Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art

by Stokstad, Marilyn

• ISBN13: 9780136040972
• ISBN10: 0136040977
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Art History Portable Editionby Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content asArt History, Third Editionbut in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods. Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art can be used for such courses as: Prehistoric Art in Europe Art of the Ancient Near East Art of Ancient Egypt Aegean Art Art of Ancient Greece Etruscan and Roman Art Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
What's New	p. vi
Tools for Understanding Art History	p. viii
Faculty and Student Resources for Art History	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xvi
Use Notes	p. xix
Starter Kit	p. xx
Introduction	p. xxvi
Prehistoric Art in Europe	p. 1
The Stone Age	p. 2
The Paleolithic Period	p. 2
Shelter or Architecture?	p. 2
Artifacts or Works of Art?	p. 4
Cave Painting	p. 6
The Neolithic Period	p. 11
Rock-Shelter Art	p. 12
Architecture	p. 13
Sculpture and Ceramics	p. 19
From Stone to Metal	p. 20
The Bronze Age	p. 20
The Proto-Historic Iron Age	p. 21
In Perspective	p. 22
Timeline	p. 23
Boxes The Object Speaks Prehistoric Woman and Man	p. 18
Elements of Architecture Post-and-Lintel and Corbel Construction	p. 14
Technique Prehistoric Wall Painting	p. 8
Fiber Arts	p. 17
Pottery and Ceramics	p. 20
Art and Its Context The Power of Naming	p. 5
Science and Technology How Early Art Is Dated	p. 13
Art of the Ancient Near East	p. 24
The Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia	p. 26
The First Cities	p. 26
The Arts	p. 28
Southern Mesopotamia	p. 29
Sumer	p. 29
Akkad	p. 36
Lagash and Gudea	p. 37
Babylon: Hammurabi's Code	p. 37
The Hittites of Anatolia	p. 37
Later Mesopotamian Art	p. 40
Assyria	p. 40
Neo-Babylonia	p. 42
Persia	p. 42
Empire	p. 42
Persepolis	p. 42
Persian Coinage	p. 45
In Perspective	p. 46
Timeline	p. 47
Boxes The Object Speaks The Code of Hammurabi	p. 38
Technique Cuneiform Writing	p. 32
Textiles	p. 44
Coining Money	p. 46
Art and Its Context Art as Spoils of War-Protection or Theft?	p. 31
Art of Ancient Egypt	p. 48
The Gift of the Nile	p. 50
Early Dynastic Egypt	p. 50
Manetho's List	p. 51
Religion and the State	p. 51
Artistic Conventions	p. 52
Funerary Architecture	p. 55
The Old Kingdom, c. 2575-2150 BCE	p. 56
Architecture: The Pyramids at Giza	p. 57
Sculpture	p. 59
Tomb Decoration	p. 62
The Middle Kingdom, c. 1975- c. 1640 BCE	p. 62
Sculpture: Royal Portraits	p. 63
Tomb Architecture and Funerary Objects	p. 63
Town Planning	p. 66
The New Kingdom, c. 1539-1075 BCE	p. 67
The Great Temple Complexes	p. 67
The Valley of the Kings and Queens	p. 70
Akhenaten and the Art of the Amarna Period	p. 72
The Return to Tradition: Tutankhamun and Rameses I	p. 75
The Books of the Dead	p. 78
Late Egyptian Art, c. 715-332 BCE	p. 79
In Perspective	p. 80
Timeline	p. 81
Boxes The Object Speaks The Temples of Rameses II at Abu Simbel	p. 76
Elements Of Architecture Mastaba to Pyramid	p. 56
Technique Preserving the Dead	p. 55
Egyptian Painting and Sculpture	p. 64
Glassmaking and Egyptian Faience	p. 70
Art and Its Context Egyptian Symbols	p. 52
Hieroglyphic, Hieratic, and Demotic Writing	p. 78
Agean ART	p. 82
The Bronze Age in the Aegean	p. 84
The Cycladic Islands	p. 84
The Minoan Civilization On Crete	p. 86
