The Humanities in the Western Tradition Ideas and Aesthetics, Volume I: Ancient to Medieval
by Perry, Marvin; Baker, J. Wayne; Hollinger, Pamela PfeifferEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2002-08-23
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
This book focuses on the historical component of the Humanities course, with an emphasis on intellectual history. It pays close attention to the lives of individuals, highlighting the human aspect of great artists and thinkers. An abundance of biographical information allows students to see these figures as real people with concrete motivations for creating great historical works. The text contains a number of pedagogical features, which are especially helpful for students who have no background in humanities.
Table of Contents
| The Birth of the West | |
| The Greco-Roman Judeo-Christian Heritage | |
| The Ancient Near East | |
| The First Civilizations Prehistory | |
| The Rise to Civilization Mesopotamian Civilization Egyptian Civilization Persia | |
| Unifier of the Near East | |
| The Hebrews | |
| A New View of God and the Individual Early Hebrew History God | |
| One, Sovereign, Transcendent, Good The Individual and Moral Autonomy | |
| The Covenant and the Law The Hebrew Idea of History | |
| The Prophets The Bible as Literature Art and Music | |
| Hellenic Civilization I: From Myth to Reason Early Aegean Civilizations Evolution of City-States | |
| The Decline of the City-States | |
| Early Greek Literature Greek Religion Philosophy in the Hellenic Age | |
| Hellenic Civilization II: The Arts and Literature Lyric Poetry Music Drama | |
| The Greek View of History Hellenic Art | |
| The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion Alexander the Great Hellenistic Society Hellenistic Culture Hellenistic Art | |
| Roman Civilization: The Expansion of Hellenism Evolution of the Roman Republic | |
| The Foundations of the Roman Empire | |
| The Decline of Rome Republican Culture | |
| Philosophy and Literature Roman Culture During the Pax Romana Law Cultural Stagnation and Transformation Roman Art | |
| Early Christianity: A World Religion The Origins of Christianity | |
| The Spread and Triumph of Christianity Development of Christian Organization and Attitudes Early Christian Theology and Literature Early Christian Art II | |
| The Middle Ages: The Christian Centuries | |
| The Medieval East: Byzantium and Islam A Survey of Byzantine History Byzantine Learning Byzantine Music Byzantine Art and Architecture | |
| The Origins and Expansion of Islam | |
| The Decline of the Arab Empire Islamic Theology Inner Divisions | |
| Sunnites, Shi'ites, and Sufis Muslim Society Islamic Thought Islamic Literature Islamic Art and Architecture | |
| The Early Medieval West: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions | |
| The Rise of Latin Christendom Early Medieval Literature Early Medieval Art | |
| The High Middle Ages I: The Flowering of Medieval Thought Economic Expansion | |
| Agricultural Improvements, Revival of Trade, and Growth of Towns | |
| The Rise of States Medieval Religion | |
| Devotion, Power, Heresy Revival of Learning Philosophy-Theology Science | |
| The Recovery of Roman Law | |
| The High Middle Ages II: The Flowering of Medieval Literature, Art, and Music Medieval Literature Medieval Art Pictorial Art Medieval Music | |
| The Late Middle Ages: Crisis, Continuity, and Change The Fourteenth Century | |
| An Age of Adversity | |
| The Decline of the Papacy Late Medieval Thought Late Medieval Literature | |
| Continuity with Traditional Themes Late Medieval Literature | |
| New Directions Late Medieval Art The Ars Nova (New Art) in Music Volume II III | |
| The Early Modern West: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment | |
| The Italian Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age | |
| The Break with the Middle Ages Renaissance Thought and Literature Italian Renaissance Art Music | |
| The Northern Renaissance and Reformation | |
| Early Humanism and the Rise of Protestantism Early Northern Humanism The Protestant Reformation | |
| Later Humanism, Art, and Music Literature Art of Northern Europe Later Italian Art Music | |
| The Age of the Baroque in Literature, Art, and Music Literature Art Music | |
| The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment | |
| Intellectual Transformations | |
| The Medieval View of the Universe A New View of Nature | |
| The Age of Enlightenment: Affirmation of Reason and Freedom | |
| The Arts in the Age of Enlightenment | |
| English Literature | |
| French Literature Art Music IV | |
| The Modern West: From Classicism to Modernism | |
| The Arts in the Era of the French Revolution | |
| The French Revolution and Napoleon Classical Music | |
| Age of Romanticism: A New Cultural Orientation | |
| The Rise of Ideologies | |
| The Romantic Revolt Against the Enlightenment Goethe and German Romanticism English Romantic Poetry | |
| The Novel in the Age of Romanticism Creating a Truly American Literature Romantic Art Romantic Music | |
| Thought and Literature in an Age of Science and Industrialism: Realism, Secularism, and Reform | |
| The Historical Setting Currents of Thought European Literature American Literature | |
| Realism, Impressionism, and Later Romanticism in Art and Music | |
| Realism in Art Impressionism Architecture Later Romanticism in Music | |
| Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature and Human | |
| Nature Politics and Society Currents of Thought | |
| The Modernist Movement Modernist Literature Modern Art Modernism in Music V. Modernism and Beyond | |
| World War I and Its Aftermath: The Lost Generation and the Jazz Age | |
| World War I and the Russian Revolution Literature Art Music | |
| The Era of Totalitarianism and World War II: Descent into the Abyss Western Civilization in Crisis Literature Art Music | |
| The Contemporary Age A New Europe and a New World Thought Literature Art Music | |
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