Brieger Peter Vickers G Stephen (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings; no jacket. Volumes 1 and 2 of Art and Man: Ancient and Mediaeval / Renaissance and Baroque.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Textbook on ancient art covers Greek, Roman and some Byzantine 210p. illus.(some col>) glossary index. (Some underlining, has a faint musty smell, but no sign of damp or damage). Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition 2nd Printing. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (School Stamp on Front Fixed Endpaper); Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. CONSULTANTS: William Withrow, B.A., (Director, The Art Gallery of Toronto); K. English, B.A. (Associate Professor of Art, Althouse College of Education, University of Western Ontario); A. Louise Griffith, M.A., (Head of the English Department, Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute, Scarborough). CONTENTS: Introduction 1. The Leadership of Florence 2. The High Renaissance 3. Venetian Painting in the Renaissance 4. Netherlandish and German Painting in the 15th and 16th Centuries 5. Late Renaissance or Mannerist Art in Western Europe (1540-1600) 6. Early Baroque in Roman Catholic Countries 7. Later Baroque in Roman Catholic Countries 8. Baroque in Protestant Europe 9. The Eighteenth Century; Colour Plates; Plans; Glossary; Index; List of Illustrations. SERIES: Art and Man, Book II, is the second of a series of three books on the history of art published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada Limited. EXCERPT: INTRODUCTION The period in the history of art covered in this book is still the best known and most admired by the majority of people and especially by those who are critical of modern art. It abounds in names of famous artists and their works seem to portray the "real" world, in all its various aspects, with beauty and dignity. Many people find that Renaissance and Baroque art are more "natural" and "true to life" than that of the preceding or following centuries with the exception of that of Greece and Rome. But they forget that art is never a mirror or a copy of nature. It is the result of a creative act of an artist who uses what he sees in his environment and selects from it material to form an image in his mind which best expresses his thoughts and feelings . . . Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …