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Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism
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Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism Paperback - 1991

by Bruce Cole

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With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and architecture, past and present. "Illuminating . . . a notable accomplishment".--The New York Times. Illustrated.

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Simon & Schuster, December 1991. Paperback. Used - Very Good.
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  • Title Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism
  • Author Bruce Cole
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date December 1991
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 265418
  • ISBN 9780671747282 / 0671747282
  • Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.1 x 7.88 x 0.72 in (25.65 x 20.02 x 1.83 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress subjects Art - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89004311
  • Dewey Decimal Code 709

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In 1972 two great bronze warriors [pp. 4-5] were pulled from the sea off the Italian town of Riace.

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About the author

Bruce Cole is Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University. A former Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, he is the author of many highly acclaimed books on art history, among them Italian Art 1250-1550: The Relation of Renaissance Art to Life and Society, and Masaccio and the Art of Early Renaissance Florence.