A New History of Western Art: From Antiquity to the Present Day

by Koenraad Jonckheere

A radical re-examination of 2,500 years of European art, deconstructing and demystifying its long history from ancient to present How has art evolved from the pursuit of the 'ideal' human form to a black square on a white canvas? Why is a banana duct-taped to a wall worth more on the art market than a beautiful seventeenth-century landscape? By taking art for what it actually is -- a piece of stone or wood, a sheet of paper with some lines drawn on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300267525
• ISBN13: 9780300267525
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Hannibal Books
• Length: 472 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 11.3"