Art of the Non-Western World

Art of the Non-Western World
Author: Nancy L. Kelker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2020
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780190263102

Art of the Non-Western World: Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas gives students the tools to better understand and appreciate the arts in a global world. It offers an in-depth, contextual exploration of the art from the larger world beyond the European tradition, including painting, sculpture, pottery, graphic arts, and architecture of Asia, the Americas, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, from the Neolithic to the Contemporary. All new print and electronic versions of Art of the Non-Western World come with access to a full suite of engaging digital learning tools.

Art of the Western World

Art of the Western World
Author: Bruce Cole
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1991-12-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0671747282

With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and architecture, past and present. "Illuminating . . . a notable accomplishment".--The New York Times. Illustrated.

World Views

World Views
Author: Laurie Adams
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This text comprises eleven chapters, each focusing on a discrete area of non-Western or Native American art. With nearly 180 illustrations (many in full color) and an accessible 8 1/2 x 11 format, students are introduced to important subjects and artworks outside of the Western tradition.

Popular Musics of the Non-Western World

Popular Musics of the Non-Western World
Author: Peter Manuel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1988
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780195063349

Emphasizing stylistic analysis and historical development, this unique book is the first to examine all major non-Western music styles, from reggae and salsa to the popular musics of non-Western Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Diversity in Design

Diversity in Design
Author: Vibhavari Jani
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2011-06-23
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1563677555

This text provides lecturers with a resource to teach interior design from an inclusive perspective, acknowledging the contributions of all world cultures, rather than just western European traditions.

The Art of War in the Western World

The Art of War in the Western World
Author: Archer Jones
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 770
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780252069666

The magnum opus of one of America's most respected military historians, The Art of War in the Western World has earned its place as the standard work on how the three major operational components of war--tactics, logistics, and strategy--have evolved and changed over time. This monumental work encompasses 2,500 years of military history, from infantry combat in ancient Greece through the dissolution of the Roman Empire to the Thirty Years' War and from the Napoleonic campaigns through World War II, which Jones sees as the culmination of modern warfare, to the Israeli-Egyptian War of 1973.

Western Art and the Wider World

Western Art and the Wider World
Author: Paul Wood
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1118598741

Western Art and the Wider World explores the evolving relationship between the Western canon of art, as it has developed since the Renaissance, and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas. Explores the origins, influences, and evolving relationship between the Western canon of art as it has developed since the Renaissance and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas Makes the case for ‘world art’ long before the fashion of globalization Charts connections between areas of study in art that long were considered in isolation, such as the Renaissance encounter with the Ottoman Empire, the influence of Japanese art on the 19th-century French avant-garde and of African art on early modernism, as well as debates about the relation of ‘contemporary art’ to the past. Written by a well-known art historian and co-editor of the landmark Art in Theory volumes

The Decline of the West

The Decline of the West
Author: Oswald Spengler
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195066340

Spengler's work describes how we have entered into a centuries-long "world-historical" phase comparable to late antiquity, and his controversial ideas spark debate over the meaning of historiography.

A Chronology of Art

A Chronology of Art
Author: Iain Zaczek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-10-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500298176

A fresh take on the history of art, using cultural timelines to reveal little-known connections and influences between artworks and artistic movements.