{"product_id":"western-art-and-the-wider-paul-wood-9781444333923","title":"Western Art and the Wider World","description":"\u003ci\u003eWestern Art and the Wider World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the evolving relationship between the Western canon of art, as it has developed since the Renaissance, and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the origins, influences, and evolving relationship between the Western canon of art as it has developed since the Renaissance and the art and culture of the Islamic world, the Far East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes the case for 'world art' long before the fashion of globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts connections between areas of study in art that long were considered in isolation, such as the Renaissance encounter with the Ottoman Empire, the influence of Japanese art on the 19th-century French avant-garde and of African art on early modernism, as well as debates about the relation of 'contemporary art' to the past.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a well-known art historian and co-editor of the landmark \u003ci\u003eArt in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e volumes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1444333925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781444333923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Paul Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520394936575,"sku":"9781444333923","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a01139b5-91fe-442e-b374-53c6942bdc41.jpg?v=1762885297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/western-art-and-the-wider-paul-wood-9781444333923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}