Ancient Art (Art and Artists) [Library Binding]

Jillian Powell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1994 | Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Art and Artists

A title in the new ART AND ARTISTS series. Illustrated with colour, black and white photographs and drawings, an examination of the work of artists from Palaeolithic times, through ancient cultures and civilisations all over the world up to the 14th and 15th centuries AD. Suitable for the National Curriculum Key Stage 3, and GCSE.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 5-10-Two substandard series entries. Harris centers his discussion on the the art of the period primarily in Italy and so achieves a sense of cohesion in his nine very brief chapters. Portraits, landscapes, great buildings, and religious art are among the themes touched upon. However, he has a nasty habbit of dropping the terms ``great'' and ``greatest'' around, perhaps to convince readers of the appropriateness of his examples. Powell's book is a hodgepodge of ``ancient'' peoples, geographically arranged and superficially covered. For example, the section on ``Stone Age Art'' includes an Altamira painting and Stonehenge, all in four pages. Only two pages are given to the ``Art of Eastern Asia'' (China and Japan). There are 10 such groupings, which include Hellenic Greek, African, Egyptian, Celtic, and Pre-Columbian (North, South, and Central America) art. Both titles typically devote the top half of each page (or more) to full-color photographs and reproductions and the lower half to relatively disconnected, fact-laden, captionesque paragraphs. Many of the reproductions look as though they were photographed through a yellow filter. There are many other more substantive resources available.-Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Learning (August 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568472161
• ISBN-13: 978-1568472164
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,103,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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