Centuries in Art - 16th Century in Art, 17th Century in Art, 19th Century in Art, 20th Century in Art, Medieval Art, Romanesque Architecture (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 496. Not illustrated. Chapters: 16th Century in Art, 17th Century in Art, 19th Century in Art, 20th Century in Art, Medieval Art, Romanesque Architecture, Mannerism, History of Painting, Danse Macabre, Unicorn, Daguerreotype, Salon Des Refuses, Carolingian Renaissance, History of Wood Carving, Art in Roman Catholicism, Tree of Jesse, Regional Characteristics of Romanesque Architecture, Western Art History, Insular Art, Gothic Art, Celtic Art, Late Antique and Medieval Mosaics in Italy, Carolingian Art, Early Netherlandish Painting, Life of Christ, Panel Painting, Migration Period Art, Libri Carolini, Parable of the Ten Virgins, Pseudo-Kufic, Anglo-Saxon Art, Europa Regina, Pre-Romanesque Art and Architecture, Crux Gemmata, Tristan Quilt, Early Christian Art and Architecture, Plan of Saint Gall, Treasure of Guarrazar, Monumental Brass, the Cloisters, Labours of the Months, Interlace, Merovingian Art and Architecture, Aquamanile, Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, Repoblacion Art and Architecture, Art of the Low Countries, Cosmatesque, Art of the Crusades, Schnutgen Museum, 20th Century Art, Doom, Ardagh Chalice, Ottonian Art, Animal Style, France Crowning Art and Industry, Outline of Painting History, Treasure of Gourdon, Encaustic Tile, Girdle Book, Metalcut, Counter-Mannerism, Agate Casket of Oviedo, Olifant, Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art, Return to Order, Jean Bassange. Excerpt: The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre-historic humans, and spans all cultures, that represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, and spanning continents and millennia, the history of painting is an ongoing river of creativity, that continues into the 21st century. Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs...