Foreign Art History

Author: Peng Ya
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is a textbook written for art majors in higher education institutions. During the writing process, it fully incorporates the strengths of previous editions of art history and translated works, aligning with the interests of contemporary young students. Each chapter strives to open with the best starting point and is arranged horizontally. In terms of selection and discussion, it breaks away from the one-sided influence of the Soviet Union in the 1950s that previous versions of similar books had, eliminating class and racial biases. It adopts an objective stance to view historical art styles and schools; it also actively incorporates new archaeological findings from modern Western countries, as well as new trends and dynamics in Western art history research, interpreting the history of foreign art's emergence and development from a fresh perspective. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate art majors in higher education institutions, self-study exams, and also be used by non-art majors in universities as supplementary material for quality education, appreciation, and as a popular reading for.