THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ART

By Peter Whitfield

Synopsis

What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves? This history of art shows how painters, sculptors and architects have expressed the belief systems of their age. From the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, to the revolutionary years of the 19th and 20th centuries, the artist has acted as a mirror to the ideals and conflicts of the human mind.

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Narrator Sebastian Comberti
Length 5hrs 15mins
Catalogue No. 13554
Publisher Naxos Audio Books; 2011
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