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Understanding Western Painting Reading Assignments Updated on: 31-08-2007 Note: photocopies are available in the Reserve Library and in LG4 print shop. The original books are also available in the Reserve Library. On Prehistoric cave and rock art: Johnson, Paul, Art: A New History. New York: HarperCollins, 2003, Chapter 1, pp.7-13. On Egyptian painting: Gombrich, E.H., The Story of Art (16th Ed.). London: Phaidon Press, 1995, Chapter 2, pp.5573. www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/egypt_art2.htm www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/artisans/painting.htm On Greek vase painting: Andronicos, Manolis, The Greek Museums: National Museum. (English Ed., translated by Brian de Jongh) Athens: Ekdotike Athenon, 1979, pp. 12-17. Woodford, Susan, The Art of Greece and Rome. (2nd Ed.) Cambridge University Press, 2004, Chapter 3, pp. 38-58. On Roman mural painting: Woodford, pp. 101-108. On Byzantine art: Benton, J.R., Art of the Middle Ages. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, pp. 28-38. On Illuminated Manuscripts: Benton, Chapter 2, p. 39-54. On Gothic Glass Painting: Kemp, Martin (Ed.), The Oxford History of Western Art. OUP, 2000, pp. 112-123. On Italian Gothic painting (1140-1450): Benton, pp. 262-278. On Italian Gothic and Early Renaissance painting: Johnson, Chapter 12, pp. 247-272. On Renaissance (1400-1600): Kemp, pp. 152-161. Vaizey, Marina (Ed.), Art: The Critics’ Choice. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999, pp. 66,67,74,90,94,98,99,100,104,108,120,122. Online Reference (not obligatory) www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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