Western art and the wider world /
Wood, Paul,
Western art and the wider world / Paul Wood. - First edition. - 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations
Edition statement from running title area.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Western Art and the Wider World explores the evolving relationship between the Western canon of art, as it has developed since the Renaissance, and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas.-Explores the origins, influences, and evolving relationship between the Western canon of art as it has developed since the Renaissance and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas -Makes the case for 'world art' long before the fashion of globalization -Charts connections between areas of study in art that long were considered in isolation, such as the Renaissance encounter with the Ottoman Empire, the influence of Japanese art on the 19th-century French avant-garde and of African art on early modernism, as well as debates about the relation of 'contemporary art' to the past.-Written by a well-known art historian and co-editor of the landmark Art in Theory volumes.
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EB00211212 Recorded Books
546898 MIL
Art--History.
ART--History--General.
Art.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
N5300
709
Western art and the wider world / Paul Wood. - First edition. - 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations
Edition statement from running title area.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Western Art and the Wider World explores the evolving relationship between the Western canon of art, as it has developed since the Renaissance, and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas.-Explores the origins, influences, and evolving relationship between the Western canon of art as it has developed since the Renaissance and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas -Makes the case for 'world art' long before the fashion of globalization -Charts connections between areas of study in art that long were considered in isolation, such as the Renaissance encounter with the Ottoman Empire, the influence of Japanese art on the 19th-century French avant-garde and of African art on early modernism, as well as debates about the relation of 'contemporary art' to the past.-Written by a well-known art historian and co-editor of the landmark Art in Theory volumes.
1306156475 9781306156479 9781118781401 1118781406 9781444333923 1444333925 9781118598771 1118598776 9781118598740 1118598741
EB00211212 Recorded Books
546898 MIL
Art--History.
ART--History--General.
Art.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
N5300
709