Larousse encyclopedia of Renaissance and Baroque art.

Art et l'homme. English

Art and mankind

The complete history of costume & fashion : from ancient Egypt to the present day

Complete history of costume and fashion

Costume & fashion

Costume and fashion

The Ancient Egyptians : the first fashion style -- Crete : Minoan splendor -- Ancient Greece : classical elegance -- The Etruscans : athletic and colorful clothes -- Ancient Rome : Roman extravagance -- The Byzantine period : lavish Imperialism -- The Middle Ages : medieval Europe -- The Renaissance : early Renaissance style -- Baroque period : the age of French dominance -- Eighteenth century : the Rococo -- Nineteenth century : the birth of the dandy -- Twentieth century : the age of diversity.

Western architecture : from ancient Greece to the present

World of art

World of art.

Prologue: laying the foundations: Greece and Rome: The rule of the orders ; The urban setting ; Rome: the heir of Greece ; Vitruvius: a text for the future -- The Christian legacy of Rome: Constantine and the new Rome ; The Byzantine achievement ; The Byzantine legacy ; Western Europe: darkness before dawn -- Beginning again: Carolingian and Romanesque: The Carolingian Renaissance to c.1000 ; Germany: the Imperial lands ; France: diversity in unity ; The Normans in Britain ; Romanesque in the south: Italy and Spain -- The Gothic centuries: How Gothic began ; The first Gothic century: France, 1150-1250 ; Gothic England ; How Gothic ended ; Secular and domestic -- The Renaissance: ancient Rome "reborn": Florence: the early Renaissance ; Rome: the High Renaissance ; The problem of Mannerism ; A developing Renaissance ; The Renaissance outside Italy: Eastern and Central Europe ; England, France and Spain: problems of adaptation -- Baroque and anti-Baroque: Baroque in Italy: the seed-bed ; Central and Eastern Europe: the flowering ; Spain, Portugal and Latin America: the exotic harvest ; France: a special case ; Flanders and the Netherlands ; England and North America -- The return of classicism: Phases of classicism: from Palladio to the Revolution ; Palaces, ministries and the Neoclassical city ; Privileged domesticity ; Culture and commerece ; Classicism and Christianity ; Four architectural protraits -- "In what style shall we build?": Why Neo-Gothic? ; Architecture and morality ; Revivals and survivals ; The new art ; Houses and homes -- After style, modernism: Iron, glass and honesty ; The doctrine of Modernism ; Modernism and national character ; Alternatives to Modernism ; Three nonconformists -- After modernism, style: The legacy of Modernism ; Ingredients of Post-Modernism ; Variety and scale ; Present dilemmas

Larousse encyclopedia of music.

Musique (Larousse (Firm) : 1965)

Music of the oral traditions. Introduction to non-European traditions ; African music ; The music of the far East ; The music of Indonesia ; Music in India ; The music of the Arab world -- Monody and rhythm. European folk music ; Europe in the middle ages, historical background ; The background to the music ; The instruments of music ; Origins, the music of the Church ; The first centuries of polyphony ; Ars Nova in France ; Origins, the music of lay society ; The music drama in the middle ages -- The age of polyphony. Europe of the Renaissance and Reformation, historical background ; The backgrounds to the music ; The instruments of music ; The Franco-Flemish school ; Music in France during the sixteenth century ; Music in the lands of the empire ; Music in Italy ; The music of Spain -- The age of harmony. From Baroque to Classicism, historical background ; The background to the music ; Italy the language of music ; German music of the 17th century ; French music before the age of Lully ; English music in the century of Purcell ; The world of Bach ; The Italian age ; Handel and the music in England ; Music in France from Lully to the death of Rameau ; Music in the German lands in the 18th century ; The great age of classicism -- The Romantics. The 19th century, historical background ; The background to the music ; The instruments of music ; The age of Beethoven ; The first generation of Romantics ; French music from the death of Rameau to the rise of Berlioz ; Berlioz the prophet ; Polish music from earliest times to the end of the 19th century ; Hungarian music to the age of Liszt ; The symphony and opera in Germany ; Music in Bohemia ; Russian music from the earliest times ; Music in Italy ; The aftermath of Romanticism -- Music in the modern world. The 20th century, historical background ; Background to the musical developments in the 20th century ; The instruments of music in the 20th century ; The school of Vienna ; Stravinsky ; French music ; Music in Germany and Austria ; Hungary in the age of Bartok ; Italian music ; Music in Russia ; Music in England from 1800 ; Music in Scandinavia ; Central European music ; Spanish music in the 19th and 20th centuries ; The music of South America ; Music in Switzerland ; Music in Belgium and the Netherlands ; Music in Australia ; Music in Canada ; The world of jazz ; The last five years, new directions.

