Historia del arte

by Mary Hollingsworth

Este libro de imágenes constituye una síntesis y a la vez un análisis del arte universal de Oriente y Occidente, del Norte y del Sur. Recorre la génesis y la evolución de los documentos pictóricos, escultóricos y arquitectónicos de todo el mundo y todas las épocas. Desde Altamira hasta Warhol. Todo ello ubicado cronológica e históricamente, con un texto ameno y claro acompañado por más de 1.500 fotografías.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Art

510 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Mary Hollingsworth is a scholar of the Italian Renaissance, and author of The Cardinal's Hat, The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty and Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

As an art historian, I found this book to be abjectly terrible. It is disorganised and oversimplified, filled with historical inaccuracies and antiquated interpretations. In fact, some of the assertions are absurd. Apparently, Greece is the centre of the universe in antiquity, even though half of the categories of Greek Art are missing. This is merely one instance of the haphazard and biased approach contained in this book. The author harps incessantly on money, wealth, luxury and elitism, at the expense of any proper discourse. If you are interested in Art History, there are many better alternatives to this text.

[Oceana2602 · Rating 3 out of 5]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I had the brilliant idea to study art. My parents in all their subtelty, fully supported this idea. For example by giving my this book about the history of art. And by taking me to museums. And paying for art classes. And by subtly telling me that it might be a better idea to become a lawyer, because all artists starve to death.

I just hope that if I ever have kids they'll be as easy to influence as I was. Or wait, maybe I should hope they AREN'T as easy to influence as I was. I don't know yet.