Western Art and the Wider World

Western Art and the Wider World explores the evolving relationship between the Western canon of art, as it has developed since the Renaissance, and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas. Explores the origins, influences, and evolving relationship between the Western canon of art as it has developed since the Renaissance and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas. Makes the case for world art long before the fashion of globalization. Charts connections between areas of study in art that long were considered in isolation, such as the Renaissance encounter with the Ottoman Empire, the influence of Japanese art on the 19th-century French avant-garde and of African art on early modernism, as well as debates about the relation of contemporary art to the past. Written by a well-known art historian and co-editor of the landmark Art in Theory volumes.

Details

Authors

Wood Paul

Type

Book

Place of publication

Oxford

Year

2014

Number of pages

304 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9781444333923

Open stacks or available on request

Open stacks

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

701.20 Woo

Volumes

1

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