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The Art Atlas is the first work to present the art of the entire world from ancient to modern times through extensive use of specially commissioned maps. Covering painting, sculpture, and architecture as well as other arts and artifacts, the volume provides an entirely new vision of the history of the world's art by showing how physical and political geography has shaped its developments. Over 350 pages in scope, Atlas compares countries separated by thousands of miles and many centuries, demonstrating how the art of each is affected by opportunities and constraints dictated by location or culture. Here, for the first time, readers can appreciate the art of prehistoric Oceania and the Nile Valley of the Pharaohs alongside that of nineteenth-century Russia and the twentieth-century United States. In addition to showing where and when great artists lived and worked, Atlas explains how major styles developed and the ways in which art has been influenced by religion, trade, travel, war, and other historical factors. The volume also provides the first comprehensive picture of the impact of the natural world on the development of art, charting the sources of fibers for weaving, pigments for coloring, wood for carving, paper for printing, and stone for use in sculpture and architecture. With its combination of enormous breadth and constant clarity of focus, abdundant illustrations and a user-friendly, searchable CD, Atlas provides exceptional insight into what unites art and what makes it so varied. Organized into seven chronological periods and including contributions from 68 internationally renowned art historians, The Art Atlas is an original, comprehensive and up-todate reference work that will be a benchmark for many years to come.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents from: The Art Atlas Contributors Introduction PART I Art, Hunting and Gathering 40,000-5000 BC - John Onians THE WORLD Early Ice Age Art 40,000-20,000 BC - Paul Bahn Later Ice Age Art 20,000-10,000 BC - Paul Bahn Postglacial Art 10,000-5000 BC - Paul Bahn PART II Art, Agriculture and Urbanization 5000-500 BC - John Onians THE WORLD The World 10,000-3000 BC - Chris Scarre THE AMERICAS The Americas 5000-500 BC - Frank Meddens EUROPE Europe 7000-2500 BC - Chris Scarre Europe 2500-500 BC - Chris Scarre The Aegean 2000-1000 BC - John Bennet The Mediterranean 1000-500 BC - John Boardman AFRICA Africa 5000-500 BC - Peter Shinnie The Nile Valley 3000-2000 BC - Christina Riggs ASIA & THE PACIFIC West Asia 3000-2000 BC - Paul Collins West Asia 2000-500 BC - Paul Collins Central and South Asia 5000-500 BC - Ruth Young East Asia and China 5000-500 BC - Wang Tao Japan and Korea 5000-500 BC - Simon Kaner The Pacific and Indonesia 5000-500 BC - Robert Welsch PART III Art, War and Empire 500 BC-AD 600 - John Onians EUROPE Europe 500 BC-AD 300 - Timothy Taylor The Aegean 500-300 BC- John Onians The Eastern Mediterranean 500-100 BC - Martin Henig The Western Mediterranean 500-100 BC - Martin Henig The Mediterranean 100 BC-AD 100 - Martin Henig The Mediterranean AD 100-300 - Martin Henig Europe AD 300-600 - Martin Henig AFRICA Africa 500 BC-AD 600 - Peter Shinnie The Nile Valley 500 BC-AD 300 - Christina Riggs North Africa AD 300-600 - Ruth Leader-Newby ASIA & THE PACIFIC West Asia 500-300 BC - Elspeth Dusinberre West Asia 300 BC-AD 600 - Murray Eiland Central Asia 5000-500 BC - Ruth Young East Asia and China 500 BC-AD 600 - Burzine Waghmar and Ruth Young South Asia 500 BC-AD 600 - Naman Ahuja China 500 BC-AD 600 - Wang Tao Japan and Korea 500 BC-AD 600 - Simon Kaner Southeast Asia 500 BC-AD 600 - Robert Welsch The Pacific 500 BC-AD 600 - Robert Welsch PART IV Art, Religion and the Ruler 600-1500 - John Onians THE AMERICAS North America 600-1500 - Norman Bancroft-Hunt Central America 600-1500 - Jeffrey Blomster South America 600-1500 - Frank Meddens EUROPE Europe 600-800 - Lawrence Nees Europe 800-1000 - Lawrence Nees Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia 600-1500 - Barbara Zeitler Northern Europe 1000-1200 - Alexandra Gajewsky Southern Europe 1000-1200 - Alexandra Gajewsky Northern Europe 1200-1300 - Benjamin Withers Southern Europe 1200-1300 - Benjamin Withers Northern Europe 1300-1500 - Thomas Tolley Southern Europe 1300-1500 - Thomas Tolley Italy 1300-1400 - Mary Hollingsworth Italy 1400-1500 - Mary Hollingsworth AFRICA North Africa 600-1500 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom Sub-Saharan Africa 600-1500 - Herbert Cole ASIA & THE PACIFIC West Asia and Egypt 600-1000 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom West Asia 1000-1500 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom Central Asia 600-1500 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom South Asia 600-1500 - Daud Ali China 600-1300 - Martin Powers China and Tibet 1300-1500 - Jennifer Purtle Japan and Korea 600-1500 - Bruce Coats Southeast Asia 600-1500 - Robert Welsch The Pacific 600-1500 - Robert Welsch PART V Art, Exploitation and Display 1500-1800 - John Onians THE AMERICAS North America 1500-1800 - Norman Bancroft-Hunt Central America 1500-1800 - Norman Bancroft-Hunt South America 1500-1800 - Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann EUROPE Europe 1500-1600 - Mark Lindholm Scandinavia and the Baltic 1500-1800 - Kristoffer Neville Poland and Lithuania 1500-1800 - Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius Russia 1500-1800 - Alison Hilton Britain 1500-1600 - Tim Barringer and Morna O'Neill Britain 1666-1800 - Tim