Gardner's Art Through the Ages

by Kleiner - VOL 1

• ISBN13: 9780155070851
• ISBN10: 0155070851
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780534167059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Thomson Learning
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Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction The Subjects and Vocabulary of Art History	xvii
Art, History, and the History of Art	xvii
Art History in the Twenty-First Century	xviii
Different Ways of Seeing	xxxi
The Birth of Art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age	1	(16)
What is Art?	2	(1)
Paleolithic Art	2	(10)
Neolithic Art	12	(5)
Materials and Techniques: Paleolithic Cave Painting	6	(2)
Art and Society: Animals and Magic in the Old Stone Age	8	(3)
Art in the News: The World's Oldest Paintings	11	(6)
The Rise of Civilization: The Art of the Ancient Near East	17	(26)
The Land between the Rivers	18	(1)
Sumerian Art	18	(7)
Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, and Hittite Art	25	(6)
Elamite and Assyrian Art	31	(6)
Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Persian Art	37	(2)
Near Eastern Art after Alexander	39	(4)
Religion and Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of Mesopotamia	19	(7)
Materials and Techniques: Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals	26	(2)
Religion and Mythology: The Piety of Gudea	28	(2)
Art and Society: Hammurabi's Law Code	30	(7)
Written Sources: Babylon: City of Wonders	37	(6)
Pharaohs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt	43	(34)
The Land of the Nile	44	(1)
The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods	44	(6)
The Old Kingdom	50	(9)
The Middle Kingdom	59	(1)
The New Kingdom	60	(14)
The Late Period	74	(3)
Religion and Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of Egypt	45	(1)
Art and Society: Mummification and the Afterlife	46	(6)
Architectural Basics: Building the Great Pyramids	52	(9)
Art and Society: Hatshepsut: The Woman who Would be King	61	(2)
Art in the News: The Tomb of the Sons of Ramses II	63	(14)
Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean	77	(20)
The Prehistoric Aegean Rediscovered	78	(1)
Cycladic Art	79	(1)
Minoan Art	79	(10)
Mycenaean (Late Helladic) Art	89	(8)
Art and Society: Archeology, Art History, and the Art Market	81	(3)
Art in the News: Minoan Paintings Discovered in Egypt	84	(3)
Art in the News: A Volcano Erupts, and the History of Art is Revised	87	(10)
Gods, Heroes, and Athletes: The Art of Ancient Greece	97	(64)
Greek Humanism	98	(3)
The Geometric and Orientalizing Periods (Ninth--Seventh Centuries B.C.)	101	(4)
The Archaic Period (Sixth Century B.C.)	105	(15)
The Early and High Classical Periods (Fifth Century B.C.)	120	(19)
The Late Classical Period (Fourth Century B.C.)	139	(9)
The Hellenistic Period (323--31 B.C.)	148	(13)
Religion and Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus	99	(4)
Religion and Mythology: Herakles: Greatest of Greek Heroes	103	(1)
Materials and Techniques: Greek Vase Painting	104	(8)
Architectural Basics: Doric and Ionic Temples	112	(12)
Materials and Techniques: Hollow-Casting Life-Size Bronze Statues	124	(2)
Written Sources: Polykleitos's Prescription for the Perfect Statue	126	(10)
Art and Society: A Greek Woman in her Father's Home: The Hegeso Stele	136	(12)
Architectural Basics: The Corinthian Capital	148	(13)
Paths to Enlightenment: The Ancient Art of South and Southeast Asia	161	(26)
India and Pakistan	162	(17)
Southeast Asia	179	(8)
Religion and Mythology: Buddhism and Buddhist Iconography	164	(9)
Religion and Mythology: Hinduism and Hindu Iconography	173	(1)
Art and Society: Myth and History in Indian Sculpture	174	(6)
Art and Society: Indianization	180	(3)
Written Sources: Khmer Kingship	183	(4)
Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: The Art of Early China and Korea	187	(28)
China	188	(23)
Korea	211	(4)
Materials and Techniques: Chinese Earthenwares and StoneWares	189	(4)
Religion and Mythology: Daoism and Confucianism	193	(1)
Materials and Techniques: Silk and the Silk Road	194	(4)
Written Sources: Xie He's Six Laws	198	(2)
Architectural Basics: Chinese Construction Methods and Principles	200	(15)
Sacred Statues and Secular Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan	215	(16)
Japan before Buddhism	216	(3)
Buddhist Japan	219	(12)
Religion and Mythology: Pre-Buddhist Beliefs and Rituals in Japan	218	(7)
Art and Society: Japanese Literature and Court Culture	225	(3)
