Art History [Anglais] [Broché]

For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.

Based on more than forty years that Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public, she found that the first goal of an introductory course should be to nurture an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. She firmly believes that students and lay readers can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.

Marilyn Stokstad offers students the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive global art history survey. 

Also available in two volumes:

Stokstad, Art History, Volume 1; ISBN 0131743201

Stokstad, Art History, Volume 2; ISBN 013199140X

Also available in Portable editions: 

Stokstad, Art History, Book 1: Ancient Art; ISBN 0136040977           

Stokstad, Art History, Book 2: Medieval Art; ISBN 0136054056           

Stokstad, Art History, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One; ISBN 0136054064           

Stokstad, Art History, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art; ISBN 0136054072           

Stokstad, Art History, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two; ISBN 0136054080           

Stokstad, Art History, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century; ISBN 0136054099

Also available in a Western Art Versions:

Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West, Combined Volume; ISBN 0132250675 

Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West, Volume I; ISBN 0131566105 

Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West, Volume II; ISBN 013156577X

Please visit www.prenhall.com/arthistory for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.

In a very short time, Marilyn Stokstad's Art History has become the gold standard of introductions to the history of art. It has transformed the way the field of art history is perceived and experienced. Engaging, accessible, and, just as important, fun, Art History gives today's readers cultural and social context for art along with eloquent visual explanations of art's special qualities and particular vocabularies. Its animated and clear narrative tells the many-sided story of art, starting with the earliest prehistoric paintings and sculpture through today's wildly varying works in new mediums.

In addition to offering an outstanding collection of color illustrations, Art History features glorious maps, chronologies, and scores of labeled line drawings and architectural plans. Special essays called "The Object Speaks" offer tantalizing insights on topics such as authenticity, patronage, and artistic intention.

Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest in scholarship, this Revised Second Edition features even more works in color and more newly cleaned or restored works. Many works of art are completely new to the book, including a wall painting from Chauvet cave, a page from the Morgan Library Picture Bible, Bronzino's Allegory with Venus and Cupid, Claude Lorrain's Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, and Courbet's The Stone Breakers, among many others. The addition of cutting edge contemporary artists Jeff Wall and Jennifer Steinkampt, and architect Daniel Libeskind bring present-day currency to the book's scope. More attention has been paid to the art and culture of the Islamic world and specifically the Ottoman Empire.