Culture and Values, Volume II A Survey of the Humanities with Readings (with Resource Center Printed Access Card)

by Cunningham, Lawrence S.; Reich, John J.

• ISBN13: 9780495569268
• ISBN10: 0495569267
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE HUMANITIES gives readers a solid introduction to art, music, philosophy and literature. Cunningham and Reich cover both Western cultures and non-Western traditions in the humanities, including ancient India and China, contemporary India, China, Japan, Africa, and Latin America, as well as an entire chapter on Islamic art.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Beginnings of Civilization

Early Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

The Roman Legacy

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

Judaism and Early Christianity

Byzantium

Islam

Charlemagne and the Rise of Medieval Culture

High Middle Ages: The Search for Synthesis

The Fourteenth Century: A Time of Transition

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

The Renaissance in the North

The Baroque World

The Eighteenth Century: From Rococo to Revolution

The Romantic Era

Toward the Modern Era: 1870 AND 1914

India, China, and Japan: From the Medieval to the Modern World

The Peoples and Cultures of Africa

Between the World Wars

The Contemporary Contour

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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