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A complete overview of the world of art throughout all ages and cultures. From the Venus of fertility to Hyperrealism and Le Corbusier. Discover what drives humankind to create art and the magical-religious, ideological, social and political historical circumstances that made art possible and have influenced the aesthetic creations of artists.Since the dawn of times, man has expressed his life experiences and feelings through art.Brief History of Art will show you the universal art in all its perspectives and will help you dive into the magical-religious, ideological, social and political historical circumstances that made it possible and have influenced the aesthetic creations of artists. Learn, too, to understand the meaning of artistic creation, the reasons why those works of art were made and the impact art has had in every age and time, as a reflection of human mind.The author, Carlos Javier Taranilla, leads us with a rigorous educational and entertaining style through a journey where we can learn some anecdotes and not well known facts about the work of artists, and that not everything we can find in a museum is art, but only the sublime and great works of art.

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Carlos Javier Taranilla de la Varga was born in León. He has a degree in Geography and History, and majored in History of Art at the Oviedo University. He has a long experience in publishing and has been a high school teacher for over twenty years. This is not his first book, he has recently published, among some other titles, a monograph on the Spanish civil war and an Universal Dictionary of Art.

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