Williams, Robert,  1955- <br/><br/>
Art theory :  an historical introduction / 
Robert Williams. 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell,  2004. 
 - xiv, 310 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-294) and index. 
<br/><br/>Ch. 1: Antiquity and the Middle Ages:  The Shield of Achilles -- Imitation and Knowledge -- Beauty -- Rhetoric -- Word and World.  Ch. 2: The Early Modern Period:  Craftsmen and Theorists -- Humanism -- The Academic System.  Ch. 3: The Enlightenment:  The Eighteenth Century -- Radical Idealism.  Ch. 4: The Nineteenth Century:  The Crisis of the Academy -- Impressionism -- "Absolute Art Exists at Last" -- Ruskin and the Esthetes.  Ch. 5: The Early Twentieth Century:  Beyond Nature -- Beyond Reason -- American Modern.  Ch. 6: Postmodernism:  The Critique of Culture -- The Phenomenology of Signs -- Future Present.  Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1405107065 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405107073 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003021503 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N5300  / .W647 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709