Experience the wonders of human creativity in GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, 16th Edition! A grand tour of the most celebrated works in Western Civilization, from the Stone Age to the modern era, this introductory text has been a classroom favorite for 85 years. Every chapter includes rich and compelling discussions of pivotal art works, periods and geographies in art history, as well as new artists and art forms. The bold illustrations on the pages look almost as good as the real thing, especially when you use the unique Scale feature to imagine a work’s stature from the artist’s point of view. And to keep your course success in focus, the text offers Quick Review Captions and Big Picture Overviews, as well as an optional ebook that enables you to zoom in on fine details of paintings, sculptures, and priceless art forms of all kinds.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-01-01
Mått231 x 292 x 50 mm
Vikt3 357 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor1 104
Upplaga16
FörlagCengage Learning
ISBN9780357439241

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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.

VOLUME 1PrefacexiINTRODUCTIONWhat Is Art History?1CHAPTER 1Art in the Stone Age15CHAPTER 2Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia31CHAPTER 3Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra57CHAPTER 4The Prehistoric Aegean85CHAPTER 5Ancient Greece105CHAPTER 6The Etruscans165CHAPTER 7The Roman Empire181CHAPTER 8Late Antiquity237CHAPTER 9Byzantium263CHAPTER 10The Islamic World293CHAPTER 11Early Medieval Europe319CHAPTER 12Romanesque Europe347CHAPTER 13Gothic Europe North of the Alps381CHAPTER 14Late Medieval Italy419Notes442Glossary443Bibliography456Credits466Index469VOLUME 2Prefacexi Before 1300xviiINTRODUCTIONWhat Is Art History?1CHAPTER 14Late Medieval Italy419CHAPTER 20Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe567CHAPTER 21The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy593CHAPTER 22Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy635CHAPTER 23High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain685CHAPTER 24The Baroque in Italy and Spain711CHAPTER 25The Baroque in Northern Europe739CHAPTER 26Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18th Century in Europe and America771CHAPTER 27Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870801CHAPTER 28Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900849CHAPTER 29Modernism in Europe, 1900 to 1945887CHAPTER 30Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900 to 1945933CHAPTER 31Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980957CHAPTER 32Contemporary Art Worldwide1003Notes1042Glossary1045Bibliography1056Credits1068Index1073