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History of Western Art, Trade Edition [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Laurie Schneider Adams (Author)
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0072431148 978-0072431148 November 7, 2000 3
From the earliest cave paintings to the contemporary art scene, this beautifully illustrated volume explains the art of the west in its context. More than 70% of the illustrations are in color. A beautiful addition to any art lover’s collection.


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Laurie Schnieder Adams (New York, NY) is a professor of art history at John Jay College, City University of New York.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 3 edition (November 7, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0072431148
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072431148
  • Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Laurie Schneider Adams received her Phd in art history from Columbia University. She is professor emerita at John jay College, CUNY, where she taught art history for 45 years. At the CUNY graduate center she taught Italian Renaissance art, art and psychoanalysis, methodologies of art, and artists' biographies. She is also a psychoanalyst in private practice. With Allison Coudert she coauthored five children's books about girls at a private school in New York. With Maria Grazia Pernis, she coauthored a book on Lucrezia Tornabuoni, the mother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and the Medici family as well as a study of the lives and of Federico da Montefeltro of Urbino and Sigismondo Malatesta of Rimini. With Jacques Szaluta she co-edited Psychoanalysis and the Humanities, a collection of essays on art, literature, history, and psychoanalysis.
Adams has published widely in the field of art history, including introductory text books and books on methods of artistic analysis, art and psychoanalysis, and the Italian Renaissance.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best introduction to Western art available, March 10, 2004
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This is undoubtedly the best available introduction to Western art. Although designed primarily for the college textbook market, where it is the leading one-semester text, it should also appeal to the lay reader. The hardback edition is beautifully produced and should find a place on many coffee tables. The illustrations are generally of a very high quality (most of them are in color).
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3.0 out of 5 stars No CD, October 9, 2005
The artical was advertised as having a CD rom but none came with it.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars College Art History, May 23, 2002
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This book has wonderful pictures and gives an excellent overview from ancient to post modernism art. The descriptions are pretty brief though, and do not go into great detail on any particular artist. However, it's an excellent book to get a general idea of the evolution of western art. The book covers significant art movements, and some minor ones as well.
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