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Laurie adams this book of eight brief chapters on different aspects of the visual arts is designed to explore the nature of imagery and its relevance to many facets of our lives. The methodologies of art since the nineteenth century, when art history became an established academic discipline, works of art have been read in a variety of ways. Appropriate for onesemester art history surveys or historicallyfocused art appreciation classes, a history of western art, fifth edition, combines sound scholarship, lavish visuals, and a lively narrative to provide students with an accessible and engaging introduction to art history. A farranging, generously sympathetic, wellillustrated, and very clear survey of contemporary concerns with theory. Mcgrawhill, 1999, 2010 combining sound scholarship, lavish visuals, and a lively narrative, adamss fourth edition of the text, first published in 1999, provides students with a comprehensive, accessible, and engaging introduction to art history. History of western art, paperback by adams, laurie schneider, isbn 0072317175, isbn 9780072317176, acceptable condition, free shipping in the us. History of western art university of arizona, university of arizona. The nook book ebook of the the methodologies of art. Art and psychoanalysis by laurie schneider adams goodreads. A beautifully crafted overview of western artistic tradition or an. Laurie schneider adams is professor of art history at john jay college, city university of new york.
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