Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Backpack Edition, Book B (Book Only)

by Kleiner, Fred S.

• ISBN13: 9780840030610
• ISBN10: 0840030614
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES, 14e, BACKPACK EDITION: BOOK B: THE MIDDLE AGES, is part of a six-book set that provides you with a comprehensive, beautifully-illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions! Easy to read and understand, the fourteenth edition of the most widely-read art history book in the English language continues to evolve, providing a rich cultural backdrop for each of the covered periods and geographical locations, and incorporating new artists and art forms -- all reproduced according to the highest standards of clarity and color fidelity. A complete online environment, including all images and an eBook, is also available. The unique Scale feature will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. A new timeline within each chapter, along with "The Big Picture" overviews at the end of every chapter, will help you review for exams.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Late Antiquity	p. 232
Framing The Era Romans, Jews, and Christians	p. 233
Timeline	p. 234
The Late Antique World	p. 234
Dura-Europos and Jewish Art	p. 234
The Catacombs and Funerary Art	p. 237
Architecture and Mosaics	p. 242
Luxury Arts	p. 248
Religion and Mythology: Jewish Subjects in Christian Art	p. 238
Religion and Mythology: The Life of Jesus in Art	p. 240
Materials and Techniques: Mosaics	p. 245
Materials and Techniques: Medieval Manuscript Illumination	p. 249
Materials and Techniques: Ivory Carving	p. 251
Map 8-1 The Mediterranean world in late antiquity	p. 234
The Big Picture	p. 253
Byzantium	p. 254
Framing The Era Church and State United	p. 255
Timeline	p. 256
The Christian Roman Empire	p. 256
Early Byzantine Art	p. 257
Middle Byzantine Art	p. 270
Late Byzantine Art	p. 278
Written Sources: The Emperors of New Rome	p. 259
Architectural Basics: Pendentives and Squinches	p. 262
Art and Society: Icons and Iconoclasm	p. 269
Art and Society: Born to the Purple: Empress Zoe	p. 273
MAP 9-1 The Byzantine Empire at the death of Justinian in 565	p. 256
The Big Picture	p. 281
The Islamic World	p. 282
Framing The Era The Rise and Spread of Islam	p. 283
Timeline	p. 284
Early Islamic Art	p. 284
Later Islamic Art	p. 294
Religion and Mythology: Muhammad and Islam	p. 285
Architectural Basics: The Mosque	p. 288
Written Sources: Sinan the Great and the Mosque of Selim II	p. 298
Materials and Techniques: Islamic Tilework	p. 299
Art and Society: Christian Patronage of Islamic Art	p. 304
MAP 10-1 The Islamic world around 1500	p. 284
The Big Picture	p. 305
Early Medieval Europe	p. 306
Framing The Era Missionaries Spread I Christian Art	p. 307
Timeline	p. 308
Art of the Warrior Lords	p. 308
Hiberno-Saxon Art	p. 311
Visigothic and Mozarabic Art	p. 315
Carolingian Art	p. 317
Ottonian Art	p. 324
Art and Society: Medieval Books	p. 312
Religion and Mythology: The Four Evangelists	p. 314
Art and Society: Charlemagne's Renovatio Imperii Romani	p. 317
Religion and Mythology: Medieval Monasteries and Benedictine Rule	p. 322
Art and Society: Theophanu, a Byzantine Princess in Ottonian Germany	p. 328
MAP 11-1 The Carolingian Empire at the death of Charlemagne in 814	p. 308
The Big Picture	p. 331
Romanesque Europe	p. 332
Framing The Era The Rebirth of Monumental Sculpture	p. 333
Timeline	p. 334
European Culture in the New Millennium	p. 334
France and Northern Spain	p. 334
Holy Roman Empire	p. 349
Italy	p. 355
Normandy and England	p. 357
Art and Society: Pilgrimage Roads in France and Spain	p. 335
Religion and Mythology: The Veneration of Relics	p. 336
Written Sources: Timber Roofs and Stone Vaults	p. 339
Written Sources: Bernard of Clairvaux on Cloister Sculpture	p. 342
Architectural Basics: The Romanesque Church Portal	p. 344
Religion and Mythology: The Crusades	p. 346
Art and Society: Romanesque Countesses, Queens, and Nuns	p. 352
Materials and Techniques: Embroidery and Tapestry	p. 362
MAP 12-1 Western Europe around 1100	p. 335
The Big Picture	p. 363
Gothic Europe	p. 364
Framing the Era The Age of the Great Cathedrals	p. 365
Timeline	p. 366
France	p. 366
England	p. 389
Holy Roman Empire	p. 392
Written Sources: Abbot Suger and the Rebuilding of Saint-Denis	p. 367
Architectural Basics: The Gothic Rib Vault	p. 368
Art and Society: Paris, Schoolmen, and Scholasticism	p. 372
Architectural Basics: The Gothic Cathedral	p. 373
Materials and Techniques: Stained-Glass Windows	p. 375
Art and Society: Louis IX, the Saintly King	p. 385
MAP 13-1 Europe around 1200	p. 366
The Big Picture	p. 399
Late Medieval Italy	p. 400
Framing The Era Late Medieval or Proto-Renaissance?	p. 401
Timeline	p. 402
13th Century	p. 402
14th Century	p. 406
Religion and Mythology: The Great Schism, Mendicant Orders, and Confraternities	p. 404
Art and Society: Italian Artists' Names	p. 405
Materials and Techniques: Fresco Painting	p. 408
Written Sources: Artists' Guilds, Artistic Commissions, and Artists' Contracts	p. 410
Art and Society: Artistic Training in Renaissance Italy	p. 414
MAP 14-1 Italy around 1400	p. 405
The Big Picture	p. 421
Notes	p. 422
Glossary	p. 425
Bibliography	p. 431
Credits	p. 435
Museum Index	p. 437
Subject Index	p. 439
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