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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Bird |
| ISBN: | 9781856697958 1856697959 |
| OCLC Number: | 772692259 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- 100 Ideas that Changed Art -- Glossary -- Index -- Picture Credits. Cave and rock art -- Fired clay -- Land as material -- Statue -- Wall painting -- Scaling up -- Narrative -- Relief carving -- Body as surface -- The nude -- Contrapposto -- Propaganda -- Lost-wax carving -- Paper -- Memorial -- Architectural sculpture -- Word as image -- Colored glass -- Frame -- Icon -- Making books -- The grotesque -- Erotic art -- Handwriting -- Mosaic -- Multi-panel painting -- Miniatures -- Oil paint -- Window on the world -- Mathematics -- Linear perspective -- Trompe-l'oeil -- Color codes -- Allegory -- Portrait -- The sketch -- Mirrors -- Printmaking -- Chiaroscuro -- Anatomy -- Still life -- Copying -- Canvas -- Camera obscura -- Reinventing Greek art -- Landscape -- Series -- Collections -- History painting -- Whiteness -- Academies -- Romanticism -- Authenticity -- The artist -- Watercolor -- Confronting reality -- Medievalism -- Dealing -- Capturing the instant -- Assemblage -- Commercial design -- Paint in tubes -- Photography -- Art colonies -- The unconscious -- The primitive -- Multiple viewpoints -- Collage -- Machine forms -- Abstract art -- Satire -- Found objects -- Kinetic art -- Scenes of daily life -- Installation -- Expressing inner states -- Plastics -- Protest -- Documentary -- Chance -- Shock -- Welding -- Pop -- Less is more -- Opticality -- Hallucinogens -- Performance art -- Personal is political -- Moving images -- Conceptual art -- Titles -- Body as medium -- Street art -- Globalization -- Digital technology -- Museum -- Negative space -- The internet -- Ephemerality. |
| Series Title: | 100 Ideas. |
| Other Titles: | One hundred ideas that changed art Hundred ideas that changed art Ideas that changed art Art |
| Responsibility: | Michael Bird. |
Abstract:
From the earliest cave paintings through to the internet and street art, this inspiring book chronicles the 100 most influential ideas that have shaped the world of art. Arranged in broadly chronological order, it provides a source of inspiration and a fascinating resource for the general reader to dip into.
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..".a succinct account of the most influential developments in the history of art." - Maria Popova, Brainpickings
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