Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: Book Author: Little, Stephen, 1954- Title: --isms : understanding art / Stephen Little. Edition: Third Printing, 2005. Publisher, Date: New York : Universe, 2004. Description: 159 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm Summary: An introductory guide to the visual arts offers a look at the many "isms" that are used to define art movements, with a discussion of the various art historical periods, their significance, and their most important artists and works. Subjects: Art movements. Art -- History. Other Title: Understanding art Contents: Renaissance -- International Gothicism -- Classicism -- Secularism -- Monumentalism -- Humanism -- Idealism -- Perspectivism -- Illusionism -- Naturalism -- Mannerism -- Baroque -- Allegoricism -- Baroque classicism -- Pietism -- Sectarianism -- Gesturalism -- Emotionalism -- Caravaggism -- Absolutism -- Rococo -- Academicism -- Neo-classicism -- 19th century -- Romanticism -- Orientalism -- Medievalism -- Pre-Raphaelitism -- Realism -- Materialism -- Impressionism -- Neo-impressionism -- Secessionism -- Aestheticism -- Symbolism -- Post-impressionism -- Modernism -- Fauvism -- Primitivism -- Expressionism -- Cubism -- Futurism -- Dadaism -- Suprematism -- Constructivism : Russian and international -- Neo-plasticism -- Surrealism -- Spatialism -- Abstract expressionism -- Social realism -- Post-modernism -- Conceptualism -- Neo-conceptualism -- Neo-expressionism -- Minimalism -- Sensationalism -- Glossary of artists -- Glossary of useful terms -- Chronology of isms -- List of museums to visit. LCCN: 2004094996 ISBN: 9780789312099 0789312093 Other Number: 56841328 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 149124 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 709 Little Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1