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The Art Book

ISBN 0714836257 (0-7148-3625-7)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd

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There is no introductory essay, there are no comparative illustrations, and there is little placement of these 500 works in historical context. The Art Book is a completely visual survey of the history of art. Each of the 500 great works is arranged by artist from A to Z. Works are not surrounded with historical data, supplemental illustrations, or other works by the artist, which relieves viewers of expectations or influence and allows them to judge each piece as it appears. The editors of the book are not irresponsible, though. Information critical to the work and its creator is unobtrusively listed in upper and lower margins of the page, giving some context and allowing each work to be reproduced as largely as possible. With its large format, elegance, and well-produced illustrations, The Art Book is hard to put down, once you have picked it up. [via]
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Art History
by Marilyn Stokstad, Stephen Addiss, David Cateforis

ISBN 0130918687 (0-13-091868-7)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall

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This attractively packaged two-volume set attempts an almost impossible task: to present the art of the entire world, from vibrant cave paintings dating back 30,000 years to the creative trends of the late 20th century. Though the arts of Europe are the most thoroughly analyzed, respected scholars in several specialized fields cover other cultures with cogent essays. A more unusual feature is the space devoted to art created by women, such as the late-Renaissance painters Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana--the latter was invited in 1560 to be an official painter at the Spanish court. Relationships between the art of different cultures are emphasized and, while each section can stand alone, each is shown to fit meaningfully into the overall development of the world's artistic heritage. Beautiful images grace the production's 1,200 pages, not only well-known icons but a wealth of lesser-known gems are here, carefully chosen to demonstrate the points made in the text. There are many delightful surprises among the illustrations, many of which are in color, printed to high quality standards in Japan. For instance, line drawings explain technical details, from "Lost-wax Bronze-casting" to "Elements of the Skyscraper." A vast amount of information is presented, but it is very well organized and easy to access, and an extensive glossary answers many questions. Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is a true tour de force, and its light and humanistic approach is a refreshing change from previous encyclopedic art-historical studies. --John Stevenson [via]
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Art History
by Stokstad

ISBN 0131616692 (0-13-161669-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall

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This attractively packaged two-volume set attempts an almost impossible task: to present the art of the entire world, from vibrant cave paintings dating back 30,000 years to the creative trends of the late 20th century. Though the arts of Europe are the most thoroughly analyzed, respected scholars in several specialized fields cover other cultures with cogent essays. A more unusual feature is the space devoted to art created by women, such as the late-Renaissance painters Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana--the latter was invited in 1560 to be an official painter at the Spanish court. Relationships between the art of different cultures are emphasized and, while each section can stand alone, each is shown to fit meaningfully into the overall development of the world's artistic heritage. Beautiful images grace the production's 1,200 pages, not only well-known icons but a wealth of lesser-known gems are here, carefully chosen to demonstrate the points made in the text. There are many delightful surprises among the illustrations, many of which are in color, printed to high quality standards in Japan. For instance, line drawings explain technical details, from "Lost-wax Bronze-casting" to "Elements of the Skyscraper." A vast amount of information is presented, but it is very well organized and easy to access, and an extensive glossary answers many questions. Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is a true tour de force, and its light and humanistic approach is a refreshing change from previous encyclopedic art-historical studies. --John Stevenson [via]
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Art History
by Abrams Staff

ISBN 0810929015 (0-8109-2901-5)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc

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This attractively packaged two-volume set attempts an almost impossible task: to present the art of the entire world, from vibrant cave paintings dating back 30,000 years to the creative trends of the late 20th century. Though the arts of Europe are the most thoroughly analyzed, respected scholars in several specialized fields cover other cultures with cogent essays. A more unusual feature is the space devoted to art created by women, such as the late-Renaissance painters Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana--the latter was invited in 1560 to be an official painter at the Spanish court. Relationships between the art of different cultures are emphasized and, while each section can stand alone, each is shown to fit meaningfully into the overall development of the world's artistic heritage. Beautiful images grace the production's 1,200 pages, not only well-known icons but a wealth of lesser-known gems are here, carefully chosen to demonstrate the points made in the text. There are many delightful surprises among the illustrations, many of which are in color, printed to high quality standards in Japan. For instance, line drawings explain technical details, from "Lost-wax Bronze-casting" to "Elements of the Skyscraper." A vast amount of information is presented, but it is very well organized and easy to access, and an extensive glossary answers many questions. Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is a true tour de force, and its light and humanistic approach is a refreshing change from previous encyclopedic art-historical studies. --John Stevenson [via]
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Art Through the Ages
by Horst De LA Croix

