A JOURNEY THROUGH ART: A GLOBAL HISTORY

Book ID/图书代码： 12720019C00004

English Summary/英文概要： An introduction to art history through the centuries and across the globe

A Journey Through Art is a global history of art with a time-travel twist, taking readers on an expedition from the Paleolithic period to the present day, voyaging to thirty locations around the world. Readers will discover Australian caves in the year 35,000 BCE, Rome in the year 1 CE, Cambodia’s palaces in 1150, a fortress in Zimbabwe in 1300, New York’s jazz scene in the 1950s, Rio de Janeiro today, and much, much more. At every location readers encounter stories of artworks and the cultures around them. Two beautifully illustrated spreads, with close-up photographs of objects, showcase each destination, allowing readers to engage with cultural history in a dynamic and accessible way. This book is a fantastic resource for young readers, families, and schools, written by Dr. Aaron Rosen, an expert in art history and cultural studies. Illustrated in color throughout.

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Awards/获奖情况：“A world tour featuring select highlights of human culture, from 37,000-year-old rock paintings to modern murals and architecture…broader in scope and less Eurocentric than standard surveys.” - Kirkus Reviews

“Using art as a lens through which to examine history, Rosen gives readers an expansive tour of the history of civilization… Each four-page chapter offers snippets of information about political, religious, or cultural touchstones that affected a region’s art, as well as reproductions and collages composed of colored pencil cityscapes and photo elements. The broad scope of the cultures and locations is impressive… There’s plenty here to pique the curiosity of young readers and inspire further research elsewhere.” - Booklist

“This sweeping overview of world cultures, as revealed through art, spans continents and ages, from prehistory to the present. The expansive text is brought to life with maps, illustrations, and photographs. The illustrator’s colorful sketches of vistas emblematic of various cultures are interspersed with photographic examples of the art… This title is a refreshing departure from Eurocentric volumes on art history. Reader will come away with a wider grasp on the history of humanity.” - School Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： Aaron Rosen is Professor of Religious Thought at Rocky Mountain College, Montana and Visiting Professor at King’s College London. He taught previously at Yale, Oxford, and Columbia, and received his PhD from Cambridge. He is the author of Art + Religion in the 21st Century, and Imagining Jewish Art as well as the children’s book, Where’s Your Creativity?

Format:HARDCOVER

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