The History of Western Art Study Brief offers a handy quick reference guide to art history concepts, including an overview of different art forms and the concepts and methodologies used in properly evaluating and critiquing artworks. A concise summary of the western art periods and movements is provided. Each period's representative characteristics as well as major artists and their significant works are included with many enlightening visuals. Insside you will have right at your fingertips definitions of key terms and clear explanations of major artistic styles and trends. This is the perfect study companion for students taking a history of western art class. It makes an interesting and informative short read for anyone interested in an introduction to art history and/or art appreciation. This Study Brief aims to emphasize the basics, clarifying what every art history scholar needs to know to view and react to western artworks from different periods, including Early and High Renaissance, Venetian and Northern Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Neo-Classical, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Suprematism, Constructivism, De Stijl, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Post-Modernism and Deconstructivism. Selected descriptions of some of the greatest artworks of western civilization and short profiles of some of the most important western artists and their art are included.
Topics Covered:
Art Concepts
Forms
Methodologies
Western Art Periods and Movements
A Selection of the Greatest Artworks of Western Civilization
