Have you ever been confused about the world's masterpieces in museums and art galleries?
Have you ever tried to understand a work, the story behind an artist, without getting it?
Although we cannot experience the birth of a work, we can still feel and touch the beauty from distant time and space through words and pictures of those splendid civilizations in the history of human art.
I enjoy the timeless beauty of traveling through time, and I hope to share the spiritual pleasure of resonating with beauty with more people.
Therefore, today Xiao Mo wants to introduce you to one of his most beloved art books-
Gardner's History of Art.
It is known as the "founding father of art history".
Since its publication in 1926, it has been reprinted and sold well for more than 90 years, making it the most well-read introductory book on art history in the world at that time and now.
It has been designated as an art history textbook by more than 900 universities such as Harvard, Yale, and Stanford!
It is also the only authoritative art history in the world to win the TAA (Textbook and College Authors Association) Textbook Award and the McGaffy Book Award in the same year!
Introduced the Chinese version, and obtained a high score of 9.2 in Douban.
When I got my hands on it myself, I also felt that it was worthy of the name, the context was clear, and it was easy to understand, which was simply too suitable for an artistic layman like me!
A book will allow you to take home the "world's most prestigious museum", along with its "gold medal tour guide" and the value-added "Encyclopedia of Art Dictionary".
The 1,500 masterpieces of art included in the book are all "world-class art archives".
From the Stone Age to postmodern art, all the famous paintings, sculptures, architecture, photography, etc. that you hear and see in textbooks will be explained one by one.
And the so-called "gold medal tour guide" is a milestone figure in the entire history of Western art.
Renowned scholar Helen Gardner.
Before her, all books on art were based on Western art.
When she published Gardner's History of Art in 1926, it caused a sensation in the art world and became the first book in the world at that time to "explore world art with a global perspective".
What's even more rare is that it didn't stop updating after Gardner's death.
Instead, every four to five years, today's master art scholars participate in the updating, reviewing, and launching of new editions.
The version recommended at the end of this small article is the latest 15th edition launched by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, the only Chinese publishing house authorized by Gardner Art History.
△ Oversized sixteen-open collection hardcover. It weighs exactly 7 kilograms, and it feels too worthwhile to hold in your hand!
Led by Li Jianqun, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Humanities of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the new revised map and detailed local map were revised.
Both the translation and the quality of the images have been revised on the previous edition.
△ This translation lineup is probably the strongest of the art history books introduced in China
The binding and appearance have also been comprehensively upgraded, 1500 rare art masterpieces, 105g heavy coated paper four-color full-color printing, high-definition restoration of painting quality.
Now the purchase is also super cost-effective, the original price of the full set is 398 yuan, the weekly MALL special price: the whole set is only 199 yuan, saving more than 200 yuan!
Children read, enhance the influence of humanities and arts, and their insight and temperament are far better than those of their peers.
Adults read, broaden their horizons, cultivate their bodies and minds, and find a spiritual paradise in their traditional lives.
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The "founding father" of global art history
Whoever looks at it is stunning!
A big book like art history is to be put on the shelf for a lifetime.
Therefore, the entry must be "positive".
This is why Xiao Mo recommended this set of books: its content is comprehensive enough and the explanation is accurate enough.
To ensure the accuracy of the information in the book, the original publisher of the book, Sage Learning Publishing, recruited more than a hundred art historians around the world to carefully review the chapters of Gardner's Art History.
At the same time, as the founder of global art history.
Gardner's History of Art has been adding new sources of research and new art over the decades, ensuring that its content is comprehensive and timeless.
The picture data is also extremely rich and precious.
1,500 "museum-level" masterpieces, bringing together classic sculptures, paintings, art and architecture from prehistory to modern and contemporary times.
Many of the artworks are priceless works that are difficult to exhibit even in the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Some exclusive images: historical maps, restoration drawings, architectural plans, cross-sectional drawings, and other illustrative schematics, are precious resources that are difficult for many art students to see.
Compared with other art histories, it is also more comprehensive in content and more magnificent in perspective.
Decades of tempering, generations of readers' suggestions, feedback, so that it can withstand longer reading and testing.
There is such a saying in the art circle -
"When you finish the Gardner History of Art and open any book about art, you will inevitably see 'Gardner's Shadow' in it."
The so-called "see Tarzan and small world".
Whether you are a little white reader who loves art.
Or college students, graduate students who want to systematically study art history, or just want to do their art homework before traveling abroad.
Believe me, this book can bring you a surprise experience that far exceeds your expectations.
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10 to 100 years old
Art history is easy to understand
A book for art professionals.
Why can it be nearly a hundred years later, get so many readers tap water Amway, and have a score of 9.2 in Douban?
There is no doubt that one notable reason is -
It's good enough to read.
In writing this book, Gardner insisted on explaining professional problems in concise, clear, and straightforward language.
Even modern and contemporary art, which is difficult for many art students to understand, can make it easy for ordinary readers to get started.
For the sake of mass readers, it is as easy as possible to get started.
Some common terms in art history: composition, materials, colors, lines, proportions, reliefs, architectural drawings, etc.
Before the lecture, let's focus on science popularization.
Relevant literature, architectural diagrams, with informative and popular explanatory texts.
The choreography is also very "close to the people".
At the end of each chapter, 1 to 2 pages of [Overview] are thoughtfully added to summarize the artistic style and characteristics of this historical period.
At the end of the book, all the English technical terms involved are explained in Chinese.