30,000 Years of Art
30,000 Years of Art
Hi there!
There’s a new art book coming out this month - 30,000 Years of Art
A follow-up to Phaidon’s phenomenally successful The Art Book, 30,000 Years of Art comprises 1,000 great works of art from all periods and regions in the world, offering an original and fresh way of looking at the whole of art history from 28,000 BC to the present day.
Only in this book can you find the Venus de Milo next to a mural from the Mayan civilization, Velasquez’s ‘Las Meninas’ next to a jade wine cup made for the Shah of India and Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles d’Avignon’ side by side with door panels from a Nigerian palace. By juxtaposing works of art from different cultures throughout time, this is the first book to offer a balanced appraisal of world art history, revealing the huge diversity, as well as the similarity of man’s artistic achievements.
Visit the website: http://www.phaidon.com/Default.aspx/Web/30000-years-of-art-9780714847894