Can anyone recommend a good art history bk?
Betty A. Muldowney
This is my first time in this news group. I am
currently taking two beginning art classes at SAGE
college in Albany, NY. and have been looking for
a good art history book (one that covers all the
time periods... Impressionist, etc,...), along with
artists that shaped those eras, some history on the
artists and example of their works.
Any suggestions on a title, author, cost , and
where I can find it?
-Thanks!
Betty
Kylo Ginsberg
My first art history survey course used Frederick's Hartt's book with
the snappy title _Art_. I can recommend it. You may only want the
second volume (all that I have) which goes from the Renaissance
forward. Many folks have also used an analogous survey book by Janson
(Jansen?).
Either one of these authors will probably provide you with an
encyclopedic survey of art history, complete with capsules on artists,
samples of their work (tons o' plates), lineages sketched, etc, etc.
And with all those plates, any of these books will be very pricey.
You might try used book stores (they're often assigned as textbooks,
and thus might be picked up on the cheap in a college town) before you
plunk down $40 or $50 at a new store.
HTH!
--Kylo
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| --W.H. Auden
Ann Griffith
>Date: 13 Sep 1995 16:31:28 GMT
>>Hi everyone!
>currently taking two beginning art classes at SAGE
>college in Albany, NY. and have been looking for
>a good art history book (one that covers all the
>time periods... Impressionist, etc,...), along with
>artists that shaped those eras, some history on the
>artists and example of their works.
>
> Any suggestions on a title, author, cost , and
>where I can find it?
And there is the venerable _History of Art_ by
Janson. It has been released in so many editions that
you can pick up a used copy somewhere for not
much money. It is used for art history classes
and covers Paleolithic through 20th century art.
Beware the early editions with no (known) female
artists included.
Ann
Jeff Frane
>Hi everyone!
> This is my first time in this news group. I am
>currently taking two beginning art classes at SAGE
>college in Albany, NY. and have been looking for
>a good art history book (one that covers all the
>time periods... Impressionist, etc,...), along with
>artists that shaped those eras, some history on the
>artists and example of their works.
> Any suggestions on a title, author, cost , and
>where I can find it?
Janson.
If you check the remainder catalogs, or remainder bookstores, you
*may* be able to pick up an earlier edition than whatever is current
for $25 or so.
--Jeff
jabu...@cpcug.org
>muld...@unconfigured.xvnews.domain (Betty A. Muldowney) wrote:
>>Hi everyone!
>> This is my first time in this news group. I am
>>currently taking two beginning art classes at SAGE
>>college in Albany, NY. and have been looking for
>>a good art history book (one that covers all the
>>time periods... Impressionist, etc,...), along with
>>artists that shaped those eras, some history on the
>>artists and example of their works.
>>
>
pricey, but does the job from prehistoric to 20th century, including photography.
1182 illustrations, 557 in color, it fits on a coffee table, but deserves more respect.
paul ilechko
>muld...@unconfigured.xvnews.domain (Betty A. Muldowney) wrote:
>> This is my first time in this news group. I am
>>currently taking two beginning art classes at SAGE
>>college in Albany, NY. and have been looking for
>>a good art history book (one that covers all the
>>time periods... Impressionist, etc,...), along with
>>artists that shaped those eras, some history on the
>>artists and example of their works.
>>where I can find it?
for modern art - Herbert Read's "A concise history of modern painting"
is an excellent introduction. easily available, published by "world
of art"
paul
Albert Evans
history bk?>, 'jfr...@teleport.com (Jeff Frane)' wrote:
>muld...@unconfigured.xvnews.domain (Betty A. Muldowney) wrote:
>
>>currently taking two beginning art classes at SAGE
>>college in Albany, NY. and have been looking for
>>a good art history book (one that covers all the
>>time periods... Impressionist, etc,...), along with
>>artists that shaped those eras, some history on the
>>artists and example of their works.
>
>> Any suggestions on a title, author, cost , and
>>where I can find it?
>
>
>If you check the remainder catalogs, or remainder bookstores, you
>*may* be able to pick up an earlier edition than whatever is current
>for $25 or so.
>
>--Jeff
>
I know, I know, it's been in print for untold eons, but honestly--has there
ever been a more boring book written about a fascinating subject than that
goddamn Janson?
Just MHO, of course.
---
AE
Glass House
NYC
Ron Anderson
Check out Gardner's "Art Through the Ages", much better selection
than Janson's. (Janson's is over-rated.)
Ron
Diane Carlson
available and costs probably 50-60$ although it is many years since I
bought it.
A good survey on the History of architecture is Kostov's A History of
Architecture (paperback about $50).
--
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Diane Carlson
"passion can create drama out of inert stone" - Le Corbusier
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david hadley
>Hi Betty. I tried to mail this to you, but I got it back (check your setup).
> Helpful, though sketchy, are Gombrich's book (The Story of Art),
> something called "Art and Ideas" (even though I disagree with much said
Do you mean the one by Gombrich called 'Art and Illusion'?
--
David Hadley.
Bob
chose it over Janson's. Both are comprehensive and pretty basic.
Bonette
bo...@best.com
it over Janson's. Both are comprehensive, pretty basic and widely
available.
Mary Lou
Azad Mahmud
: > This is my first time in this news group. I am
: >college in Albany, NY. and have been looking for
: >a good art history book (one that covers all the
: >time periods... Impressionist, etc,...), along with
: >artists that shaped those eras, some history on the
: >artists and example of their works.
: >
: > Any suggestions on a title, author, cost , and
: >where I can find it?
You can try the following-
1. A Social History of Art by Arnold Hauser. It is in four volumes
and covers the whole of human history.
2. Mannerism by Arnold Hauser covers rennaissance art.
3. Necessity of Art by Ernst Fischer. A critique of art of all periods.
4. Renaissance by Walter Pater covers the art of renaissance of course.
5. You can also try Erwin Panofsky.
Library Management Associates
It's much more interesting to read than the other titles mentioned, which
have a real textbook feeling. Gombrich covers less material, but has a
great way of explaining the style of of a particular time and place. It
is a good preparation for more in-depth reading.
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MacIver
Anything by John Berger: Keeping a Rendezvous & About Looking are
extraordinary books
The Art Pack (Christopher & Helen Fraylis et al) provides a wonderful
3-D approach to art
John Dewey's lectures at Harvard published under Art as Experience
Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America (Studio Museum) is a beautiful
overview of a particular period
ditto Phoebe Pool's Impressionism
and, if you get into modern art & its connections to jazz, literature, &
photography, don't miss The Art of Celebration by Alfred Appel
paul ilechko
>Here are some favorites:
>Anything by John Berger: Keeping a Rendezvous & About Looking are
>extraordinary books
Berger is a wonderful writer - have you read his novels - so far i
only read the first two parts of his trilogy - Pig Earth & Once in
Europa. Permanent Red & The success and failure of Picasso are also
worth reading.
Paul.
Bryan Frain
comprehensive. Also, Bernard Denvir has an outstanding Toulouse Lautrec
biography.
Michael Richard
Anything by John Berger: Keeping a Rendezvous & About Looking are
extraordinary books
paul ilechko (pa...@superlink.net) wrote:
Berger is a wonderful writer - have you read his novels [?]
I read _G_ and enjoyed it emmensely. It is the story of a
young man of the upper clesses in the early 20th century who persues
the art of seduction against a background of fledging flight
technology, among others things.
I have a copy of _About Looking_, unread, that I purchased
after looking for it among all the rest of his fiction and nonfiction
perched in literature sections, and finally thinking perhaps his
art books were shelved both there and in art criticism, which category
_AL_ fell into and none of his other art books.
the Robot Vegetable
Robert Devereaux
: Janson's History of Art collection is a great survey book...
If I'm not mistaken, I saw it yesterday reissued as a trade paperback.
--
Robert Devereaux
bob...@fc.hp.com
Fort Collins, CO
(970) 229-3423