Barringer and Morna O'Neill The Northern Netherlands 1500-1800 - Elisabeth de Bievre The Southern Netherlands 1500-1800 - Susan Koslow Germany and Switzerland 1500-1650 - Kristoffer Neville Germany and Switzerland 1650-1800 - Kristoffer Neville France 1500-1650 - David Thomson France 1650-1800 - David Thomson Spain and Portugal 1500-1800 - John Moffitt Italy 1500-1600 - Mary Hollingsworth Italy 1600-1800 - Carole Paul Southeast Europe 1500-1800 - Stefan Muthesius Europe 1600-1800 - Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann AFRICA North Africa 1500-1800 - Stephen Vernoit Sub-Saharan Africa 1500-1800 - Herbert Cole ASIA & THE PACIFIC Asia 1500-1800 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom West Asia 1500-1800 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom Central Asia 1500-1800 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom South Asia 1500-1800 - Daud Ali China and Tibet 1500-1650 - Jennifer Purtle Japan and Korea 1500-1800 - Bruce Coats Southeast Asia 1500-1800 - Miranda Bruce-Mitford The Pacific 1500-1800 - Anne d'Alleva PART VI Art, Industry and Science 1800-1900 - John Onians THE AMERICAS North America 1800-1860 - Peter Kalb North America 1860-1900 - Jonathan Meuli and Peter Kalb Central America and the Caribbean 1800-1900 - Norman Bancroft-Hunt South America 1800-1900 - Laura Malosetti Costa EUROPE Europe 1800-1900 - Claire O'Mahony Scandinavia and the Baltic 1800-1900 - Kristoffer Neville Russia 1800-1900 - Alison Hilton Britain 1800-1900 - Tim Barringer and Morna O'Neill The Netherlands and Belgium 1800-1900 - Jane Beckett Germany and Switzerland 1800-1900 - Stefan Muthesius France 1800-1900 - Claire O'Mahony Spain and Portugal 1800-1900 - John Moffitt Italy 1800-1900 - Claire O'Mahony Austria-Hungary and Southeast Europe 1800-1900 - Stefan Muthesius AFRICA North Africa 1800-1900 - Stephen Vernoit Sub-Saharan Africa 1800-1900 - Herbert Cole ASIA & THE PACIFIC West Asia 1800-1900 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom Central Asia 1800-1900 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom South Asia 1800-1900 - Marcella Sirhandi China and Tibet 1800-1900 - Jennifer Purtle Japan and Korea 1800-1900 - Bruce Coats Southeast Asia 1800-1900 - Miranda Bruce-Mitford The Pacific 1800-1900 - Jocelyne Dudding Australia and New Zealand 1800-1900 - Anita Callaway PART VII Art, Ideas and Technology 1900-2000 - John Onians THE AMERICAS North America 1900-1950 - Peter Kalb North America 1950-2000 - Peter Kalb Central America and the Caribbean 1900-2000 - Norman Bancroft-Hunt South America 1900-2000 - Isobel Whitelegg EUROPE Europe 1900-2000 - Mike O'Mahony Scandinavia and the Baltic States 1900-2000 - Anna Brodow Russia 1900-2000 - Alison Hilton Britain and Ireland 1900-2000 - Tim Barringer and Morna O'Neill The Netherlands and Belgium 1900-2000 - Jane Beckett Germany, Switzerland and Austria 1900-2000 - Mike O'Mahony Eastern Europe 1900-2000 - Myroslava Mudrak France 1900-2000 - Stephen Eskilson Spain and Portugal 1900-2000 - John Moffitt Italy 1900-2000 - Mike O'Mahony AFRICA North Africa 1900-2000 - Stephen Vernoit Eastern and Central Africa 1900-2000 - Herbert Cole West Africa 1900-2000 - Herbert Cole Southern Africa 1900-2000 - Michael Godby ASIA & THE PACIFIC Asia 1900-2000 - Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom West Asia 1900-2000 - Stephen Vernoit Central Asia 1900-2000 - Min Mao South Asia 1900-2000 - Marcella Sirhandi China 1900-2000 - Michael Sullivan Japan and Korea 1900-2000 - Bruce Coats Southeast Asia 1900-2000 - Miranda Bruce-Mitford The Pacific 1900-2000 - Robert Welsch Australia and New Zealand 1900-2000 - Anita Callaway THE WORLD Art Institutions Worldwide 2000 - Rodney Palmer Bibliography Picture Credits and Locations/Note on Spellings and Place Names Index

About the Author :
John Onians is Professor of Visual Arts at the School of World Art Studies and Museology at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Art and Thought in the Hellenistic Age: The Greek World View, 350-50 BC (1979), Bearers of Meaning: The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1988) and editor of Sight and Insight: Essays on Art and Culture in Honour of E. H. Gombrich at 85 (1994). He was also the founding editor of the prestigious journal Art History.

Review :
Praise for The Art Atlas: "Through the innovative use of maps, The Art Atlas clearly illustrates that, at bottom, art is and always has been a global affair. Explores the relationship between art and local geography/culture in an excitingly new way. A must for every art classroom and library, a host of scholars make this a fine text for either art or social study class. Excellent reproductions; highly recommended. *****" -- Art Times "The sheer range of information and tabulated detail is staggering, useful and informative." - Art Monthly "There is no living scholar who could know more than a fraction of what is contained here." - Times Higher Education Supplement "Highly recommended. All libraries; all levels." -- Choice "The searchable CD-ROM offers additional access beyond the already details index." -- Library Journal


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  • ISBN-13: 9780789209610
  • Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Artabras
  • Height: 337 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • ISBN-10: 0789209616
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2008
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Width: 254 mm


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