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I HughHonoui John Fleming J^<»w Willi 34$ tolorillustraifions ,tfi^C -' -r ^ , ^ "'Ti'Tv '.8^- i^. .\ THE VISUAL ARTS: 2500 2000 1500 1000 auo A HISTORY HughHonour& JohnFleming Thisrichlyillustratedbook, with345 platesinfullcolorand607in monochrome,includingplansand maps,providesanup-to-datehistoryof thevisualartsfromtheice-agetothe presentday—fromstatuettescarvedin eastern Europesome 30,000yearsago toabuildinginPortland,Oregon, begunin 1980. Itcoverspainting, mosaic,drawing,printmaking, sculptureand architecture. Coins, textiles, pottery,enamels,andgoldand silverarealsoincluded. Thescopeis world-wide,embracingtheartsofAsia, Africa, theAmericasandthePacific Islandsaswellas Europe. Thetemples ofIndiaandsouth-eastAsia, the landscapepaintingsofChina, the religiousand secularartsofJapan, Islamicarchitecture, thesculptureof pre-ColumbianAmerica,ofAfricaand Melanesiaareallsetin thesame chronological framework. Asaresult, somemodern Europeanideasaboutart anditspurposeandmeaningare questioned,especiallythoseaboutits 'progress' and itsbeingintended primarilyforaestheticenjoyment. Whilehelpingtointensifythe enjoymentthatcanbederivedfrom worksofart,thisbookshowshowthey candeepenourinsightintoourselves and others, sharpenourawarenessof ourownandotherreligiousbeliefs, enlargeourcomprehensionof alternativeandoftenalienwaysoflife. Itpresentsthehistoryofartnotsimply asthestudyofbeautifulobjectsbutas anessentialpartofthehistoryofthe human race. In thisrespectTHE VISUALARTS: A HISTORYoffers tothegeneralreaderand studentalike anextraordinaryinsightintothe historyofthehumanrace. Theauthority,eleganceandfluency which theauthorsbringtotheirtextare complementedbytheillustrations whicharechosentorepresentthemost continuedonbackflap 300 200 100 BC/AD 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 900 1000AD 376 Anglo-Saxon migrations invasions of Germanic ofBntain VIKINGS NORMANS tnbes ravage inFrance Europe MEROVINGIANS CAROLINGIAN OTTONIAN SELEUCIDS PARTHIANS (FRANCE) PERIOD PERIOD Cfiarlemagne 331 battle d.814 ofIssus PalatineChapel, Aachen 461 INSULAR(CELTIC)STYLE Ireland Lindisfame Bookof convertedto Gospels Kells Cfiristianity Alexander theGreat Nikeof Samotlirace HELLENISTIC PERIOD Venus CHRISTIANERAbegins deMilo I ROMANEMPIRE Columnof 313 oDfivEismipoinre 4We7s6tFearllnoEfmpire Statueof 79 Marcus Cfiristianity Augustus Pompeii Aurelius legalized Colosseum destroyed RAVENNA SWale 330 BYZANTIUM Justinian 988Russia Constantinople Hagia Iconociasm adopts founded Sophia Orthodoxy 570birtfiof Mufiammad ^ 622 UMAYYADS ABBASIDS MUSLIM ERAbegins FATIMIDS SAMANIDS 710Conquest Cordoba ofSpain mosque GreatMosque, Damascus ASOKA KUSHANEMPIRE Firstimage GUPTAPERIOD Borobudur Khajuraho LionColumn oftheBuddha CLASSICALSTYLE temples GANDHARA TATES CH'IN HAN Flying Buddfiismspreads Cfi'an(later TANG FIVE SUNG horse inCtilna Zen)Buddhism DYNASTIES ^^ 552 ARCHAICJAPAN BuddhisIm NARA FUJIWARA arrives Horyuji monastery 1 r ZAPOTEC MAYA TOLTEC TEOTIHUACAN OCHICA TIAHUANACO IGBO-UKWU IFE 30,000BC 8000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 900 700 600 500 UPPER MESOLITHIC NEOLITHIC N(EWO&LINTHIC HALLSTATT LATENE PLIATLHEICO pCaaivnetings: (NeEaMredE,ast) Europe) PHOENICIANS Woman Lascaux, (:atalHuYuk Stonehenge IBERIAN from Altamira Jericho Ladyof miendorf Eiche SUMER AKKADIANS BABYLON HITTITES Bull-tiead Headof lANS harp king Steieof ASSYRIA Lamassu ACHAEMENIDS Hammurabi MEDES (PERSIANS) Luristan SCYTHIANS Persepolis bronzes \— PERGEYDPYTNASTIC OKLIDNGDOM MKIIDNDGLDEOM NKIENWGDOM Animalstyle PaletIteof Pyramids Headof Karnak Narmer princess Nefertiti MINOAN CRETE Knossos HELLADIC PROTO-GEOMETRIC GEOMETRIC ARCHAIC CLASS!! GREECE Dipylonvase PERIOD GREECt t^ycenae Kouroi Parthery tombs Korai ETRUSCANS 753 ROMAN Rome REPUBLIC foundec Shewolfof theCapitol INDUSVALLEY 563birthof theBuddha Harappafigures SHANG CHOU SPRINGAND 551birthof WARF CHINA CHINA AUTUMNANNALS Confucius Bronzeritual Lacquenvare vessel AMERICA: Colossal 10,000 OLMEC heads Coyote head,/{Mexico Chuquitanta CHAVIN NOK AFRICA(Sahara): Fezzanengravings 300 200 100 BC/AD 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 900 1000AD 376 Anglo-Saxon nnigrations invasions of Germanic ofBritain VIKINGS NORMANS tribes ravage inFrance Europe MEROVINGIANS CAROUNGIAN OTTOMAN SELEUCIDS PARTHIANS (FRANCE) PERIOD PERIOD Charlemagne 331battle d.814 ofIssus PalatineChapel, Aachen 461 INSULAR(CELTIC)STYLE Ireland Lindisfarne Bookof convertedto Gospels Kells Christianity Alexander theGreat Nikeof Samothrace H I .HELLENISTIC PERIOD Venus CHRISTIANERAbegins deMib ROMANEMPIRE Columnof 313 oDfivEismipoinre 4We7s6tFearllnoEfmpire Statueof 79 Marcus Chnstianity Augustus Pompeii Aurelius legalized Colosseum destroyed RAVENNA SVitale 330 BYZANTIUM Justinian 988Russia Constantinople Hagia Iconoclasm adopts founded Sophia Orthodoxy 570birthof Muhammad 622 UMAYYADS ABBASIDS MUSLIM ERAbegins FATIMIDS SAMANIDS 710Conquest Cordoba ofSpain mosque GreatMosque, Damascus ASOKA KUSHANEMPIRE Firstimage GUPTAPERIOD Borobudur Khajuraho LionColumn oftheBuddha CLASSICALSTYLE temples GANDHARA TATES CH'IN HAN Flying Buddhismspreads Ch'an(later T'ANG FIVE SUNG horse inChina Zen)Buddhism DYNASTIES ^^^ 552 ARCHAICJAPAN Buddhism NARA FUJIWARA arrives Horyuji monastery ZAPOTEC MAYA TOLTEC TEOTIHUACAN iOCHICA TIAHUANACO IGBO-UKWU IFE A The Visual Arts History : Hugh Honour John Fleming THE VISUAL ARTS A HISTO: RY First Edition Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. In memory ofJohn Calmann LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData: Honour, Hugh. Thevisualarts. BibHography:p. 627 Includesindex. 1.Art-History. I. Fleming,John, 1919 II.Title. N5300.H68 709 82-5351 ISBN0-13-942359-1 AACR2 ISBN0-13-942342-7(pbk.) © 1982byFlemingHonourLtd. NorthandSouthAmericanEditionpublishedby Prentice-Hall,Inc. EnglewoodChffs,N.J.07632 PublishedinGreatBritainunderthetitle A WorldHistoryofArtbyMacmillanReferenceBooks Reprinted 1984 Thisbookwasdesignedandproducedby JohnCalmannandCooperLtd 71 GreatRussellStreet, LondonWCIB3BN Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthecontentsof thisbookmaybereproducedwithoutthewritten permissionofthepublishers. FilmsetbyKeyspoolsLtd,Golborne,Lanes,England PrintedandboundinHongKongbyMandarinOffsetLtd Coverillustration: HeadoftheEmperorAugustus, c.25-21 BC. BronzefromMeroe,Sudan,approx.life-size. BritishMuseum,London.

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