Short Lessons in Art History
by Phyllis C. Barker Author
This colorful, captivating survey covers the life stories and artistic accomplishments of 35 great painters and sculptors. Students will come to appreciate the artists personal struggles and successes, along with their greatest works and an understanding of major art movements. Ideal for an introductory art class, or to supplement humanities programs. 64 black-and-white images and 22 color plates Includes glossaries for each artist Artists include figures of the Renaissance (Botticelli, da Vinci, Durer, Rubens), the 18th Century (El Greco, Goya, Turner), Impressionism (Monet, Renoir, Cezanne), the 20th Century (Matisse, Picasso, Hopper, Wyeth) and 21 more Covers European and American masters
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0825142458
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 37
- Pages
- 217
- Suggested Grades
- 9th - 12th
- Publisher
- J.W. Walch Publisher
- Copyright
- January 2002
Chapters
- 1 Giotto di Bandone
- 2 Sandro Boticelli
- 3 Leonardo da Vinci
- 4 Michelangelo Buonarroti
- 5 Raphael Santi
- 6 Jan van Eyck
- 7 Albrecht Dürer
- 8 Peter Paul Rubens
- 9 Rembrandt van Rijn
- 10 El Grreco
- 11 Diego Velázquez
- 12 Francisco de Goya
- 13 John Constable
- 14 Joseph Mallord William Turner
- 15 Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix
- 16 Rosa Bonheur
- 17 Gustave Courbet
- 18 Édouard Manet
- 19 Claude Monet
- 20 Auguste Renoir
- 21 Mary Cassatt
- 22 Paul Cézanne
- 23 Vincent van Gogh
- 24 Käthe Kollwitz
- 25 Henri Matisse
- 26 Pablo Picasso
- 27 Marc Chagall
- 28 Winslow Homer
- 29 Thomas Eakins
- 30 George Bellows
- 31 Edward Hopper
- 32 Georgia O'Keeffe
- 33 Romare Bearden
- 34 Andrew Wyeth
- 35 Henry Moore
- 36 Barbara Hepworth
- 37 Alexander Calder
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