Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History Volume One 16th Edition by Fred S. Kleiner, ISBN-13: 978-1337696593
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- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 16th edition (January 1, 2019)
- Language: English
- 624 pages
- ISBN-10: 1337696595
- ISBN-13: 978-1337696593
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Table of Contents:
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Resources for Students and Instructors
Introduction: What Is Art History?
Art History in the 21st Century
Different Ways of Seeing
Chapter 1: Art in the Stone Age
Framing the Era: The Dawn of Art
Paleolithic Art
Neolithic Art
The Big Picture
Chapter 2: Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia
Framing the Era: Pictorial Narration in Ancient Sumer
Mesopotamia
Persia
The Big Picture
Chapter 3: Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra
Framing the Era: Life after Death in Ancient Egypt
Egypt and Egyptology
Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
First Millennium BCE
The Big Picture
Chapter 4: The Prehistoric Aegean
Framing the Era: Greece in the Age of Heroes
Greece before Homer
Cycladic Art
Minoan Art
Mycenaean Art
The Big Picture
Chapter 5: Ancient Greece
Framing the Era: The Perfect Temple
The Greeks and Their Gods
Geometric and Orientalizing Periods
Archaic Period
Early and High Classical Periods
Late Classical Period
Hellenistic Period
The Big Picture
Chapter 6: The Etruscans
Framing the Era: The Portal to the Etruscan Afterlife
Etruria and the Etruscans
Early Etruscan Art
Later Etruscan Art
The Big Picture
Chapter 7: The Roman Empire
Framing the Era: The Roman Emperor as World Conqueror
Rome, Caput Mundi
Republic
Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius
Early Empire
High Empire
Late Empire
The Big Picture
Chapter 8: Late Antiquity
Framing the Era: Polytheism and Monotheism at Dura-Europos
The Late Antique World
From the Soldier Emperors to the Sack of Rome
From the Sack of Rome to Justinian
The Big Picture
Chapter 9: Byzantium
Framing the Era: Church and State United
The Christian Roman Empire
Early Byzantine Art
Middle Byzantine Art
Late Byzantine Art
The Big Picture
Chapter 10: The Islamic World
Framing the Era: The Rise and Spread of Islam
Early Islamic Art
Later Islamic Art
The Big Picture
Chapter 11: Early Medieval Europe
Framing the Era: Missionaries and the Beauty of God’s Words
Europe after the Fall of Rome
Merovingians and Anglo-Saxons
Vikings
Hiberno-Saxon Monasteries
Visigothic and Mozarabic Art
Carolingian Empire
Ottonian Empire
The Big Picture
Chapter 12: Romanesque Europe
Framing the Era: The Blessed and the Damned on Judgment Day
European Culture in the New Millennium
France and Northern Spain
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Normandy and England
The Big Picture
Chapter 13: Gothic Europe North of the Alps
Framing the Era: The Birth of Gothic
“Gothic”
France
Opus Francigenum outside France
The Big Picture
Chapter 14: Late Medieval Italy
Framing the Era: Duccio di Buoninsegna
Duecento (13th Century)
Trecento (14th Century)
The Big Picture
Chapter 15: South and Southeast Asia before 1200
Framing the Era: The Great Stupa at Sanchi
South Asia
Southeast Asia
The Big Picture
Chapter 16: China and Korea to 1279
Framing the Era: China’s First Emperor
China
Korea
The Big Picture
Chapter 17: Japan before 1333
Framing the Era: Horyuji, Japan’s Oldest Buddhist Temple
Japan before Buddhism
Buddhist Japan
The Big Picture
Chapter 18: Native American Cultures before 1300
Framing the Era: Ancient Cities in a New World
The Ancient Americas
Mesoamerica
Central America and Northern Andes
South America
North America
The Big Picture
Chapter 19: Africa before 1800
Framing the Era: The Art of the Benin Kingdom
African Peoples and Art Forms
Prehistory and Early Cultures
11th to 18th Centuries
The Big Picture
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index
Fred S. Kleiner, Ph.D. has been professor of art history and archeology at Boston University for four decades. He taught previously at University of Virginia and served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. Acclaimed for inspiring lectures, Dr. Kleiner won Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College Prize for Undergraduate Advising in the Humanities and the Distinguished Teaching Prize in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London as well as a member of the Text and Academic Authors Association. In addition to this title, Dr. Kleiner has authored several editions of ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY (Cengage), A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART (Cengage) and more than 100 publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture. Dr. Kleiner earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.
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