Author: Edith Tomory
Publisher: Orient Longman
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 532
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125007024
Description
This volume brings the fascinating riches of artistic development within the reach of general readers as well as college and university students.
By nature, human beings love to beautify themselves and their surroundings; and they also like to share their feelings and ideas with other people. Even primitive men decorated their earthenware pots with lines or color for the sheer delight of seeing them- although these have no practical use. When civilization progressed and people had more means and time at their disposal to make things beautiful or artistic, they produced many works of art, such as imposing buildings with ornamental gardens, paintings, and sculpture.
Stress in this volume has also been laid on India's most distinctive role in world art - - its development of rock-cut architecture and its immense wealth of stone carvings.
CONTENTS: Indian Art / General Survey / Protohistoric Period / The Jharappa Civilization / Historic Periods - Architecture , Sculpture, Paintings: Murals, & Miniatures / The West: Ancient Art, Medieval Art, and Renaissance Art / Modern Art / Glossary + Books suggested for further Reading + Maps + Plates + Miudras + Index
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Plates
Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
Introduction
INDIA
1. INDIAN ART
General Survey
Protohistoric Period
The Harappa Civilisation
Historic Periods
Architecture
THE WEST
ANCIENT ART
2. Egyptian Art
3. Greek Art
4. Roman Art
MEDIEVAL ART
5. Early Christian Art
6. Byzantine Art
7. Romanesque Art
8. Gothic Art
RENAISSANCE ART
9. Italian Art
Proto- Renaissance
Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
Baroque
10. Flemish art
11. German Art
13. Dutch Art
14. English Art
15. French Art
MODERN TRENDS
16. Modern Art
Glossary
Books suggested for further reading
Maps
Plates
Mudras
Index