Art Past Art Present - Softcover

Wilkins, David G.

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ISBN 10: 0137409451 ISBN 13: 9780137409457

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

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Softback edition. Minor shelfwear to cover, otherwise very good. Many B&W and colour photos throughout. Prompt UK dispatch, this item has been donated the proceeds raised will help fund the palliative care services provided by Wakefield Hospice.

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From the Back Cover:

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW EDITION

This new fifth edition of Art Past Art Present builds on its reputation for balanced coverage of global art, with new sect in Chapter 3 "Ancient Art," on the Olmec in Mesoamerica, Nomadic Art in Siberia, the Han Dynasty in China, and Dongson Culture in Vietnam. Chapter 4, "Art from 200-1400," no", includes Moai Ancestor Figures from Polynesia, an The Great Mosque at Jenne, while later chapters see new units on Machu Picchu, The Taj Mahal, and eighteenth-century art in Korea. Coverage of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has been comprehensively revised and expanded, in Chapter 10 "Art from 1900-1949," Chapter 11 "Art from 1950-1999," and the newly created Chapter 12 "Art in the Nee Millennium," which includes such works as Mariko Mori's Wave UFO, and Bill Viola's Five Angels for the Millennium.

About the Author:

David G. Wilkins is Professor Emeritus of art History and architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. Bernard Schultz is professor of art History at West Virginia University. Katheryn M. Linduff is a professor of art history and architecture at the University of Pittsburg.

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