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Purposes of art: An introduction to the history and appreciation of art

Albert E. Elsen

Elsen, Albert E. [1927-1995];

Purposes of art: An introduction to the history and appreciation of art

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962

topics: |  art | history


History of art; well illustrated.  Starting from ancient art and its
connection to ritual, progresses through 15th c. Italy, Michelangelo and the
16th c. Rembrandt, architectural issues - the city square; history of nature
painting, sculpture; picasso, modernism.

Albert Elsen, a scholar of modern sculpture specializing in Rodin, was
professor of art at Stanford from 1968-1995.


amitabha mukerjee (mukerjee [at] gmail.com) 17 Feb 2009