History of Art by H.W. Janson

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€ 67,50
Conditiegoed [1e pag. wel een naamstempel]
Aantal pagina`s824
Uitgavejaar1986 [3e druk]
Uitgegeven doorHarry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
Kaftlinnen hardcover met opdruk op de rug
Stofomslagja
ISBN0810910942
Code [intern]ZOB/A4

 

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H.W. Janson. History of Art.

Third Edition. Revised and expanded by Anthony F. Janson.

1,256 illustrations, including 160 full colour pages, many with gold; 19 maps, 4 illustrated time charts; 1 folding Time Line [separate].

H.W. Janson’s ‘History of Art’ is authoritative and enjoyable. Some 3 million copies of the first two editions bear witness to its value, and the book is available in fourteen languages.
This new Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, adds many features to the traditionally lavish format of ‘History of Art’:

  • Completely redesigned and reset in a new, more readable typeface, making its handsome pages even more inviting.
  • 177 colorplates, many with gold, printed in 20 portfolios on heavy gloss-coated paper especially selected for fine color reproduction.
  • Color subjects reproduced in black-and-white in the text, adjacent to the relevant discussion.
  • An entirely new, illustrated, four-color Time Line, separate from the book - makes for convenient reference and shows at a glance the concurrent developments in art within different cultures and countries.
  • More than 1,000 illustrations printed in duotone.
  • A comprehensive treatment of the history of photography as an art form.
  • The inclusion for the first time of women artists and black artists.
  • Many new headings and subdivisions, making all subjects in the text readily accessible.
  • Completely revised and updated time charts showing contemporaneous events in literature, science, and history with major works of art.
  • Enlarged and revised illustrated glossary; extensive, up-to-date reading list.

The quality of eloquence which has always characterized ‘History of Art’ remains unchanged. Countless readers already know its friendly air of give-and-take that makes reading it such a pleasure. Yet it is also in the tradition of the world’s best writing on history, informed with the accuracy and wit that earned for its author the highest honors from his fellow art historians. The story of art becomes an adventure, a search for forms and techniques to satisfy man’s ceaseless drive to find expression and meaning in images and buildings. In Dr. Janson’s words, history takes a forward surge as we focus on successive objects and draw our understanding from the works themselves, not merely from data about them. His chosen illustrations include seldom-seen objects and new revelations of standard ones; familiar forms juxtaposed with others less familiar, modern idioms with traditional ones. Each illustration, with comment in vivid, direct language, leaves the imprint of its qualities upon us.
The Third Edition of ‘History of Art’, in its generous and flexible design, is a sumptuous volume to read, to pore over, and to enjoy.

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