Arts and Culture, Combined Volume : An Introduction to the Humanities
by Benton, Janetta Rebold; DiYanni, RobertEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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Summary
Offering an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage, this book is richly illustrated, beautifully designed and engaging.Readers move chronologically through major periods and stylesfrom prehistoric culture to 20th Century Americato gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music.For arts and cultural coordinators, professionals and enthusiasts.
Table of Contents
| Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian Civilizations | |
| Aegean Culture and Early Greece | |
| Classical and Hellenistic Greece | |
| Roman Civilization | |
| Judaism, Early Christianity, and Byzantine Civilization | |
| Islamic Civilization | |
| Indian Civilization | |
| Early Chinese Civilization | |
| Early Japanese Civilization | |
| Early Civilizations of the Americas and Africa | |
| Early Middle Ages and the Romanesque | |
| Gothic and Late Middle Ages | |
| The Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy | |
| The Renaissance in Northern Europe | |
| The Baroque Age | |
| The Eighteenth Century | |
| Romanticism and Realism | |
| Impressionism and Post-Impressionism | |
| Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century | |
| Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century | |
| Early Twentieth Century | |
| Modern Africa and Latin America | |
| Mid-Twentieth Century and Later | |
| Diversity in Contemporary Life | |
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