Arts and Culture : An Introduction to the Humanities

by Benton, Janetta Rebold; Diyanni, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780130839091
• ISBN10: 0130839094
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Richly illustrated, beautifully designed, and engaging, this introduction to the humanities offers a thorough yet accessible integrated exploration of Western civilization's cultural heritage -- with an emphasis on cultural achievements in the arts of literature, philosophy, religion, painting, music, sculpture, and architecture. Multi-cultural in approach and organized chronologically from prehistory to the Renaissance, it provides an historical, (political, economic, socially) and cultural framework to help students understand how cultural achievements emerged from a specific time and place and how, in some instances, they reflected non-Western influences.

Table of Contents

consists of Chs. 13-24 the Combined Volume consists of Chs. 1-24.)

The Dawn of Culture

Ancient Egypt

Aegean Culture and the Rise of Ancient Greece

Classical and Hellenistic Greece

The Roman World

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Byzantine & Islamic Civilizations

Indian Civilization

Early Chinese & Japanese Civilizations

The Civilizations of the Americas

The Early Middle Ages and the Romanesque

The Gothic and Late Middle Ages

The Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The Renaissance in the North

The Baroque Age

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism and Realism

The Belle Ãêpoque

Chinese and Japanese Civilizations

Russian Civilization

The Age of Anxiety

Modern Africa and Latin America

The Age of Affluence

The Diversity of Contemporary Life

Glossary

Picture Credits and Further Information

Literature and Music Credits

Index

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