简介：Consistsofsegments:(1)"TheClassicalIdeal".TheoriginsofWesternartaretracedtoancientGreecethroughKouroiandKoraifigures,aswellasbythearchitecturesofthePantheon.FromGreecetoRomethroughtheHellenisticperiod,theprogramfocusesonthenewartisticapproachtohumanformandviolentemotionsthatreacheditspinnaclewiththealtarofZeusatPergamun.(2)"AWhiteGarmentofChurches".ExaminesRomanesqueandGothicchurchesasevidenceofthevaluesofthesocietiesthatcreatedthem.ShowstheeffectofmonasticismandpilgrimageonRomanesquechurcharchitecture.UsesGislebertus'ssculptureatSt.LazareinAutuntoshowthemedievalfocusonHeavenandtheafterlife.TheGothicarchitecture,sculptureandstainedglassatSt.DenisandChartresarediscussedasevidenceofanewtheologyandprofoundsocialchangesduringthetwelfthandearlythirteenthcenturies.(3)"TheEarlyRenaissanceinItalyandtheNorth".(4)"TheHighRenaissance".CoverskeyaspectsoftheHighRemaissance,includingtheadventoftheartistasgenius(Leonardo,Michelangelo,andRaphael),theriseofRomeasacenterofartisticvitality,andVenetianpreoccupationwiththequalityoflight(GiorgioneandTitian).Alsoexaminesthesocialturbulenceofthelatesixteenthcenturyandthereinterpretationofclassicalarchitecturalprinciples.(5)"RealmsofLight".Examinesthedivergentthemesofthebaroqueperiod,includinganewemotionalappealasseeninBernini's'TheEcstasyofSt.Teresa,'Caravaggio'snaturalism,Velasquez'smultilayeredworks,andtheriseofbourgeoisvaluesasseeninRembrandt'sworks.(6)"AnAgeofReason,anAgeofPassion".Coversthemovefromtherococoperiodtoneoclassicismandromanticism.RelatesstylisticchangestotheFrenchRevolutionandtheNapoleonicwars.CoverstheworkofDavid,Géricault,Turner,Delacroix,andGoya.(7)"Realists,Impressionists,Post-Impressionists".ContrastsCourbet'streatmentofsubjectsfromeverydaylifewiththeinnovationsandtechniquesusedbytheimpressionists.Examinestheimpressionistscharacteristicconcernwithcolorandchanginglightandcontraststhiswiththeveryindividualisticvisionsofthepostimpressionists.(8)"IntotheTwentiethCentury".CoverstheworkoftheFauves,theCubists,theinternationalstyle,andtheSurrealists.Discusseshowthesemovementsrelatetomodernlife.(9)"InOurOwnTime."ExamineswhytheappearanceofabstractexpressioncausedtheUnitedStatestobecomeacenterforthevisualarts.Reviewsthediversityofstylesinthepostwarperiod,includingtheworkofPollock,Warhol,Oldenburg.Alsoexaminestheexplosiveinternationalizationoftheartworldinthe1970sand1980s.WrittenbyFionaKelleghan{[email protected]…