A World History of Art

Sinceitsfirstpublicationthisbookhasbeenhailedasthemostup-to-dateandwide-ranginghistoryofarteverpublishedinasinglevolume.ThisquotefromAndrewGrahamDixondescribesthebook:'Spanningcontinentsandmillennia,rangingfromman'searliestcavepaintingstotheworksofPicassoandbeyond,thisisahugelyambitiousbook.Butthankstothebreadthoftheirscholarship,thedepthoftheirenthusiasmandtheenviablefreshnessoftheirwriting,HonorandFlemingtriumphantlyaccomplishtheherculeantasktheyhavesetthemselves.SympatheticallyexpandedbyMichaelArcher,whobringsthestoryforwardintothetwenty-firstcentury,thisthumpingslaboftomeiswithoutdoubtthemostcompellingtotalhistoryofarteverwritten'.ThisRevisedSeventhEditionexpandstheoriginalcoveragebyembracingnewdevelopmentsinarcheologyandarthistoricalresearch,andinparticularcontemporaryarthistorianMichaelArcherhasgreatlyexpandedtheauthorsdiscussionoftheartworldoverthepasttwodecades,providinganewperspectiveonthelatestdevelopmentsshapingourculturalhistory.