Art for dummies

--For dummies

--For dummies.

Appreciating Art What Is Art? Toward a Definition of Art Levels of art The constant in art How to Recognize Good Art How to Appreciate Art Without an Advanced Degree The Key to Being a Connoisseur Distinguishing the good from the bad Examining the real thing Keeping your eye in tune How to Visit a Museum the Way the Pros Do Doing What the Pros Do Get a postcard Make a "wish list" Look at what you don't like Become a member of the museum Listen to some music Dress code A final plea Art through the Ages Prehistoric Art (More Sophisticated Than You Would Believe) Prehistoric Cave Art Altamira Lascaux Chauvet Art Leaves the Caves The Ancient World: Still the Most Exciting The Ancient Near East Mesopotamia (Iraq) Anatolia (Turkey) Persia (Iran) Egypt, the True Grandmother of the Fine Arts The character of Egyptian art Where to see Egyptian art The best of Egyptian art The Glory That Was Greece Portraying the figure The Temple of Apollo at Olympia More figures from the 5th century The Hellenistic period The Art of Rome Etruscan influences Discovering Roman art Pompeii and Herculaneum Roman silverworking Christian influences Medieval Art (Definitely Not the Dark Ages) Early Christian Art The early Christian "look" The rise of the mosaic as a medium The early Christian style in Rome The apogee of early Christian art The "Dark Ages" The Lindisfarne Gospels The Book of Kells The decline of the "Dark Ages" The Romanesque Gislebertus Master Hugo Pinpointing the greatest Romanesque works The Gothic The International Style Byzantine Art Macedonian Renaissance Late Byzantine Art The Renaissance and Revivals Renascences The Italian Proto-Renaissance Italian Early Renaissance Brunelleschi Masaccio Donatello Ghiberti Piero della Francesca Alberti Andrea Mantegna Sandro Botticelli Italian High Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci Raphael Andrea Palladio Giorgione Titian Correggio Michelangelo The Northern European "Renaissance" The Grandeur of the Northern Renaissance Robert Campin Jan van Eyck Rogier van der Weyden Hugo van der Goes Hieronymus Bosch Pieter Breughel the Elder Hans Holbein the Younger Matthias Grunewald Albrecht Durer Northern Sculpture Viet Stoss Tilman Riemenschneider Mannerism: Sensuality and the Bizarre The Real and the Invented Mannerism Jacopo da Pontormo Rosso Fiorentino Bronzino Parmigianino Veronese and Tintoretto French Mannerism El Greco The Baroque: The True Golden Age The Birth of Baroque Caravaggio Georges de la Tour The Caravaggesque Style Elsewhere The Flourishing of the Baroque Gianlorenzo Bernini Peter Paul Rubens Jan Vermeer Rembrandt van Rijn Baroque Tendencies in France Pierre Puget Nicholas Poussin The Best of the 17th Century: Diego Velazquez The Sparkling 18th Century France and the Rococo Style Jean-Antoine Watteau Francois Boucher Jean-Honore Fragonard Painters of the middle class French sculpture French decorative art Germany and the Rococo The Impact of Italy Piazzetta and Tiepolo Caneletto, Guardi, and Belotto English Contributions William Hogarth Thomas Gainsborough English decorative arts The Emergence of America The End of the Rococo Neoclassicism and the Romantic Twinge Neoclassicism Jacques-Louis David The reach of Neoclassicism Antonio Canova Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Romanticism William Blake Joseph Mallord William Turner Caspar David Friedrich Eugene Delacroix Theodore Gericault Francisco Goya Impressionism (The Poetry of the Land and Mankind) The Roots of Impressionism Creative forebears Seminal thoughts Political influences The advent of photography The impact of science The art establishment falls The Key Role of Edouard Manet Claude Monet The Impressionist "Style" Post-Impressionism (Or Better, Pre-Modern) Painting