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Art: A Brief History, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2020

  • Marilyn Stokstad University of Kansas
  • Michael W. Cothren Swarthmore College

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Title overview

Art: A Brief History brings the history of art to life for a new generation. The concise version of Stokstad and Cothren's Art History is global in scope, inclusive in its coverage and warm and welcoming in tone. The guiding vision of the text is that the teaching of art history survey courses should be filled with equal delight, enjoyment and learning, while fostering an enthusiastic and educated public for the visual arts.

The 7th Edition reflects new discoveries, recent research and fresh interpretive perspectives. In addition to new examples that better represent key artists and the art world in which they worked, the 7th Edition offers expanded global coverage and revised discussions of many major monuments.

Table of contents

1. Prehistoric Art in Europe
2. Art of the Ancient Near East
3. Art of Ancient Egypt
4. Early Asian Art
5. Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World
6. Etruscan and Roman Art
7. Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art
8. Islamic Art
9. Later Asian Art
10. Early Medieval and Romanesque Art
11. Gothic Art
12. Early Renaissance Art
13. Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation
14. Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe
15. Art of the Americas
16. Arts of Africa
17. European and American Art, 1715-1840
18. European and American Art, 1840-1910
19. Modern Art in Europe and the Americas, 1900-1945
20. Art Since 1945

Author bios

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