Arts and Culture, Combined Volume : An Introduction to the Humanities

by Benton, Janetta Rebold; DiYanni, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780132283915
• ISBN10: 0132283913
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Offering an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage, this book is richly illustrated, beautifully designed and engaging.Readers move chronologically through major periods and stylesfrom prehistoric culture to 20th Century Americato gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music.For arts and cultural coordinators, professionals and enthusiasts.

Table of Contents

Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian Civilizations

Aegean Culture and Early Greece

Classical and Hellenistic Greece

Roman Civilization

Judaism, Early Christianity, and Byzantine Civilization

Islamic Civilization

Indian Civilization

Early Chinese Civilization

Early Japanese Civilization

Early Civilizations of the Americas and Africa

Early Middle Ages and the Romanesque

Gothic and Late Middle Ages

The Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The Renaissance in Northern Europe

The Baroque Age

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism and Realism

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century

Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century

Early Twentieth Century

Modern Africa and Latin America

Mid-Twentieth Century and Later

Diversity in Contemporary Life

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