History of Art (Trade Version) - Hardcover

Janson, H.W.; Janson, Anthony F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810934469 ISBN 13: 9780810934467

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

With more than four million copies in print in 14 languages, History of Art has long been considered the indispensable art reference. Now, this classic survey of Western art returns in a thoroughly updated and expanded Sixth Edition with 150 new illustrations, completely redrawn maps, and updated bibliography and website directory. The much-anticipated new edition brings together the impeccable reproduction quality and scholarship of its predecessors with enhanced coverage of many periods and newly illustrated sidebars devoted to music, theater, and historical background.The Sixth Edition, reflecting the latest scholarship, makes History of Art's standing as the authority on Western art and artists more solid than ever.

About this title

About the Author:

H.W. Janson was Professor of Fine Arts at New York University and its graduate centre, the Institute of Fine Arts. He made extraordinary contributions to a popular understanding of art, beginning with The Story of Painting and Picture History of Painting in the 1950s. Anthony F. Janson, art historian, teacher and museum curator, has written widely on European and American art from the Renaissance to the modern era. He worked closely with his father to revise the highly successful History of Art for Young People and has been the revising author of History of Art since 1982.

Synopsis:

This survey of Western art is now in its sixth edition. New features in this edition include: over 150 new illustrations; updated maps; Website directory; new content on Ancient art, Neoclassical/Romanticism and Architecture; and a discography of recommended recordings.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0810934469
• ISBN 13: 9780810934467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 997