ISBN 0155037730 (0-15-503773-0)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub

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Artists of the Renaissance: An Illustrated Selection
by Giorgio Vasari, George Anthony Bull

ISBN 0713910658 (0-7139-1065-8)
Hardcover, A. Lane

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Basic History of Art
by H. W. Janson, Dora Jane Janson

ISBN 0133892964 (0-13-389296-4)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall

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Art Studies, History [via]
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Gardener's Art Through the Ages With Infotrac
by Fred S. Kleiner

ISBN 0534126111 (0-534-12611-1)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub

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Gardener's Art Through the Ages With Infotrac
by Richard G. Tansey, Christin J. Mamiya, Fred S. Kleiner

ISBN 0534216773 (0-534-21677-3)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages
by Horst De LA Croix, Fred S. Kleiner, Richard Tansev

ISBN 0155011413 (0-15-501141-3)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning

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No art history student can get through a semester without the twin doorstops of Art Through the Ages. Chronicling the history of art from the earliest known cave paintings to postmodern architecture, as well as most major artists, works, and styles in between, these books are must-haves for those interested in understanding art in context. Both books are surveys, and experts may notice the omission of more esoteric movements and artists. Regardless, these volumes are invaluable references--especially since each edition of this classic improves noticeably in its coverage of non-Western art. [via]
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by Richard G. Tansey, Helen Gardner, Fred S. Kleiner, Mariann Lee

ISBN 015100241X (0-15-100241-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt

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No art history student can get through a semester without the twin doorstops of Art Through the Ages. Chronicling the history of art from the earliest known cave paintings to postmodern architecture, as well as most major artists, works, and styles in between, these books are must-haves for those interested in understanding art in context. Both books are surveys, and experts may notice the omission of more esoteric movements and artists. Regardless, these volumes are invaluable references--especially since each edition of this classic improves noticeably in its coverage of non-Western art. [via]
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Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective
by Richard G. Tansey, Christin J. Mamiya, Fred S. Kleiner

ISBN 0534611133 (0-534-61113-3)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages With Infotrac
by Tansey, Christin J. Mamiya, Fred S. Kleiner

ISBN 0534167039 (0-534-16703-9)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning

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No art history student can get through a semester without the twin doorstops of Art Through the Ages. Chronicling the history of art from the earliest known cave paintings to postmodern architecture, as well as most major artists, works, and styles in between, these books are must-haves for those interested in understanding art in context. Both books are surveys, and experts may notice the omission of more esoteric movements and artists. Regardless, these volumes are invaluable references--especially since each edition of this classic improves noticeably in its coverage of non-Western art. [via]
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Gardner's Art Through the Ages With Infotrac: The Western Perspective
by Christin J. Mamiya, Fred S. Kleiner, Tanseyrichard G.

ISBN 0534642039 (0-534-64203-9)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning

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This new alternative, GARDNER'S WESTERN ART THROUGH THE AGES, offers instructors and students a brief, strictly Western approach to art history and retains all of the hallmark features of the market-leading Eleventh Edition in a concise 23-chapter format (also available in a two-volume split). Unique to books with a Western Art focus, the authors retain the chapter on Islam, providing students with insightful coverage of the Islamic tradition's impact on Western culture and art history. Featuring an outstanding art program with more color photos than any comparable art history survey textbook, the authors focus on the context and function of the role of art. [via]
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by Richard G. Tansey, Helen Gardner, Christin J. Mamiya, Fred S. Kleiner

ISBN 0534610927 (0-534-61092-7)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co

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This new alternative, GARDNER'S WESTERN ART THROUGH THE AGES, offers instructors and students a brief, strictly Western approach to art history and retains all of the hallmark features of the market-leading Eleventh Edition in a concise 23-chapter format (also available in a two-volume split). Unique to books with a Western Art focus, the authors retain the chapter on Islam, providing students with insightful coverage of the Islamic tradition's impact on Western culture and art history. Featuring an outstanding art program with more color photos than any comparable art history survey textbook, the authors focus on the context and function of the role of art. [via]
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Gardner's Art Through the Ages, a Concise History - Teacher's Edition
by Helen Gardner

