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30,000 Years of Art
The Story of Human Creativity across Time and Space
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An accessible, comprehensive, freshly-updated celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today
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Following on from Phaidon's bestselling The Art Book, published in 1994, 30,000 Years of Art was conceived by Phaidon editors as a companion volume. First published in 2007, the book offered an original and accessible way of looking at art and the story of human creativity.
Great works from all periods and regions are arranged in chronological order in a book designed for a general readership. The resulting timeline leads to compelling browsing: surprising juxtapositions offer intellectual pleasure and a sense of wonder and discovery. Each work is presented with key caption information and a short text providing an accessible critical review, explaining its contribution to the development of the history of art.
Celebrating the vast range of human artistry, the book presents art in a way different from other art history compendia, revealing the huge diversity, or in many cases similarity, of artistic achievements around the globe. Moreover, the selection of entries for an individual culture will comprise an abbreviated history of the art of that people. Thus, while artworks from ancient Greece or the European Renaissance or pre-Columbian Americas will be interspersed with contemporaneous works created in Africa, India or Japan, an extraction of the Greek or Renaissance or American works could stand alone as an essential abridgement of the finest art of that period or culture.
An illustrated timeline, full index and extensive glossary of schools and movements make 30,000 Years of Art, an indispensable volume in any art library.
Praise for the original volume:
'This book has delightful curiosity value, there is plenty to fascinate' - The Times
'A bold new publishing event' - The Daily Telegraph
'An essential addition to any library' - The Bookseller
This is a book art-lovers and cultural anthropologists - scholars and laypeople alike - are guaranteed to cherish. - Publishers Weekly
'A museum of masterpieces made for a coffee table.' - NPR
'It is an invitation to browse and stare for hours on end' - The New York Times
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30,000 Years of Art by Phaidon Editors is praised as an essential and comprehensive celebration of art history that offers a captivating overview, making it a must-have for art enthusiasts. The updated edition is noted for bringing the narrative of global art to a more current understanding, as highlighted by various reviewers.
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ISBN: 9780714877297
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 February 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 46.0mm
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 1520g
Pages: 640
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Twenty-eight curators, critics, art historians, and artists contributed their expertise to create this art-lover's ideal museum. They come from such institutions as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the British Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; the University of California, Berkeley; La Trobe University, Melbourne; the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
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