Arts and Culture An Introduction to the Humanities, Combined Volume
by Benton, Janetta Rebold; DiYanni, Robert J.Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-02-15
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary
For one or two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies. #xA0; Now in full color, Arts and Cultureprovides an introduction to global civilizations and their artistic achievements, history, and cultures.#xA0; The authors consider two important questions: #xA0;What makes a work a masterpiece of its type? And what qualities of a work enable it to be appreciated over time?#xA0; Critical thinking is also highlighted throughout the text with 4 different box features that ask students to explore connections across the humanities and different cultures. These boxes are entitled Connections, Cross Currents, Then & Now, and Cultural Impactboxes. Open the new fourth edition of Arts and Cultureand open a world of discovery.
Table of Contents
VOLUME I
1. Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian
Civilizations
2. Aegean Culture and Early Greece
3. Classical and Hellenistic Greece
4. Roman Civilization
5. Judaism, Early Christianity, and Byzantine
Civilization
6. Islamic Civilization
7. Indian Civilization
8. Early Chinese Civilization
9. Early Japanese Civilization
10. Early Civilizations of the Americas and Africa
11. Early Middle Ages and the Romanesque
12. Gothic and Late Middle Ages
VOLUME II
13. Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy
14. Renaissance in Northern Europe
15. Baroque Age
16. Eighteenth Century
17. Romanticism and Realism
18. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
19. Later Chinese Civilization
20. Later Japanese Civilization
21. Later Africa and Latin America
22. Early Twentieth Century
23. Mid-Twentieth Century and Later
24.Diversity in Contemporary Life
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