The Old Palace Period, c. 1900-1700 BCE	p. 86
The New Palace Period, c. 1700-1450 BCE	p. 89
The Mycenaean (Helladic) Culture	p. 95
Helladic Architecture	p. 95
Metalwork	p. 102
Sculpture	p. 103
Ceramic Arts	p. 104
In Perspective	p. 104
Timeline	p. 105
Boxes the Object Speaks The Lion Gate	p. 100
Technique Aegean Metalwork	p. 93
Art and Its Context Pioneers of Aegean Archaeology	p. 88
Homeric Greece	p. 98
Art of Ancient Greece	p. 106
The Emergence of Greek Civilization	p. 108
Historical Background	p. 108
Religious Beliefs and Sacred Places	p. 109
Historical Divisions of Greek Art	p. 111
Greek Art From c. 900-c. 600 BCE	p. 112
The Geometric Period	p. 112
The Orientalizing Period	p. 114
The Archaic Period, c. 600-480 BCE	p. 114
Temple Architecture	p. 117
Architectural Sculpture	p. 119
Freestanding Sculpture	p. 121
Vase Painting	p. 125
The Classical Period, c. 480-323 BCE	p. 128
The Canon of Polykleitos	p. 128
The Art of the Early Classical Period, 480-450 BCE	p. 129
The High Classical Period, c. 450-400 BCE	p. 135
The Acropolis	p. 136
The Parthenon	p. 136
The Propylaia and the Erechtheion	p. 142
The Temple of Athena Nike	p. 144
The Athenian Agora	p. 145
Stele Sculpture	p. 147
Paintings: Murals and Vases	p. 148
The Late Classical Period, c. 400-323 BCE	p. 148
Architecture and Architectural Sculpture	p. 149
Sculpture	p. 151
The Art of the Goldsmith	p. 155
Wall Painting and Mosaics	p. 155
The Hellenistic Period, 323-31/30 BCE	p. 156
The Corinthian Order in Hellenistic Architecture	p. 158
Hellenistic Architecture: The Theater at Epidauros	p. 158
Sculpture	p. 160
The Multicultural Hellenistic World	p. 164
In Perspective	p. 165
Timeline	p. 167
Boxes The Object Speaks The Parthenon	p. 138
Elements of Architecture Greek Temple Plans	p. 116
The Greek Architectural Orders	p. 118
Technique Greek Painted Vases	p. 114
The Discovery and Conservation of the Riace Warriors	p. 135
Art and Its Context Greek and Roman Deities	p. 110
Classic and Classical	p. 128
Who Owns the Art? The Elgin Marbles and the Euphronios Vase	p. 145
Women Artists in Ancient Greece	p. 157
Etruscan and Roman Art	p. 168
The Etruscans	p. 170
Etruscan Architecture	p. 170
Etruscan Temples and Their Decoration	p. 171
Tomb Chambers	p. 174
Bronze Work	p. 177
The Romans	p. 178
Origins of Rome	p. 179
Roman Religion	p. 179
The Republic, 509-27 BCE	p. 179
Sculpture during the Republic	p. 180
Architecture and Engineering	p. 181
The Early Empire, 27 BCE-96 CE	p. 185
Augustan Art	p. 186
The Julio-Claudians	p. 189
The Roman City and the Roman Home	p. 190
Wall Painting	p. 193
The Flavians	p. 199
The High Imperial Art of Trajan and Hadrian	p. 204
Imperial Architecture	p. 205
Mosaics	p. 213
Sculpture	p. 215
Imperial Portraits	p. 216
The Late Empire, Third and Fourth Centuries	p. 218
The Severan Dynasty	p. 218
The Third Century: The Soldier Emperors	p. 220
The Tetrarchy	p. 222
Constantine the Great and His Legacy	p. 224
In Perspective	p. 230
Timeline	p. 231
Boxes The Object Speaks The Unswept Floor	p. 214
Elements of Architecture Arch, Vault, and Dome	p. 172
Roman Architectural Orders	p. 174
Technique Roman Mosaics	p. 215
Roman Copies	p. 224
Art and Its Context Roman Writers on Art	p. 179
Color in Roman Sculpture: A Colorized Augustus	p. 186
The Position of Roman Women	p. 198
World Map WM1
Glossary G1
Bibliography B1
Credits C1
Index I1
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