Title:
Creation : art since the beginning
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
459 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9781408879689
Abstract:
"Creation tells the extraordinary story of how people all over the globe, from prehistory to the present day, have created images in order to understand the world they inhabit. It explores the remarkable endurance of this creative impulse, and by tracing the diversity of artistic forms through the ages, offers a comprehensive and exhilarating introduction to world art." -- from the publisher
Contents:
Signs of life -- Eyes wide open -- Ages of elegance -- Jade and bronze -- The human measure -- Roads to empire -- Suffering and desire -- Golden Saints -- The name of the prophet -- Invaders and inventors -- Serpents, skulls, and standing stones -- Sound and light -- Travellers in the mist -- Spellbound -- The new life -- The ordering of vision -- Spectacular small things -- Bronze Kings -- Some kind of genius -- Shadows and power -- An open window -- Choosing to be human -- The poetic impulse -- Everyday revolutions -- Mountains and oceans -- New worlds -- After the trauma.
Subject Term:
Language:
English