ISBN 0534636470 (0-534-63647-0)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Renaissance and Modern Art W/Study Guide: Renaissance and Modern Art
by Horst De LA Croix, Richard G. Tansey, Helen Gardner, Fred S. Kleiner, Fred Kleiner

ISBN 0155016199 (0-15-501619-9)
Softcover, Thomson Learning

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No art history student can get through a semester without the twin doorstops of Art Through the Ages. Chronicling the history of art from the earliest known cave paintings to postmodern architecture, as well as most major artists, works, and styles in between, these books are must-haves for those interested in understanding art in context. Both books are surveys, and experts may notice the omission of more esoteric movements and artists. Regardless, these volumes are invaluable references--especially since each edition of this classic improves noticeably in its coverage of non-Western art. [via]
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History of Art
by Anthony F. Janson, H. W. Janson

ISBN 0131584294 (0-13-158429-4)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall

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For thousands of art lovers both amateur and professional, aesthetic life began with Janson, as H.W. Janson's History of Art is often called. In the first edition, published in 1962, Janson spoke to that perennial reader he gently called "the troubled layman." His opening paragraph revealed his sympathy: "Why is this supposed to be art?" he quoted rhetorically. "How often have we heard this question asked--or asked it ourselves, perhaps--in front of one of the strange, disquieting works that we are likely to find nowadays in the museum or art exhibition." Keeping that curious, questioning perspective in mind, he wrote a history of art from cave painting to Picasso that was singularly welcoming, illuminating, and exciting.
After H.W. Janson died, in 1982, his son, Anthony F. Janson, took over the daunting task of revising his father's book. Janson the elder would be thrilled with the beauty of this fifth edition, which tips the scales at more than seven pounds. Thanks to advances in printing, it teems with reproductions--736 in color and 500 black-and-white--that would have been far too costly 35 years ago. At an even 1,000 pages, it is an inch thicker than its 572-page progenitor.
Sojourning through this book, a reader is offered every amenity for a comfortable trip. Because Janson never assumes knowledge on the part of the reader, a recent immigrant from Mars could comprehend Western art from this text. The only assumption the Jansons have made is that with a little guidance everyone can come to understand the artifacts that centuries of architecture, sculpture, design, and painting have deposited in our paths. Countless readers have proven the Jansons right--and found their lives enriched in the process. [via]
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History of Art
by H. W. Janson

ISBN 0138492255 (0-13-849225-5)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall

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This classic book uses an exceptional art program, featuring impeccable accurate five-color illustrations, to introduce readers to the vast world of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With its effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, this book presents art as a succession of stylesfrom the Renaissance through the 20th centuryand enlarges the readers' capacity to appreciate works of art individually. Written more than 40 years ago, this book has been constantly reworked to respond to the needs of this ever-changing field. This Volume contains Chs. 12-28 of the Combined volume, focusing on the art of the Renaissance Through the Rococo and the Modern World: The Early Renaissance in Italy; The High Renaissance in Italy; The Late Renaissance in Italy; "Late Gothic" Painting, Sculpture, and the Graphic Arts; The Renaissance in the North; The Baroque in Italy and Spain; The Baroque in Flanders and Holland; The Baroque in France and England; The Rococo; Neoclassicism and Romanticism; Realism and Impressionism; Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; Twentieth-Century Painting; Twentieth-Century Sculpture; Twentieth-Century Architecture; Twentieth-Century Photography; and Postmodernism. A reference work suitable for those employed in all art media, including painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects. [via]
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History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from the Dawn of History to the Present Day
by H. W. Janson, Dora Jane Janson

ISBN 0810910527 (0-8109-1052-7)
Hardcover, H. N. Abrams

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Dust jacket missing. Linen boards are perfect. Exterior pages slightly soiled from shelving. Same day shipping. [via]
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History of Art: Slipcased
by Anthony F. Janson, H. W. Janson

ISBN 0810934450 (0-8109-3445-0)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc

