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Creation : art since the beginning / John-Paul Stonard.

Fine Arts Library N5300 .S86 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stonard, John-Paul, 1973- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Art--History.
Art.
art history.
Genre:
Informational works.
History.
Physical Description:
459 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2021
Summary:
"Creation tells the extraordinary story of how people all over the globe, from prehistory to the present day, have created images in order to understand the world they inhabit. It explores the remarkable endurance of this creative impulse, and by tracing the diversity of artistic forms through the ages, offers a comprehensive and exhilarating introduction to world art." -- from the publisher
Contents:
Signs of life
Eyes wide open
Ages of elegance
Jade and bronze
The human measure
Roads to empire
Suffering and desire
Golden saints
The name of the prophet
Invaders and inventors
Serpents, skulls, standing stones
Sound and light
Travellers in the mist
Spellbound
The new life
The ordering of vision
Spectacular small things
Bronze kings
Some kind of genius
Shadows and power
An open window
Choosing to be human
The poetic impulse
Everyday revolutions
Mountains and oceans
New worlds
After the trauma.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-447) and index.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781408879689
1408879689
OCLC:
1263817761

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