Gardner’s Art through the Ages The Western Perspective, Volume I (with InfoTrac)

by Kleiner, Fred S.; Mamiya, Christin J.; Tansey, Richard G.

• ISBN13: 9780534610937
• ISBN10: 0534610935
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-02
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This new alternative, GARDNER'S WESTERN ART THROUGH THE AGES, offers instructors and students a brief, strictly Western approach to art history and retains all of the hallmark features of the market-leading Eleventh Edition in a concise 23-chapter format (also available in a two-volume split). Unique to books with a Western Art focus, the authors retain the chapter on Islam, providing students with insightful coverage of the Islamic tradition's impact on Western culture and art history. Featuring an outstanding art program with more color photos than any comparable art history survey textbook, the authors focus on the context and function of the role of art.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction The Subjects and Vocabulary of Art History	xvii
Art, History, and the History of Art	xvii
Art History in the Twenty-First Century	xviii
Different Ways of Seeing	xxxi
The Birth of Art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age	1	(16)
What Is Art?	2	(1)
Paleolithic Art	2	(10)
Neolithic Art	12	(5)
Materials and Techniques: Paleolithic Cave Painting	6	(2)
Art and Society: Animals and Magic in the Old Stone Age	8	(3)
Art in the News: the World's Oldest Paintings	11	(6)
The Rise of Civilization: the Art of the Ancient Near East	17	(26)
The Land between the Rivers	18	(1)
Sumerian Art	18	(7)
Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, and Hittite Art	25	(6)
Elamite and Assyrian Art	31	(6)
Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Persian Art	37	(2)
Near Eastern Art after Alexander	39	(4)
Religion and Mythology the Gods and Goddesses of Mesopotamia	19	(7)
Materials and Techniques: Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals	26	(2)
Religion and Mythology: the Piety of Gudea	28	(2)
Art and Society Hammurabi's Law Code	30	(7)
Written Sources: Babylon: City of Wonders	37	(6)
Pharaohs and the Afterlife: the Art of Ancient Egypt	43	(34)
The Land of the Nile	44	(1)
The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods	44	(6)
The Old Kingdom	50	(9)
The Middle Kingdom	59	(1)
The New Kingdom	60	(14)
The Late Period	74	(3)
Religion and Mythology: the Gods and Goddesses of Egypt	45	(1)
Art and Society: Mummification and the Afterlife	46	(6)
Architectural Basics: Building the Great Pyramids	52	(9)
Art And Society: Hatshepsut: the Woman Who Would Be King	61	(2)
Art in The News: The Tomb of the Sons of Ramses II	63	(14)
Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean	77	(20)
The Prehistoric Aegean Rediscovered	78	(1)
Cycladic: Art	79	(1)
Minoan Art	79	(10)
Mycenaean (Late Helladic) Art	89	(8)
Art and Society: Archeology, art History, and the Art Market	81	(3)
Art in the News: Minoan Paintings Discovered in Egypt	84	(3)
Art in the News: A Volcano Erupts, and the History of art is Revised	87	(10)
Gods, Heroes, and Athletes: The art of Ancient Greece	97	(64)
Greek Humanism	98	(3)
The Geometric and Orientalizing Periods (Ninth-Seventh Centuries B.C.)	101	(4)
The Archaic Period (Sixth Century B.C.)	105	(15)
The Early and High Classical Periods (Fifth Century B.C.)	120	(19)
The Late Classical Period (Fourth Century B.C.)	139	(9)
The Hellenistic Period (323-31 B.c.)	148	(13)
Religion and Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus	99	(4)
Religion and Mythology: Herakles: Greatest of Greek Heroes	103	(1)
Materials and Techniques: Greek Vase Painting	104	(8)
Architectural Basics: Doric and Ionic Temples	112	(12)
Materials and Techniques: Hollow Casting Life-Size Bronze Statues	124	(2)
Written Sources: Polykleitos's Prescription for the Perfect Statue:	126	(10)
Art and Society: A Greek Woman in Her Father's Home: The Hegeso Stele	136	(12)
Architectural Basics: the Corinthian Capital	148	(13)
Italy Before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans	161	(14)
Who Were the Etruscans?	162	(1)
Early Etruscan Art	162	(7)
Later Etruscan Art	169	(6)
Religion and Mythology: Etruscan Counterparts of Greco-Roman Gods and Heroes	164	(1)
