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Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture is a two-volume collection of general art history written by Frederick Hartt. Volume I covers from the paleolithic cave paintings to late medieval art. Volume II starts at the Renaissance and ends with modern art. It was originally published in 1976 by Harry N. Abrams.
In art and architecture history, the term Orientalism refers to the works of the Western artists who specialized in Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. In that time, artists and scholars were described as Orientalists, especially in France.
This is a partial list of works in MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, organized by type. MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design was founded in 1932 [ 27 ] as the first museum department in the world dedicated to the intersection of architecture and design. [ 28 ]
The following is a list of works of sculpture, architecture, and painting by the Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The numbering follows Rudolph Wittkower's Catalogue, published in 1966 in Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. [1] [2] [3]
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Ranging from medieval stained glass to 21st-century furniture from Kansas City artists, the museum houses pieces of architecture and decorative arts. Some significant pieces are an armor set for both a knight and his horse from 16th-century Italy and more than 1,300 examples of English pottery in the Burnap Collection.
The United Electrical Workers union is teaming up with an art group to save a historic mural — considered one of the oldest public art pieces in the Chicago area — inside its Near West Side ...
The history of art is often told as a chronology of masterpieces created during each civilization. It can thus be framed as a story of high culture, epitomized by the Wonders of the World. On the other hand, vernacular art expressions can also be integrated into art historical narratives, referred to as folk arts or craft.