, an idea that I find thoroughly absurd. There are many better books around that introduce world art without ruining the distinctive ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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