Synopses & Reviews
This text comprises eleven chapters, each focusing on a discrete area of non-Western or Native American art. With nearly 180 illustrations (many in full color) and an accessible 8 1/2 x 11 format, students are introduced to important subjects and artworks outside of the Western tradition.
Synopsis
"World Views: Topics in Non-Western Art is composed of eleven chapters each focusing on a discrete area of non-Western art. Enhanced with high-quality illustrations and large-scale maps, this text is designed to introduce studetns to both the braod spectrum and the intriguing variety of art and culture beyond the Western tradition. Although" World Views parallels the organization of "A History of Western Art and is available in a value package with the brief art history survey, "World Views is also available for individual adoption.
About the Author
Laurie Schneider Adams received a Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. She is Professor of Art History at John Jay College, City University of New York, where she teaches art survey, and at the Graduate Center, where she teaches courses on the Italian Renaissance and on Art and Psychoanalysis. She has published articles on iconography and on art and psychology. She is the editor of Giotto in Perspectiveand of the journal Source: Notes in the History of Art; the author of A History of Western Art, The Methodologies of Art, Art and Psychoanalysis, and Art on Trial; and co-author (with Maria Grazia Pernis) of Federico da Montefeltro and Sigismondo Malatesta: The Eagle and the Elephant and of 5 children's books (with Allison Coudert).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Rock Paintings and Petroglyphs
Rock Paintings in Australia The Sahara Native American Petroglyphs of the Plains
Chapter 2: Topics in Chinese Art
Neolithic to First Empire The Tomb of Emperor Qin Chinese Characters, Calligraphy, and Painting
Chapter 3: South Asia: The Indus Valley Civilization
Indus Valley Civilization The Origin of Buddhism Buddhist Architecture and Sculpture
Chapter 4: Buddhist Art in India and China
Rock-Cut Architecture Gupta Sculpture The Ajanta Caves Buddhist Expansion in China Images of the Buddha Beyond India and China
Chapter 5: The Expansion of Islam
Islam Persian Miniature Painting The Mughal Dynasty of India
Chapter 6: Buddhist and Hindu Developments in East Asia
Buddhist Paradise Sects The Pagoda The Buddhist Monastery: Horyu-ji The Vishnu Temple The Orissan Temple Synthesis of Buddhism and Hinduism at Angkor
Chapter 7: Mesoamerican and the Andes
Mesoamerica Olmec Teotihaucán Maya The Aztec Empire Art of the Andes
Chapter 8: Aspects of Northwest Coast and Native North American Art
Haida The United States Regions
Chapter 9: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Ukiyo-e Utagawa Kunisada Utagawa Toypkuni Kitagawa Utamaro Keisei Eisen
Chapter 10: Aspects of Oceanic Art
Polynesia Melanesia
Chapter 11: Africa: The Royal Art of Benin
The Oba and the Queen Mother Portuguese Influence and Palace Architecture Protective Devices