• History of the Fine Arts: Visual Art
  • Cover
  • Introduction
  • Unit 1: The Ancient World
  • Unit 2: The Middle Ages
  • Unit 3: The Renaissance
  • Unit 4: The Enlightenment
  • Unit 5: The 19th Century
  • Unit 6: The 20th and 21st Century
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    • Publication Information
    SeriesFine Arts and Humanities
    Pages381
    LicenseCC BY
    Year2023
    LanguageEnglish
    Art EducationVisual ArtsHistoryArt History

    History of the Fine Arts: Visual Art

    Ensign College ART 101
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    Table of Contents

    Begin Reading
    Introduction1
    Sincere and Responsible Curiosity5
    Challenging Content9
    The Three-Tier Framework to Understanding Art11
    Tier 1: Content13
    Tier 2: Context21
    Tier 3: Concept27
    Unit 1: The Ancient World31
    Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art37
    Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt53
    Chapter 3: Ancient Aegean Cultures69
    Chapter 4: Ancient Greece79
    Chapter 5: Etruria and Ancient Rome89
    Unit 2: The Middle Ages103
    Chapter 6: Early Christian and Byzantine Art109
    Chapter 7: Art of the Migration Period119
    Chapter 8: Gothic Art133
    Unit 3: The Renaissance143
    Chapter 9: Early Italian Renaissance149
    Chapter 10: High Italian Renaissance163
    Chapter 11: Northern Renaissance175
    Unit 4: The Enlightenment201
    Chapter 12: Southern Baroque205
    Chapter 13: Northern and French Baroque217
    Chapter 14: Rococo and Neoclassical Art241
    Unit 5: The 19th Century253
    Chapter 15: Romanticism261
    Chapter 16: Realism281
    Chapter 17: Impressionism285
    Chapter 18: Post-Impressionism and Symbolism293
    Unit 6: The 20th and 21st Century307
    Chapter 19: Expressionism309
    Chapter 20: Cubism315
    Chapter 21: Futurism323
    Chapter 22: Suprematism and De Stijl331
    Chapter 23: Dada341
    Chapter 24: Surrealism347
    Chapter 25: Modernism in North America353
    Chapter 26: Minimalism and Earthworks363
    Chapter 27: Concept and Performance Art369
    Daniel Rogers

    Ensign College

    Julianne Gough Hartley

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