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  | | Nineteenth-Century Art A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2014 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-541-1, ISBN: 1-78074-541-9 "Munch s "The Scream." Van Gogh s "Starry Night." Rodin s "The Thinker." Monet s "Water Lilies." Constable s landscapes. The 19th century gave us a wealth of artistic riches so memorable in their genius that we can picture many of them in an instant. At the time, however, their avant-garde nature was the cause of much controversy. Professor Laurie Schneider Adams vividly brings to life the paintings, sculpture, photography and architectu ..." |
 | | The Methodologies of Art(2nd Edition) An Introduction, Second edition by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2009 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-4450-8, ISBN: 0-8133-4450-6 "Since the nineteenth century, when art history became an established academic discipline, works of art have been "read" in a variety of ways. These different ways of describing and interpreting art are the methodologies of artistic analysis, the divining rods of meaning. Regardless of a work's perceived difficulty, an art object is, in theory, complex. Every work of art is an expression of its culture (time and place) and its maker (the ..." |
 | | A History of Western Art Revised 2008(4th Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams, J.K Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2006 by Mcgraw-Hill Higher Education ISBN-13: 978-0-07-352646-1, ISBN: 0-07-352646-0 "Appropriate for one-semester art history surveys or historically-focused art appreciation classes, A History of Western Art, Revised Fourth Edition, features additional color which provides students with a greater understanding of the works of art. Focusing on the Western canon of art history, the text presents a compelling chronological narrative from prehistory to the present. A non-Western supplement, World Views: Topics in Non-West ..." |
 | | Art And Psychoanalysis(1st Edition) (Icon Editions) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1994 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-06-430206-7, ISBN: 0-06-430206-7 "This text contains insights and observations of various aspects of art and psychobiography. It should appeal to students of art as well as scholars, and readers in other fields." |
 | | Looking At Art(1st Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2002 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-13-034052-8, ISBN: 0-13-034052-9 " This stimulating and fascinating introduction to art contains a series of thematic chapters covering a range of topics that will provide readers with a basis for approaching art and enjoying it. It also serves to dispel some preconceptions about the visual arts—assumptions made about a work based on an individual's own experience. Chapter topics include the appeal and aims of art, style and formal elements, artists at work, art the ..." |
 | | Italian Renaissance Art(2nd Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 420 Pages, Published 2013 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-4902-2, ISBN: 0-8133-4902-8 "Featuring extended discussions of Mannerism and the expanding role of women in the visual arts this title opens with the late Byzantine work of Cimabue and concludes with the transition to Mannerism It presents the most important and innovative artists and their principal works with a clear emphasis on selectivity and understanding Now thoroughly revised and updated throughout featuring extended discussions of Mannerism and the expandin ..." |
 | | Art(Reprint) A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2012 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-853-1, ISBN: 1-85168-853-6 "Art has existed for as long as humankind, but defining it is notoriously difficult. In this whirlwind tour spanning from prehistory up to the present day and beyond, Laurie Schneider Adams explores how art and our views on it have evolved. Delving into fascinating issues such as why some artworks can be so controversial, why a forgery can never be as good” as the original, and what the future of art may hold, this beautifully crafted i ..." |
 | | Key Monuments Of The Baroque(1st Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-15951-1, ISBN: 0-367-15951-1 "This book focuses on key monuments of the Baroque style, which varies in different European contexts. It is intended to affirm the existence of individual genius, identifiable styles of art, and historical periods that produced them." |
 | | Key Monuments Of The Italian Renaissance(1st Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-15979-5, ISBN: 0-367-15979-1 "Organized chronologically from early Renaissance precursors to the Mannerist movement, from Giotto to Titian, Key Monuments of the Italian Renaissance describes and analyzes in depth from various points of view major works and major artists, from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. Artists included are Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto, Lorenzetti, Gh" |
 | | Exploring the Humanities Creativity and Culture in the West (Combined Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams, Laurence King Publishing, Ltd Publishing Paperback, 752 Pages, Published 2006 by Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-049091-9, ISBN: 0-13-049091-1 " Introduction to the Humanities, Combined Edition provides a comprehensive, color and illustration-filled compilation of the history of civilization. Volume One encompasses the development of art, culture, society, architecture and religion beginning with prehistory and the ancient Near East and progressing through the Renaissance periods. Volume Two examines humanity and its components from the reformation and reform in sixteenth-centu ..." |
 | | Topics in Contemporary Mathematics(1st Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams, Laurence King Publishing Paperback, 592 Pages, Published 2006 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-13-177919-8, ISBN: 0-13-177919-2 "Through interviews with contemporary artists, engaging discussion of the purposes of art and an accessible writing style, this book helps the readers connect the making and meaning of art in a way no other book does. Adams, "The Making and Meaning of Art "teachesthat art is not just in museums and demystifies the creative process, so that readers can appreciate the relevance of art in their own lives."" |
