Art History: A View of the West, Volume 2 (3rd Edition)

"Art History" presents a broad view of art from prehistory through the Gothic Age, it sympathetically and positively introduces the works of all artists. This includes women, artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions, as well as those of Western Europe and the United States. Broad in scope and depth, this beautifully illustrated work features art from the following time periods and places: Renaissance art; Baroque art; the rise of modern art; and the international Avant-Garde since 1945. Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public for more than forty years, nurturing an educated, enthusiastic audience for the arts. She firmly believes that everyone can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.Marilyn Stokstad is the author of 'Art History: A View of the West, Volume 2 (3rd Edition)', published 2007 under ISBN 9780131565777 and ISBN 013156577X.