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For thousands of art lovers both amateur and professional, aesthetic life began with Janson, as H.W. Janson's History of Art is often called. In the first edition, published in 1962, Janson spoke to that perennial reader he gently called "the troubled layman." His opening paragraph revealed his sympathy: "Why is this supposed to be art?" he quoted rhetorically. "How often have we heard this question asked--or asked it ourselves, perhaps--in front of one of the strange, disquieting works that we are likely to find nowadays in the museum or art exhibition." Keeping that curious, questioning perspective in mind, he wrote a history of art from cave painting to Picasso that was singularly welcoming, illuminating, and exciting.
After H.W. Janson died, in 1982, his son, Anthony F. Janson, took over the daunting task of revising his father's book. Janson the elder would be thrilled with the beauty of this fifth edition, which tips the scales at more than seven pounds. Thanks to advances in printing, it teems with reproductions--736 in color and 500 black-and-white--that would have been far too costly 35 years ago. At an even 1,000 pages, it is an inch thicker than its 572-page progenitor.
Sojourning through this book, a reader is offered every amenity for a comfortable trip. Because Janson never assumes knowledge on the part of the reader, a recent immigrant from Mars could comprehend Western art from this text. The only assumption the Jansons have made is that with a little guidance everyone can come to understand the artifacts that centuries of architecture, sculpture, design, and painting have deposited in our paths. Countless readers have proven the Jansons right--and found their lives enriched in the process. [via]
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History of Art: Slipcased
by H. W. Janson

ISBN 0131833316 (0-13-183331-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA

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History of Modern Art
by H.H. Arnason, Marla F. Prather

ISBN 0131830562 (0-13-183056-2)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall

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History of Modern Art: Painting Sculpture Architecture Photography
by H.H. Arnason, Peter Kalb

ISBN 013184069X (0-13-184069-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall

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Authoritative and insightful, Arnason's History of Modern Art remains the definitive source of information on the art of the Modern Era from modernism's mid-nineteenth century European beginnings to today's divergent art trends. Now full-color throughout, this Fifth Edition has been completely redesigned to make it even more elegant and easy-to-use. New heads, subheads, and a glossary have been added to help the reader navigate the material and quickly identify areas of interest. [via]
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History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
by H. Harvard Arnason

ISBN 0133903516 (0-13-390351-6)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall

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History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography
by H. Harvard Arnason

ISBN 0132273233 (0-13-227323-3)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall

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History of Modern Art has long been recognized as the authoritative, encyclopedic history of painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture from the mid-19th century, when modern art emerged, to the present day. Revising author Marla F. Prather's contributions to the new Fourth Edition include:
-- More biographical information about each artist.
-- An entirely new chapter on Cubism.
-- A lively sense of social and historical context.
-- Coverage of work in nontraditional mediums. such as video, installation, and performance art.
-- More than 30% new illustrations and text and nearly twice the number of color illustration as in previous editions.
-- A culturally diverse selection of artists and a much broader selection of works by women.
-- Chronological reorganization of the text, an updated bibliography, and a complete index. [via]
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Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition
by Joseph Jacobs, Walter B. Denny, Penelope J. E. Davies, David L. Simon, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Ann M. Roberts

ISBN 0131934783 (0-13-193478-3)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall Pr

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Lives of the Artists
by Giorgio Vasari

ISBN 0140444602 (0-14-044460-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari depicts the young Giotto scratching his first drawings on stone; Donatello gazing at Brunelleschi's crucifix; and, Michelangelo's painstaking work on the Sistine Chapel, harassed by the impatient Pope Julius II. The Lives also convey much about Vasari himself and his outstanding abilities as a critic inspired by his passion for art. [via]
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The Lost Painting
by Jonathan Harr

ISBN 0375759867 (0-375-75986-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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The Lost Painting : The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr

ISBN 0375431535 (0-375-43153-5)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print

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In 1992 a young art student uncovered a clue in an obscure Italian archive that led to the discovery of Caravaggio's original The Taking of the Christ, a painting that had been presumed lost for over 200 years. How this clue--a single entry in an old listing of family possessions--led to a residence in Ireland and the subsequent restoration of this Italian Baroque masterpiece is the subject of this brisk and enthralling detective story. The Lost Painting reads more like a historical novel than art history, as Harr smoothly weaves several narratives together to bring the story alive. Though he does not provide an in-depth examination of the painting itself--the book is not aimed specifically at art experts--Harr does include many details for lay readers about restoration, the various methods used to track artwork through history, how originals are distinguished from copies, and an inside view of the art world, past and present. He also discusses various forensic approaches, including X ray, infrared reflectography, chemical analysis of the paints and canvas, and other modern techniques. But most of the book is focused on more primitive methods, including dogged research through dusty archives and meticulous attention to detail.
This entertaining book boasts an engaging cast of characters, all of whom are inflicted with the "Caravaggio disease," including some of the foremost Caravaggio scholars in the world, persistent students, obsessive restorers, and most of all, the artist himself. Mercurial, supremely gifted, and prone to violence, Caravaggio lived like an outlaw and a pauper most of his troubled life. Yet even when he attained wealth and fame--and briefly, respectability--he was still hounded by the law (for murder) and numerous vengeful enemies. Harr does an admirable job of bringing the man alive in these pages while keeping his long-lost painting at the center of the action. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
by Ross King

