The Western Humanities, Complete

by Matthews, Roy; Platt, Dewitt

Edition:

6th

ISBN13:

9780073136196

ISBN10:

0073136190

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

2/13/2007

Publisher(s):

MCGRAW HILL PROFESSIONAL

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Chronologically organized, The Western Humanities presents the cultural achievements of western civilization-art, music, history, literature, theater, film and the other arts-within their historical context. By examining the historical and material conditions that influenced the form and content of the arts and literature, the authors provide students a deeper understanding of the meaning of cultural works and a broader basis for appreciating the humanities. Hundreds of illustrations appear throughout the text, "Slices of Life" boxes bring to life the events of the day, and brief sections at the end of each chapter describe the cultural legacy of the era discussed.

The Western Humanities, 6/e
Preface
Introduction: Why Study Cultural History?
A Humanities Primer: How to Understand the Arts
Prehistory And Near Eastern Civilizations
Prehistory and Early Cultures Paleolithic Period Neolithic Period Technology in Early Cultures
Stone Age Technology Bronze Age Technology Iron Age Technology
The Civilizations of the Tigris and Euphrates
River Valley: Mesopotamia
The Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian Kingdoms
The Cradle of Civilization
Writing Encounter: "Phonecians and Their Alphabet"
Religion
Literature Slice of Life: "A Sumerian Father Lectures His Son"
Law Science: Astronomy, Mathematics, and Medicine
Art and Architecture The Civilization of the Nile River Valley: Egypt
Continuity and Change over Three Thousand Years
A Quest for Eternal Cultural Values
Religion
Writing and Literature Slice of Life: "The Instruction of Amenemope" Science and Medicine Architecture Sculpture
Painting, and Minor Arts Heirs to the Mesopotamian and Egyptian Empires
The Hittites The Assyrians The Medes The Persians
The Legacy of Early Near Eastern Civilizations
Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline
Aegean Civilizations: The Minoans
The Mycenaeans, And The Greeks Of The Archaic Age Prelude: Minoan Civilization, 3000 - 1100 B.C.E
Beginnings: Mycenaean Civilization, 1900 - 1100 B.C.E. Technology in Minoan Crete and Mycenae Crete and Mycenae Archaic Greece Interlude: The Dark Ages, 1100 - 800 B.C.E
The Archaic Age, 800 - 479 B.C.E.
Political, Economic, and Social Structures
The Greek Polis: Sparta and Athens
Technology in Archaic Greece The Persian Wars Encounter: "Near Estern Art and Greek Pottery"
The Emergence of Greek Genius: The Mastery of Form Religion
Epic Poetry Lyric Poetry Slice of Life: "The Worlds of Women and Men in Ancient Greece"
Natural Philosophy
Medicine Architecture
Sculpture The Legacy of Archaic Greek Civilization Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline
Classical Greek Civilization: The Hellenic Age
General Characteristics of Hellenic Civilization Domestic and Foreign Affairs: War, Peace, and the Triumph of Macedonia Phases of the Hellenic Age Technology
Shipbuilding Warfare The Perfection of the Tradition: The Glory of Hellenic Greece
Theater: Tragedy
Features of the Greek Theater
Encounter: The Representation of Blacks in Greek Art
Tragic Drama
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides Theater: Comedy Music
History Philosophy, Science and Medicine
The Pre-Socratics
The Sophists
The Socratic Revolution
Plato
Aristotle Architecture
Sanctuaries
The Temple: The Perfection of the Form
Slice of Life: Xenophon, "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Sculpture
The Legacy of Hellenic Civilization Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline
Classical Greek Civilization: The Hellenistic Age
The Stages of Hellenistic History
The End of the Empire and the Rise of the States
The Arrival and Triumph of Rome Urban Life in the Hellenistic Age Pergamum
Alexandria in Egypt
Slice of Life: Theocritus, "Street Scene in Hellenistic Egypt
The Elaboration of the Greek Tradition: The Spread of Classicism to the Hellenistic World
Drama and Literature
Philosophy and Religion
Cynicism
Skepticism
Epicureanism
Stoicism
Fate and the Mystery Cults Science and Medicine Encounter: "The Invention of Parchment and the Birth of the Secular Library"
Architecture
The Corinthian Temple
The Altar
Sculpture
Rhodes: Late Hellenistic Style
The Legacy of the Hellenistic World Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline
Roman Civilization: The Pre-Christian Centuries
The Colossus of the Mediterranean World
General Characteristics of Roman Civilization Technology Warfare Construction
The Etruscan and Greek Connections
Rome in the Age of Kings, 753-509 B.C.
The Roman Republ
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