after the Impressionists Georges Seurat Paul Gauguin Vincent van Gogh Paul Cezanne Modern Art: The Bold, the Beautiful, and the Not-So-Beautiful Pablo Picasso ISMs and Other Styles Fauvism Die Brucke ("The Bridge") Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider") Futurism Constructivism Suprematism Dadaism Surrealism The Bauhaus Sezession (Secession) Is Modern Art Something of a Joke? Contemporary Art and Its "ISMs" (Not Always So Nice, but Ever Exciting) The Lowdown on Contemporary Art Abstract Expressionism Color Field Painting Pop Art Abstract Illusionism Art Brut Body Art Minimalism Conceptual Art Earthworks Hairy Whoism and Chicago Imagism "True" Art Neurotic Realism Transavantgardism Installation Art A Look at Art Beyond the Western World China The essence of Chinese art Taipei treasures Japan Unbreakable traditions India and Southeast Asia Islamic Art -- Only God Remains Beginnings -- Early Caliphs and the Umayyads (633-750) Fatimids (909-1171) Seljuq art (1037-1300) Moorish Spain (719-1492) Mamluk art (1250-1517) Ottoman art (1299-1893) Safavid art (1502-1736) Mughal art (1525-1857) Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Africa Oceania The Americas Beginning Your Own Collection Getting Ready to Collect Getting Set to Collect Record your first impression Describe the item in writing Determine the condition Figure out how the work was used Determine the style Find out where a piece came from Consult an expert Run some tests Compare your first impression with what you have found out The Don'ts of Collecting Art How to Play the Buying Game The Many Faces of Forgeries Where to Go to Buy Knowing What to Ask Understanding Dealer-Speak Taking Your Chances at an Auction What to Collect and What to Avoid What to Look Into or Avoid The Part of Tens The Greatest Works of Western Civilization King Tut's Golden Mask The Sculptures of the Parthenon The Scythian Gold Pectoral Nicholas of Verdun's Enameled Altar Giotto's Arena Chapel The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" Michelangelo's "David" The Isenheim Altarpiece by Mathias Grunewald El Greco's "Burial of Count Orgaz" Diego Velazquez's "Las Meninas" Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal Son" Francisco Goya's "The Third of May, 1808" Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party" Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" The Ten Most Interesting Artists (And Why) Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Francisco Goya (1746-1828) Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610) Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) Lysippus (Flourished 4th century B.C.) Ten Artists Worth Watching Mark di Suvero (b. 1933) Gary Simmons (b. 1964) Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928) Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917) Frank Stella (b. 1936) Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920) Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925) Jenny Saville (b. 1970) Dale Chihuly (b. 1941) How to Tell if Your Child Has Artistic Genius and Then What to Do A Artspeak Unmasked The Professional's Checklist on How to Buy Art Art Chronology The Essential Guide to the World's Top Art Cities and Centers The Awesome Americas United States Arizona Arkansas California Los Angeles Area San Diego Area San Francisco Area Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia

European tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago

The complete idiot's guide to music history

Music history

Absolute monarchs : a history of the papacy

History of the papacy

The complete classical music guide

The Usborne Introduction to art : in association with the National Gallery, London

Introduction to art

The art museum

Rome : a cultural, visual, and personal history