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The Oxford History of WESTERN ART * | ' he Oxford History of Western Art is an i innovative and challenging reappraisal JL of how the history of art can be pre sented and understood. Through a carefully devised modular structure, readers are given insights not only into how and why works of art were created, but also how works in different media relate to each other across time. Here— uniquely—is not the simple, linear “story” of art, but a rich series of stories, told from vary ing viewpoints. Carefully selected groupings of pictures give readers a sense of the visual "texture” of the var ious periods and episodes covered. The 167 illus tration groups, supported by explanatory text and picture captions, create a sequence of "visual tours”—not merely a procession of individually “great” works viewed in isolation, but juxtaposi tions of significant images that powerfully convey a sense of the visual environments in which works of art need to be viewed in order to be under stood and appreciated. The aim throughout is to make the shape and nature of these visual presen tations a stimulating and rewarding experience, allowing readers to become active participants in the process of interpretation and synthesis. Another key feature of the narrative is the re definition of traditional period boundaries. Rather than relying on conventional labels such as Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, etc., Martin Kemp establishes five major phases of significant historical change that unlock longer and more meaningful continuities: ♦ The art of classical antiquity, from c600 BC to the fall of Rome in AD 410 ♦ The establishment of visual culture in Europe from 410 to 1527 (the sack of papal Rome) ♦ European visual regimes from 1527 to 1770 ♦ The era of revolutions, 1770 to 1914 ♦ Modernism and after, 1914 to 2000 usa $65.00 The Oxford History of Western Art The Oxford History of Western Art Edited by Martin Kemp OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0X2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw with associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries - Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © In the text: Oxford University Press 2000 © Introduction and compilation: Martin Kemp 2000 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2000 All rights reserved. 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Frontispiece: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508-12) Contents Advisory Panel vii Painting in the Middle Ages 124 ROBERT GIBBS The Contributors viii The Altarpiece 130 Preface xii LOUISE BOURDUA Ars Sacra c. 1200-1527 138 Introduction 2 ANDREW SPIRA Monumental Sculpture c. 13 00-1527 144 Part 1 FRANCIS AMES-LEWIS The Foundations: Greece and Rome The New Painting: Italy and the North 152 c.600 bc-ad 410 10 JOHN RICHARDS, MARTIN KEMP Greek Sculpture 12 Domestic Arts 162 ANDREW STEWART BETH L. HOLMAN Greek Pictorial Arts 24 The Print 170 STELLA G. MILLER PATRICIA A. EMISON Greek Art Beyond Greece 32 NIGEL SPIVEY Part 3 Roman Sculpture 38 The Art of Nations: European Visual KATHERINE WELCH Regimes 1527-1770 178 Roman Painting and Mosaics 52 The International Style 180 STELLA G. MILLER ROBERT WILLIAMS Theory and Criticism 60 Forms in Space 1527-c. 1600 188 R. R. R. SMITH CHARLES AVERY Ancient Paradigms from Augustus to Mussolini 64 Forms in Space C.1600-C. 1700 196 CHRISTOPHER H. HALLETT CAROLE PAUL Free-Standing Sculpture C.1600-C.1700 210 Part 2 CHRISTOPHER BAKER Church and State: The Establishing of The Picture: Italy and France 216 European Visual Culture 410-1527 68 PAULINE MAGUIRE Early Christian Art 70 The Picture: Spain 230 JOHN RICHARDS HELENA CIECHANOWSKA, PETER CHERRY Illuminated Manuscripts 76 The Picture: Dutch and Flemish 238 WALTER LIEDTKE JOHN LOWDEN, MARTIN KAUFFMANN Ars Sacra to c.1200 92 The Picture: England 246 T. A. HESLOP ILARIA BIGNAMINI Monumental Sculpture to c. 1300 100 The Print 254 KATHLEEN LANE LINDA C. HULLS Stained Glass 108 The Interior 262 SARAH BROWN MAURICE HOWARD Contents Forms in Space c. 1700-1770 280 Alternative Media 442 MALCOLM BAKER KENNETH G. HAY Academies, Theories and Critics 290 Photography 452 KAREN-EDIS BARZMAN IAN JEFFREY The International Diaspora 294 Alternative Centres: The Soviet Union 470 TANIA COSTA TRIBE DAVID JACKSON Alternative Centres: Latin America 474 TANIA COSTA TRIBE Part 4 The Era of Revolutions 1770-1914 302 Alternative Centres: India 478 CLARE HARRIS vi Pictures and Publics 304 Alternative Centres: African and Afro-Caribbean 482 JOHN GOODMAN PETRINE ARCHER-STRAW, SALAH M. HASSAN Sculptures and Publics 340 Alternative Centres: Canada and Australia 490 ALISON W. YARRINGTON, PHILIP WARD-JACKSON, MALCOLM KYLA C. GUTSCHE, REBECCA HOSSACK BAKER Postmodernism 494 The Print 358 PAUL CROWTHER LINDA C. HULTS Art History 510 Photography 366 PAUL CROWTHER IAN JEFFREY Critics and Criticism 514 Design and Industry 380 MALCOLM GEE CHARLOTTE BENTON Art Museums and Galleries 518 The Rise of Art History 396 BRANDON TAYLOR PAUL CROWTHER Art Criticism and Aesthetic Ideals 400 CAROL Μ. ARMSTRONG Epilogue 524 Art Museums and Galleries 404 Chronology 528 CAROL DUNCAN Glossary 536 Part 5 Further Reading 540 Modernism and After 1914-2000 410 Picture Acknowledgements 548 The International Style 412 MIKE O’MAHONY Index 550
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