Written Sources: Etruscan Artists in Rome	165	(1)
Art and Society: The ``Audacity'' of Etruscan Women	166	(9)
From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient Rome	175	(56)
The Mighty Empire of Rome	176	(1)
The Republic	176	(6)
Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius	182	(12)
The Early Empire	194	(10)
The High Empire	204	(15)
The Late Empire	219	(12)
Art and Society an Outline of Roman History	177	(2)
Architectural Basics: The Roman Architectural Revolution: Concrete Construction	179	(2)
Art and Society Art for Former Slaves	181	(2)
Written Sources: An Eyewitness Account of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius	183	(2)
Architectural Basics: The Roman House	185	(5)
Materials and Techniques: The Roman Illustrated Book	190	(6)
Art and Society: Role-Playing In Roman Portraiture	196	(4)
Written Sources: An Imperial Pleasure Palace: The Golden House of Nero	200	(12)
Written Sources: Hadrian: Emperor And Architect	212	(7)
Materials and Techniques: Iaia of Cyzicus and the Art of Encaustic Painting	219	(12)
Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art Of Late Antiquity	231	(24)
The World of Late Antiquity	232	(1)
The Catacombs and Funerary Art	233	(7)
Architecture and Mosaics	240	(9)
Luxury Arts	249	(6)
Religion and Mythology Jewish Subjects in Christian Art	235	(3)
Religion and Mythology the Life of Jesus in Art	238	(3)
Written Sources: Constantine's Gifts to the Churches of Rome	241	(3)
Materials and Techniques: Mosaics	244	(5)
Materials and Techniques: Medieval Manuscript Illumination	249	(3)
Materials and Techniques: Ivory Carving in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages	252	(3)
Rome in the East: the Art of Byzantium	255	(34)
Byzantium: The New Rome	256	(1)
Early Byzantine Art (527--726)	257	(16)
Iconoclasm (726-843)	273	(1)
Middle Byzantine Art (843--1204)	273	(9)
Late Byzantine Art (1204--1453)	282	(7)
Written Sources: the Emperors of New Rome	257	(5)
Architectural Basics; Pendentives and Squinches	262	(6)
Art and Society: Theodora: A Most Unusual Empress	268	(4)
Art and Society: Icons and Iconoclasm	272	(4)
Written Sources: Eulalios: Painter Of Christ	276	(13)
Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic Art	289	(26)
The Rise of Islam	290	(1)
Early Islamic Art	291	(11)
Later Islamic Art	302	(13)
Religion and Mythology: Muhammad and Islam	290	(4)
Architectural Basics: The Mosque	294	(11)
Written Sources: Sinan the Great, The Mosque of Selim II, and Hagia Sophia	305	(2)
Materials and Techniques: Islamic Tilework	307	(8)
Europe after the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West	315	(26)
Medieval Europe	316	(1)
The Art of the Warrior Lords	316	(3)
Hiberno-Saxon Art	319	(5)
Carolingian Art	324	(9)
Ottonian Art	333	(8)
Materials and Techniques: Cloisonne	317	(5)
Art and Society: Medieval Books	322	(6)
Art and Society the Revival of Learning at Charlemagne's Court	328	(3)
Religion and Mythology Medieval Monasteries and Benedictine Rule	331	(10)
The Age of Pilgrims and Crusaders: Romanesque Art	341	(34)
Romanesque Europe	342	(1)
Architecture	342	(11)
Sculpture	353	(13)
Painting	366	(9)
Written Sources: the Burning of Canterbury Cathedral	343	(2)
Art and Society Pilgrimages and the Cult of Relics	345	(13)
Written Sources: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux on Cloister Sculpture	358	(1)
Architectural Basics: the Romanesque Portal	359	(2)
Religion and Mythology the Crusades	361	(9)
Art and Society Romanesque Countesses, Queens, and Nuns	370	(3)
Materials and Techniques: Embroidery and Tapestry	373	(2)
The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art	375	(45)
Gothic Europe	376	(1)
French Gothic	377	(29)
Gothic outside of France	406	(14)
Written Sources: Abbot Suger and the Rebuilding of Saint-Denis	377	(5)
Architectural Basics: the Gothic Rib Vault	382	(2)
Art And Society: Paris: the Intellectual Capital of Gothic Europe	384	(2)
Architectural Basics: the Gothic Cathedral	386	(2)
Materials and Techniques: Stained-Glass Windows	388	(9)
Art and Society: Louis IX: the Saintly King	397	(23)
Notes	420	(1)
Pronunciation Guide To Artists Names	421	(1)
Glossary	422	(10)
Bibliography	432	(6)
Credits	438	(2)
Index	440