A History of Western Art

By Laurie Adams and Laurie Schneider Adams

Book Overview

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-Western Art," addresses specific areas of non-Western art and augments the Western chronology by illustrating moments of thematic relationships and cross-cultural contact. "World Views" is available at a discount when packaged with "A History of Western Art,"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0697131823
• ISBN13: 9780697131829
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Brown & Benchmark Pub
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.0" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12

Customer Reviews

Best introduction to Western art available

This is undoubtedly the best available introduction to Western art. Although designed primarily for the college textbook market, where it is the leading one-semester text, it should also appeal to the lay reader. The hardback edition is beautifully produced and should find a place on many coffee tables. The illustrations are generally of a very high quality (most of them are in color).

College Art History

This book has wonderful pictures and gives an excellent overview from ancient to post modernism art. The descriptions are pretty brief though, and do not go into great detail on any particular artist. However, it's an excellent book to get a general idea of the evolution of western art. The book covers significant art movements, and some minor ones as well.

A Good Overview of Western Art

This is a textbook from my college art history class. A lot of cool pictures. A good general overview of western art history. But don't expect a detail description of famous artists like Picasso, Monet, etc.

Excellent Book

This is a great book, contanis many color pictures and excellent information. I recommend you to buy this book. It's perfect!!!