Gardner's Art Through the Ages

by GARDNER

• ISBN13: 9780155037694
• ISBN10: 0155037692
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780155083158
• Edition: 9th
• Copyright: 1991-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Subjects and Vocabulary of Art History

The Birth of Art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age

The Rise of Civilization: The Art of the Ancient Near East

Pharaohs, Tombs, and Temples: The Art of Ancient Egypt

Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean

Gods, Heroes, and Athletes: The Art of Ancient Greece

Paths to Enlightenment: The Ancient Art of South and Southeast Asia

Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: The Art of Early China and Korea

Sacred Statues and Secular Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan

Italy before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans

From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient Rome

Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity

Rome in the East: The Art of Byzantium

Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic Art

From Alaska to the Andes: The Arts of the Ancient Americas

South of the Sahara: Early African Art

Europe after the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West

The Age of Pilgrims and Crusaders: Romanesque Art

The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art

From Gothic to Renaissance: The Fourteenth Century in Italy

Of Piety, Passion, and Politics: Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain

Humanism and the Allure of Antiquity: Fifteenth-Century Italian Art

The Beautiful, Spiritual, and Scientific in Art: The High Renaissance and Mannerism

The Age of Reformation: Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain

Of Popes, Peasants, Monarchs, and Merchants: Art of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries in Europe

Religious Change and Colonial Rule: The Later Art of South and Southeast Asia

Incursion, Restoration, and Transformation in East Asia: The Later Art of China and Korea

From the Shoguns to the Present: The Art of Later Japan

The Enlightenment and Its Legacy: Neoclassicism through the Mid-Nineteenth Century

The Rise of Modernism: The Later Nineteenth Century

Before and After the Conquistadors: The Later Native Arts of the Americas

Elders, "Big Men," Chiefs, and Kings: The Arts of Oceania and Australia

Exploration, Colonization, and Independence: Later African Art

The Triumph of Modernist Art: The Early Twentieth Century

The Emergence of Postmodernism: The Later Twentieth Century

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