The history of art : a global view : prehistory to the present

A more global, flexible way to teach art historyThe History of Art: A Global View is the first major art history survey textbook -- written by a team of expert authors -- with a global narrative in mind. A chronological organization and “Seeing Connections” features help readers make cross-cultural comparisons, while brief, modular chapters (with on-page definitions) offer instructors unparalleled flexibility. You can assign more than one chapter per week for a fully global course, or skip and reorder chapters, for a more focused syllabus. Brief Contents Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments The Authors Introduction Part 1: The Earliest Art 1 The Beginnings of Art: 65,000–3200 BCE 2 Art of Early Africa: 8000 BCE–1000 CE 3 Art of Mesopotamia and West Asia: 5000–2000 BCE 4 Egyptian Art from the Predynastic Nile Valley through the Old Kingdom: 4000–2000 BCE Seeing Connections: The Art of Trade and Diplomacy in the Bronze Age 5 Art of West Asian Empires: 2000–330 BCE 6 Egyptian Art from the Middle Kingdom through the Late Period: 2000–525 BCE Seeing Connections: Ancient Writing Systems 7 Early Art from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania: 2600 BCE–300 CE 8 Art of Early East Asia: 4000–200 BCE 9 Cycladic and Minoan Art: 3000–1200 BCE 10 Mycenaean and Iron Age Greek Art: 1700–600 BCE 11 Art of Early South America: before 600 CE Part 2: Early Cities and Empires 12 Art of Early Mesoamerica: before 600 CE Seeing Connections: Stolen Things: Looting and Repatriation of Ancient Objects 16 The Development of Buddhist and Hindu Art in South Asia and Southeast Asia: 250 BCE–800 CE 17 Villanovan and Etruscan Art: 900–270 BCE 18 Art of the Roman Republic: 509–27 CE 19 Art of the Roman Empire from Augustus through the Julio-Claudians: 27 BCE–68 CE 20 Art of the Roman Empire from the Flavians through the Good Emperors: 69–192 CE 21 Art of Rising Empires in Japan and China: 400 BCE–581 CE Seeing Connections: The Cultural Power of Gold across the World 22 Art of the Late Roman Empire: 193–337 CE 23 Jewish and Christian Art in Late Antiquity: 150–500 CE Part 3: The Spread of Religions 24 The Development of Islamic Art in North Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia: 600–1000 25 Art of African Kingdoms and Empires: 300–1500 26 Monumental Art in South Asia and Southeast Asia: 700–1400 27 The Dissemination of Buddhism and East Asian Art: 500–1200 Seeing Connections: Art and Ritual 28 Art of the Byzantine Empire: 540–1450 29 Art of Early Medieval Europe: 600–1250 30 Art of the Americas: 600–1300 31 Art during the Song and Yuan Dynasties of China: 960–1368 Seeing Connections: Pax Mongolica 32 Transformative Eras and Art in Korea and Japan: 1200–1600 33 The Regionalization of Islamic Art in North Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia: 1000–1400 Seeing Connections: The Art of Writing 34 Art of the Mediterranean World: 500–1500 35 Romanesque Art and Architecture in Europe: 1000–1200 36 Gothic Art and Architecture in Europe: 1200–1400 37 Art of the Late Middle Ages in Italy: 1200–1400 Part 4: Looking Inward, Exploring Outward 38 Fifteenth-Century Renaissance Art in Florence: 1400–1500 39 Fifteenth-Century Renaissance Art in South, Central, and Northern Italy: 1400–1500 40 Fifteenth-Century Art of France, Flanders, and Germany: 1400–1500 Seeing Connections: The World in Perspective 41 Art of Mesoamerica and North America: after 1300 42 Art of Central and South America: 1100–1550 Seeing Connections: Mapping the World 43 Art in Late Imperial China: 1368–1795 44 Art in Early Modern Korea and Japan: 1600–1900 45 Renaissance Art in Italy at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century: 1470–1520 46 Sixteenth-Century Art of Northern Europe: 1500–1600 47 Sixteenth Century Art of Italy: 1520–1600 48 Sixteenth Century Art of Spain, France, and England: 1500–1600 Seeing Connections: Blue-and-White Porcelain: A Global Commodity 49 African Art and Global Trade: 1450–1860 50 Islamic Art of Empires in North Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia: 1400–1800 51 Early Modern Art of South Asia and Southeast Asia: 1400–1800 52 Art of Oceania: 1200–1800 Seeing Connections: