Virgil M. Hillyer wrote this book over seventy years ago and it is still being recommended as excellent school curriculum today for Grade 5 students or above. Hillyer does a phenomenal job of making the art world interesting to children as well as to adults. He covers the major painters and art periods and then continues with sculpture and architecture.
PaintingTopics include: caves, Egypt, palaces, vessels, Christian art, Renaissance, Rome, Flemish artists, portraits, the poor, impressionists, post-impressionism, Early Americans.
SculptureTopics include: Egyptain sphinxes, Assyrain cherubs, athletic looking Greeks, natural human poses, miniatures, medals, busts, carved columns, reliefs, gargoyles, doorsgates, churches, animals, tombs, myths, Gods, heroes, symbolism, American President, memorials.
ArchitectureTopics include: pyramids, temples, ancient culture, arches, columns, domes, decoration, cathedrals, mosques, homes, chateaus, tombs, symmetry, eras, bridges.
An adult would receive an excellent overview of the arts by reading this book and it makes an engaging book for children to be introduced to the world of the arts.
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《写给学生的艺术史》维吉尔M希利尔(Virgil Mores Hillyer)1875年出生于美国马萨诸塞州韦茅斯,他在华盛顿特区的国会山度过其童年,毕业于美国哈佛大学。他是美国著名教育家、卡尔佛特学校首任校长、美国家庭学校(HOMESCHOOL)课程体系创建者。作为一位教育革新者,希利尔在美国国内和国际上获得了广泛声誉和影响力。他从事教育工作的同时,亲自为孩子们编写教材,在课堂上试讲并修订,受到学校和学生们的赞誉,不少教材至今仍被学校使用。如《美国学生世界地理》、《美国学生世界历史》、《美国学生艺术史》等。
目錄:
PART IPAINTING
01 THE OLDEST PICTURES IN THE WORLD
02 WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE
03 PALACE PICTURE PUZZLES .13
04 APRIL FOOL PICTURES 18
05 JARS AND JUGS 23
06 PICTURES OF CHRIST AND CHRISTIANS 26
07 THE SHEPHERD BOY PAINTER 30
08 THE ANGEL-LIKE BROTHER 35
09 BORN AGAIN PAINTERS 39
10 SINS AND SERMONS 43
11 A GREAT TEACHER AND A GREATEST PUPIL. 50
12 THE SCULPTOR WHO PAINTED PICTURES 55
13 LEONARDO DA VINCI 60
14 SIX VENETIANS 66
15 A TAILORS SON AND A MASTER OF LIGHT 72
16 FLEMINGS 78
17 TWO DUTCHMEN 84
18 AND JR. 90
19 FORGOTTEN AND DISCOVERED 95
20 SPEAKING OF SPANIARDS. 98
21 LANDSCAPES AND SIGN-BOARDS 105
22 STIRRING TIMES 110
23 A LATE START 116
24 THREE ENGLISHMEN WHO WERE DIFFERENT 123
25 SOME VERY POOR PAINTERS . 129
26 THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON. 134
27 POST-IMPRESSIONISM 139
28 EARLY AMERICANS 144
29 MORE AMERICANS . 149
30 TWO EUROPEAN AMERICANS 154
31 REAL-MEN ARTISTS 158
PART II SCULPTURE
32 THE FIRST SCULPTURE 166
33 GIANTS AND PYGMIES. 171
34 CHERUBS AND KINGS 176
35 MARBLES 181
36 STANDING NATURALLY 186
37 THE GREATEST GREEK SCULPTOR 190
38 AFTER PHIDIAS 196
39 PLASTER CASTS 201
40 TINY TREASURES 206
41 BAKED EARTH SCULPTURE 210
42 BUSTS AND RELIEFS 213
43 STORIES IN STONES 217
44 THE GATES OF PARADISE 221
45 A TREASURE HUNTER AND A SECRET 225
46 NEXT BEST AND BEST 231
47 FOUR IN ONE 235
48 CELLINI MAKES HIS PERSEUS 239
49 A.M. OR AFTER MICHELANGELO 243
50 AN ITALIAN AND A DANE 247
51 ON A POSTAGE STAMP 250
52 A LION, A SAINT, AND AN EMPEROR 254
53 A HANDSOME PRESENT 258
54 THOUGHTS FOR THINKERS 261
55 OUR OWN SCULPTURE 264
56 OUR BEST 270
57 DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH 275
58 WOMENS WORK. 278
59 THE END OF THE TRAIL 282
PART III ARCHITECTURE
60 THE OLDEST HOUSE 288
61 HOUSES FOR GODS 295
62 MUD PIE PALACES AND TEMPLES 299
63 THE PERFECT BUILDING 305
64 WOMANS STYLE BUILDING 311
65 NEW STYLES IN BUILDINGS 314
66 ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY 320
67 TRIMMINGS 327
68 EARLY CHRISTIAN 334
69 EASTERN EARLY CHRISTIANS 339
70 LIGHTS IN THE DARK 347
71 ROUND ARCHES 351
72 CASTLES 357
73 POINTING TOWARD HEAVEN 361
74 IN PRAISE OF MARY 365
75 COUNTRY CATHEDRALS 371
76 HERE AND THERE 376
77 OPEN SESAME 382
78 DOME TROUBLE 389
79 BACKWARD AND FORWARD 394
80 THE HOMES OF ENGLAND 399
81 TRADE-MARKS 404
82 BREAKING RULES 411
83 THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE 416
84 FROM HUTS TO HOUSES 421
85 AL AND OL 428
86 RAINBOWS AND GRAPE-VINES 433
87 THE SCRAPERS OF THE SKY 441
88 NEW IDEAS 447
89 NONS AND SURS 454
90 MORE MODERN PAINTERS 460
91 MODERN SCULPTURE 468