 | | Key Monuments of the Baroque(1st Edition) (Icon Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2001 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-3430-1, ISBN: 0-8133-3430-6 "The most important works of art and the artists who created them of the Baroque period and style from about 1600 to 1750 are described and analyzed clearly and thoroughly from various points of view. The book covers Mannerist precursors, Baroque painting, sculpture and architecture in Rome, Velázquez in Spain, French Baroque, Flemish Baroque, Dutch painting in the seventeenth century, and Late Baroque and Rococo. Artists included are Ce ..." |
 | | Italian Renaissance Art(1st Edition) (Icon Editions) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2001 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-3691-6, ISBN: 0-8133-3691-0 "The most up-to-date and complete text on Italian Renaissance art and its artists yet published, with over 400 illustrations, 215 in color. This introductory text on Italian Renaissance art and the artists who made it by the author of "A History of Western Art" and "Art Across Time" focuses on the most important and innovative artists and their principal works. The emphasis is on selectivity and understanding, and minor artists will be ..." |
 | | Art across Time, Volume Two(99th Edition) The Fourteenth Century to the Present by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 1999 by Mcgraw-Hill College ISBN-13: 978-0-697-27480-9, ISBN: 0-697-27480-2 "Art Across Time is a comprehensive art history text that engages the mind of the reader by considering the place of images within the cultures that create them, even as it engages the eye with fabulous color reproductions that are two- and three-times the size of comparable images in other textbooks. Broadening the scope of her popular one-volume History of Western Art, Adams has integrated "Windows on the World" sections throughout ..." |
 | | Art Across Time(4th Edition) Combined by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 1,072 Pages, Published 2010 by Mcgraw-Hill Education ISBN-13: 978-0-07-337923-4, ISBN: 0-07-337923-9 "Art across Time combines sound scholarship, lavish visuals, and a lively narrative to provide students with a comprehensive, accessible, and engaging introduction to Art History. Popular with majors and non-majors alike, the text offers readers more than a chronology of art by placing each work within the time-and-place context within which it was created. Encountering and interpreting a work of art in context offers the reader the ri ..." |
 | | World Views(1st Edition) Topics in Non-Western Art by Laurie Schneider Adams, Dale L. Jungk Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2003 by Mcgraw-Hill Higher Education ISBN-13: 978-0-07-287202-6, ISBN: 0-07-287202-0 "World Views: Topics in Non-Western Art is composed of eleven chapters each focusing on a discrete area of non-Western art. Enhanced with high-quality illustrations and large-scale maps, this text is designed to introduce studetns to both the braod spectrum and the intriguing variety of art and culture beyond the Western tradition. Although World Views parallels the organization of A History of Western Art and is available in a value pac ..." |
 | | The Methodologies Of Art(1st Edition) An Introduction by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1996 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-06-430231-9, ISBN: 0-06-430231-8 "Since the 19th century, when art history became an established academic discipline, works of art have been readâ in a variety of ways. These different ways of describing and interpreting art are the methodologies of artistic analysis, the divining rods of meaning. Regardless of a workâs perceived difficulty, an art object is, in theory, complex. Every work of art is an expression of its culture (time and place) and its maker (the a ..." |
 | | Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici and The Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century(1st Edition) by Laurie Schneider Adams, Maria Grazia Pernis Hardcover, 181 Pages, Published 2006 by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-7645-2, ISBN: 0-8204-7645-5 "'Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici and the Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century' is a fresh, new biography of a Renaissance woman who lived during the heyday of Medici power. A remarkable person in her own right, the author of religious poems and sacred narratives, as well as an accomplished businesswoman, Lucrezia was the mother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the grandmother of two popes, and the great-great grandmother of Catherine de' Me ..." |
 | | Art Across Time, Vol. 2(4th Edition) The Fourteenth Century to the Present, by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2010 by Mcgraw-Hill Education ISBN-13: 978-0-07-735371-1, ISBN: 0-07-735371-4 "Art across Time combines sound scholarship, lavish visuals, and a lively narrative to provide students with a comprehensive, accessible, and engaging introduction to Art History. Popular with majors and non-majors alike, the text offers readers more than a chronology of art by placing each work within the time-and-place context within which it was created. Encountering and interpreting a work of art in context offers the reader the ri ..." |
 | | Looking At Art Value Package(1st Edition) (includes Art History Interactive CD- Dual Platform (PC and MAC)) by Laurie Schneider Adams Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2007 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-13-603621-0, ISBN: 0-13-603621-X " This stimulating, full-color concise book covers a wide range of topics designed to stimulate those who are learning how to look at art as well as how to enjoy and interpret it. Unique perspectives on art are presented here to encourage thoughtful examination of art through the lenses of iconography, Marxism, feminism, semiotics, and the various controversies that surround it. Richly illustrated, this book features a range of Weste ..." |
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