In 2002, she was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the National Women's Caucus for Art. Marilyn Stokstad, teacher, art historian, and museum curator, has been a leader in her field for decades and has served as president of the College Art Association and the International Center of Medieval Art. More attention has been paid to the art and culture of the Islamic world and specifically the Ottoman Empire. The addition of cutting edge contemporary artists Jeff Wall and Jennifer Steinkampt, and architect Daniel Libeskind bring present-day currency to the book's scope. Tulp, and Courbet's The Stone Breakers, among many others. Many works of art are completely new to the book, including a wall painting from Chauvet cave, a page from the Morgan Library Picture Bible, Bronzino's Allegory with Venus and Cupid, Claude Lorrain's Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest in scholarship, this Revised Second Edition features even more works in color and more newly cleaned or restored works.
Special essays called "The Object Speaks" offer tantalizing insights on topics such as authenticity, patronage, and artistic intention. In addition to offering an outstanding collection of color illustrations, Art History features glorious maps, chronologies, and scores of labeled line drawings and architectural plans. Its animated and clear narrative tells the many-sided story of art, starting with the earliest prehistoric paintings and sculpture through today's wildly varying works in new mediums. Engaging, accessible, and, just as important, fun, Art History gives today's readers cultural and social context for art along with eloquent visual explanations of art's special qualities and particular vocabularies. It has transformed the way the field of art history is perceived and experienced.
In addition to this access card, students will need a course invite link, provided by their instructor, to register for and use Revel.In a very short time, Marilyn Stokstad's Art History has become the gold standard of introductions to the history of art. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. Revel ($79.99) NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. Multiple options (for renting or buying the eTextbook or paperback) are available from Amazon. The textbook is not available in ebook format for libraries.
S923 at the library info desk, 63 Fifth Avenue, 6th floor. Students can use the reserves copy by requesting with the call number N5300. The 6th edition (2016) of Art: A Brief History is in the Reserves collection at the University Center library and can be checked out for 2-hour in-library-use with a New School ID card. The most recent edition of the brief version is the 6th edition (2016). In addition to this access card, students will need a course invite link, provided by their instructor, to register for and use Revel.Īrt History: A Brief History, 6th edition NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content.