Art - A History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture vol.1 (Prehistory, Ancient World, Middle Ages)

1976·108.36 MB·English

by  Frederick Hartt

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STORY OF
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Painting Sculpture Architecture
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VOLUME
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PREHISTORY ANCIENT WORLD MIDDLE AGES
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Frederick Hartt
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The indiv/na.^ work ofan is a source
ofinexhaustible richness to the individual
human being.
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Frederick Hartt
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The most comprehensive and best-illustrated
introduction to Western art, the two volumes of
ART: A History of Painting, Sculpture,
A VD Architecture offer the reader:
• 1,271 illustrations, including 157 in full
color and 28 with gold
34 'naps created especially for this work;
every unfamiliar place name men-
tioned in the text is located
• 6 time lines, 3 in each volume, that relate
important historical and cultural events
to the arts of their period
• a glossary in each volume that explains
unfamiliar terms
• a bibliography in each volume
Its author, Professor Frederick Hartt, is a truly
gifted teacher. He evokes the place and time in
which each great civilization flourished, and
shows how individual works of art express it.
Volume begins with the Old Stone Age and
I
follows mankind's artistic development
through the end of the Middle Ages. Its three
major parts—Art Before Writing, The Ancient
World, and The Middle Ages—examine the
painting, sculpture, and architecture of more
than twenty civilizations. The arts of ancient
Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Islamic world
are studied in detail, as are those of the Early
Christian and Early Byzantine, Romanesque,
and Gothic eras.
597illustrations, including 71plates infullcolor
and 20 with gold, plus 22 maps
Volume II begins with the Proto-Renaissance
in Italy and follows mankind's artistic devel-
opment down to the present. Its three major
parts—The Renaissance, The Baroque, and
The Modem World—examine the dominant
schools and themes from the time ofCimabue
•ntii today. The art ofMasaccio, Jan van Eyck,
Michelangelo, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt,
and Velazquez receives special treatment, as
does that ofsuch modem masters as Cezanne,
Matisse, and Picasso. Coverage of the twen-
tieth century is particularly rich, as Professor
Hartt explores the influences ofthe past and of
modem technology on the art and architecture
ofour own time.
674 illustratirirs, including86plates infullcolor
and 'i \*ui\ \v.id, plus 12 maps
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ART
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History of Painting Sculpture Architecture
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FREDERICK HARTT
Paul Goodloe Mclntire Professor ofthe History ofArt • University of Virginia
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Painting Sculpture Architecture
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PREHISTORY ANCIENT WORLD MIDDLE AGES
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Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York
John P. ONeill. Editor
Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hartl. Frederick.
Art: a histor\ ofpainting, sculpture, and architecture.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
contents: v. 1. Prehistory, the ancient world, the Middle Ages.-v. 2. The
Renais-sance. the Baroque, the modern world.
1. Art-^History. I. Title.
N5300.H283 709 75-33649
ISBN 0-8109-0264-8 (V. I)
Librarv ofCongress Catalogue Card Number: 75-33649
Published in 1976 by Harry N. .Abrams. Incorporated. New York.
All rights reserved. No part ofthe contents ofthis book may be
reproduced without the written permission ofthe publishers.
Printed and bound in Japan
TO
MEYER SCHAPIRO
Scholar, teacher, counselor,friend
Contents
FOREWORD INTRODUCTION
PAGE page
11 13
PART ONE
Art
Before Writing
PAGE
23
1. Paleolithic Art (Old Stone Age), 30,000 to 4. Black African Art page 40
19,000 B.C. PAGE 26
5. Oceanic Art PAGE 44
2. Neolithic Art (New Stone Age), 8000 to
3000 B.C. PAGE 32
6. North American Indian Art PAGE 46
3. The Bronze and Iron Ages. 3000 to First
Century B.C. page 37 Time Line PAGE 48
PART TWO
The Ancient World
PAGE
51
1. Egyptian Art PAGE 54 5. Etruscan Art PAGE 170
2. Mesopotamian Art PAGE 75 6. Roman Art PAGE 176
3. Aegean Art PAGE 90 7. Pre-Columbian Art PAGE 231
4. Greek Art PAGE 100 Time Line PAGE 238
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PART THREE
The Middle Ages
PAGE
243
1. Early Christian and Early Byzantine Art 6. Ottonian Art PAGE 302
PAGE 246
7. Romanesque Art PAGE 309
2. The Art of the Migrations PAGE 272
Middle and Later Byzantine Art page 336
8.
Hiberno-Saxon Art PAGE 277
3.
4. Islamic Art PAGE 280 9. Gothic Art PAGE 368
5. Carolingian Art PAGE 293 Time Line page 434
GLOSSARY PAGE 439 BIBLIOGRAPHY page 449 INDEX PAGE459
photographic CREDITS
COLORPLATES ponnesos and Cre/e-Page 92 • 8. Southern Italy,
Greece, and Western Asia Minor-Page 102 • 9. The
Colorplates J-16followpage 128' Colorplates 17-33 Acropolis, Athens-PsLgQ 128* 10. Etruria-Pa.gQ 171 •
followpage 208 • Colorplates 34-52followpage 336 • 11. Central America and Northwestern South
Colorplates 53-71followpage 416 • America-Pa.ge 233 • 12. Europe-Pa.gQ 248 •
13. Near East, Middle East, and Asia-Page 274 •
MAPS 14. Mesopotamia-Page 282 • 15. Romanesque
Western Europe-Page 310' 16. Burgundy-Page 31
1. Europe and the Near East-Fsige 24 • 2. South- ' 17. Southern France-Page 317 • 18. Italy-Page
western Erance-?a.gQ 29 • 3. West Africa-Fa.gc 40 • 323 ' 19. Western and Central Europe-Page 369 •
4. South Pacific-VdigQ 44 • 5. Ancient Egypt-?2ige 20. France-Page 374 ' 2\. Southern England-Page
55 • 6. Mesopotamia and Persia-Pa.gQ 76 • 7. Pelo- 394 ' 11. Romanesque and Gothic Italy-Page 403 •