ISBN 0142003697 (0-14-200369-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Four years earlier, at the age of twenty-nine, Michelangelo had unveiled his masterful statue of David in Florence; however, he had little experience as a painter, even less working in the delicate medium of fresco, and none with the curved surface of vaults, which dominated the chapels ceiling. The temperamental Michelangelo was himself reluctant, and he stormed away from Rome, risking Juliuss wrath, only to be persuaded to eventually begin.
Michelangelo would spend the next four years laboring over the vast ceiling. He executed hundreds of drawings, many of which are masterpieces in their own right. Contrary to legend, he and his assistants worked standing rather than on their backs, and after his years on the scaffold, Michelangelo suffered a bizarre form of eyestrain that made it impossible for him to read letters unless he held them at arms length. Nonetheless, he produced one of the greatest masterpieces of all time, about which Giorgio Vasari, in his Lives of the Artists, wrote, There is no other work to compare with this for excellence, nor could there be.

Ross Kings fascinating new book tells the story of those four extraordinary years. Battling against ill health, financial difficulties, domestic problems, inadequate knowledge of the art of fresco, and the popes impatience, Michelangelo created figuresdepicting the Creation, the Fall, and the Floodso beautiful that, when they were unveiled in 1512, they stunned his onlookers. Modern anatomy has yet to find names for some of the muscles on his nudes, they are painted in such detail. While he worked, Rome teemed around him, its politics and rivalries with other city-states and with France at fever pitch, often intruding on his work. From Michelangelos experiments with the composition of pigment and plaster to his bitter competition with the famed painter Raphael, who was working on the neighboring Papal Apartments, Ross King presents a magnificent tapestry of day-to-day life on the ingenious Sistine scaffolding and outside in the upheaval of early-sixteenth-century Rome.
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
by Michael Baxandall

ISBN 019282144X (0-19-282144-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Serving as both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and as a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period, this new edition to Baxandall's pre-eminent scholarly volume examines early Renaissance painting, and explains how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and habits that evolve out of daily life. Renaissance painting, for example, mirrors the experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. The volume includes discussions of a wide variety of painters, including Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Stefano di Giovanni, Sandro Botticelli, Masaccio, Luca Signorelli, Boccaccio, and countless others. Baxandall also defines and illustrates sixteen concepts used by a contemporary critic of painting, thereby assembling the basic equipment needed to explore fifteenth-century art.
This new second edition includes an appendix that lists the original Latin and Italian texts referred to throughout the book, providing the reader with all the relevant, authentic sources. It also contains an updated bibliography and a new reproduction of a recently restored painting which replaces the original. [via]
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The Shock of the New
by Robert Hughes

ISBN 0070311277 (0-07-031127-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Humanities Social

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A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. [via]
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The Story of Art
by Ernst Hans J. Gombrich

ISBN 0714832472 (0-7148-3247-2)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd

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"The Story of Art", one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Professor Gombrich's clear and engaging text combines with hundreds of full-colour illustrations to trace the history of art in an unfolding narrative, from primitive cave paintings to controversial art works of the present day. [via]
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Ways of Seeing
by John Berger

ISBN 0140135154 (0-14-013515-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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John Bergers Classic Text on Art

John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.

"Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . He is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation" Peter Fuller, Arts Review

"The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace" Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling

Winner of the 1972 Booker Prize for his novel, G., John Peter Berger (born November 5th, 1926) is an art critic, painter and author of many novels including A Painter of Our Time, From A to X and Bentos Sketchbook.
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Women, Art and Society
by Whitney Chadwick

ISBN 0500202419 (0-500-20241-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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A reappraisal of the position and work of women artists from the Middle Ages to the present. It examines the way in which women's work has been perceived in the history of Western art - often in direct reference to gender - and re-examines the works themselves. Revisions and new illustrations bring this volume up-to-date, with an additional chapter focusing on issues of identity, class, race and sexuality, many of which are addressed in the work of contemporary artists. Some of those discussed are Rachel Whiteread, Mona Hatoum, Hanna Wilke, Kiki Smith, Sophie Calle and Susan Hiller. [via]
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