Realisation - From Seeing to Understanding
The Origins of Art
Seiten
2015
Wilmington Square Books (Verlag)
978-1-908524-45-4 (ISBN)
Wilmington Square Books (Verlag)
978-1-908524-45-4 (ISBN)
A short, readable, original and compelling account of how and why societies evolved as they did over the last 35,000 years. And of the crucial, and changing, role of art and architecture in this evolution.
Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe. We perceived the world as a body, like ours, then as a tree, a pyramid, an altar, and finally as a veil which became a window through which we peered only to discover ourselves on a sphere, a bubble which might burst at any moment. Our changing views are interpreted through iconic images of the remote and more recent past: the Venus of Willendorf, the Pyramids, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, the Scream, Sydney Opera House, and the Guggenheim, Bilbao.
Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe. We perceived the world as a body, like ours, then as a tree, a pyramid, an altar, and finally as a veil which became a window through which we peered only to discover ourselves on a sphere, a bubble which might burst at any moment. Our changing views are interpreted through iconic images of the remote and more recent past: the Venus of Willendorf, the Pyramids, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, the Scream, Sydney Opera House, and the Guggenheim, Bilbao.
Julian Spalding was director, successively of Sheffield and Manchester Art Galleries, and latterly of the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. He has written over a dozen books on art historical subjects and curated many exhibitions.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.2.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 128 x 198 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
ISBN-10 | 1-908524-45-6 / 1908524456 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-908524-45-4 / 9781908524454 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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