The Artist’s Workshop 53 Baroque Art of Europe: 1600–1750 54 Art of the Dutch Republic: 1600–1700 Part 5: Imperialism, Revolution, and Innovation 55 Art of the Enlightenment in Europe and North America: 1700–1800 56 Rococo Art in Europe: 1700–1800 57 Neoclassical Art in Europe and North America: 1700–1800 58 Romantic Art in Europe and North America: 1780–1870 Seeing Connections: Picturing the Other in the Age of Imperialism 59 Art of Oceania in the Colonial and Postcolonial Era: 1800 to the present 60 Art of Colonial and Independent South Asia and Southeast Asia: 1800 to the present Seeing Connections: Empire Building 61 Realism in European and North American Art: 1830–1890 62 Modernity and Impressionism in European Art: 1860–1880 Seeing Connections: The Spread of Photography 63 Avant-Garde Art in Europe: 1880–1900 64 African Art, Colonialism, and the Modern World: 1860–1960 Part 6: Art in a Connected World 65 European and North American Art at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880–1915 66 Fauvism, Cubism, and Expressionism in European Modern Art: 1905–1930 Seeing Connections: The Universal Impulse toward Abstraction 69 Modern and Contemporary Art of North Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia: 1800 to the present 70 Constructivism, De Stijl, and the Bauhaus in European and American Modern Art: 1915–1960 71 Modern Art in North America: 1925–1965 72 Art of Independent African Nations: 1960–2000 73 Pluralism and Postmodern Art in Europe and the Americas: 1960–1995 Seeing Connections: Diaspora in the Modern World 74 Art of the Global Contemporary: 1980 to the present Glossary Sources of Quotations Bibliography Sources of Illustrations Index ""Thames & Hudson's The history of art : a global view grew out of the need for a more global, inclusive way to teach the history of the world's art. The author team of eleven specialists had already devided ways to meet the challenge of teaching globally in their own classrooms. Headed by authors Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, this community of scholars cohered around the shared goal of bringing multiple perspectives to a worldwide narrative. The resulting survey represents every global region as an important part of a chronological, interwoven history that emphasizes cross-cultural connections, contrasts, and comparisons -- Préface "Thames & Hudson's The History of Art: A Global View grew out of the need for a more global, inclusive way to teach the history of the world's art. The author team of eleven specialists had already devided ways to meet the challenge of teaching globally in their own classrooms. Headed by authors Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, this community of scholars cohered around the shared goal of bringing multiple perspectives to a worldwide narrative. The resulting survey represents every global region as an important part of a chronological, interwoven history that emphasizes cross-cultural connections, contrasts, and comparisons." -- Preface "Thames & Hudson's The history of art : a global view grew out of the need for a more global, inclusive way to teach the history of the world's art. The author team of eleven specialists had already devised ways to meet the challenge of teaching globally in their own classrooms. Headed by authors Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, this community of scholars cohered around the shared goal of bringing multiple perspectives to a worldwide narrative. The resulting survey represents every global region as an important part of a chronological, interwoven history that emphasizes cross-cultural connections, contrasts, and comparisons"-- Preface A more global, flexible way to teach art history The History of A GlobalView is the first major art history survey textbook--written by a team of expert authors--with a global narrative in mind. Achronological organization and Seeing Connections features help readers make cross-cultural comparisons, while brief, modular chapters (with on-page definitions) offer instructors unparalleled flexibility. You can assign more than one chapter per week for a fully global course, or skip and reorder chapters,for a more focused syllabus. __The History of Art: A Global View__