Art and Society: Japanese Artists, Workshops, and Patrons	228	(3)
Italy Before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans	231	(14)
Who Were the Etruscans?	232	(1)
Early Etruscan Art	232	(7)
Later Etruscan Art	239	(6)
Religion and Mythology: Etruscan Counterparts of Greco-Roman Gods and Heroes	234	(1)
Written Sources: Etruscan Artists in Rome	235	(1)
Art and Society: The ``Audacity'' of Etruscan Women	236	(9)
From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient Rome	245	(56)
The Mighty Empire of Rome	246	(1)
The Republic	246	(6)
Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius	252	(12)
The Early Empire	264	(10)
The High Empire	274	(15)
The Late Empire	289	(12)
Art and Society: An Outline of Roman History	247	(2)
Architectural Basics: The Roman Architectural Revolution: Concrete Construction	249	(2)
Art and Society: Art for Former Slaves	251	(2)
Written Sources: An Eyewitness Account of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius	253	(2)
Architectural Basics: The Roman House	255	(5)
Materials and Techniques: The Roman Illustrated Book	260	(6)
Art and Society: Role-Playing in Roman Portraiture	266	(4)
Written Sources: An Imperial Pleasure Palace: The Golden House of Nero	270	(12)
Written Sources: Hadrian: Emperor and Architect	282	(7)
Materials and Techniques: Iaia of Cyzicus and the Art of Encaustic Painting	289	(12)
Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity	301	(24)
The World of Late Antiquity	302	(1)
The Catacombs and Funerary Art	303	(7)
Architecture and Mosaics	310	(9)
Luxury Arts	319	(6)
Religion and Mythology: Jewish Subjects in Christian Art	305	(3)
Religion and Mythology: The Life of Jesus in Art	308	(3)
Written Sources: Constantine's Gifts to the Churches of Rome	311	(3)
Materials and Techniques: Mosaics	314	(5)
Materials and Techniques: Medieval Manuscript Illumination	319	(3)
Materials and Techniques: Ivory Carving in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages	322	(3)
Rome in the East: The Art of Byzantium	325	(34)
Byzahtium: The New Rome	326	(1)
Early Byzantine Art (527--726)	327	(16)
Inconoclasm (726--843)	343	(1)
Middle Byzantine Art (843--1204)	343	(9)
Late Byzantine Art (1204--1453)	352	(7)
Written Sources: The Emperors of New Rome	327	(5)
Architectural Basics: Pendentives and Squinches	332	(6)
Art and Society: Theodora: A Most Unusual Empress	338	(4)
Art and Society: Icons and Iconoclasm	342	(4)
Written Sources: Eulalios: Painter of Christ	346	(13)
Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic Art	359	(26)
The Rise of Islam	360	(1)
Early Islamic Art	361	(11)
Later Islamic Art	372	(13)
Religion and Mythology: Muhammad and Islam	360	(4)
Architectural Basics: The Islamic Mosque	364	(11)
Written Sources: Sinan the Great, the Mosque of Selim II, and Hagia Sophia	375	(2)
Materials and Techniques: Islamic Tilework	377	(8)
From Alaska to the Andes: The Arts of Ancient America	385	(30)
America before Columbus	386	(1)
Mesoamerica	386	(13)
South America	399	(10)
North America	409	(6)
Art and Society: The Mesoamerican Ballgame	392	(10)
Materials and Techniques: Andean Weaving	402	(9)
Art in the News: Serpent Mound	411	(4)
South of the Sahara: Early African Art	415	(12)
The Arts of Africa	416	(1)
Nigeria	416	(5)
Mali	421	(1)
Sierra Leone	422	(1)
South Africa	423	(1)
Zimbabwe	424	(3)
Art and Society: The Role of Art in Africa and the Chronology Problem	417	(5)
Art and Society: Sapi-Portuguese Ivories: A Hybrid Art Form	422	(5)
Europe After the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West	427	(26)
Medieval Europe	428	(1)
The Art of the Warrior Lords	428	(3)
Hiberno-Saxon Art	431	(5)
Carolingian Art	436	(9)
Ottonian Art	445	(8)
Materials and Techniques: Cloisonne	429	(5)
Art and Society: Medieval Books	434	(6)
Art and Society: The Revival of Learning at Charlemagne's Court	440	(3)
Religion and Mythology: Medieval Monasteries and Benedictine Rule	443	(10)
The Age of Pilgrims and Crusaders: Romanesque Art	453	(34)
Romanesque Europe	454	(1)
Architecture	454	(11)
Sculpture	465	(13)
Painting	478	(9)
Written Sources: The Burning of Canterbury Cathedral	455	(2)
Art and Society: Pilgrimages and the Cult of Relics	457	(13)
Written Sources: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux on Cloister Sculpture	470	(1)
Architectural Basics: The Romanesque Portal	471	(2)
Religion and Mythology: The Crusades	473	(9)
Art and Society: Romanesque Countesses, Queens, and Nuns	482	(3)
Materials and Techniques: Embroidery and Tapestry	485	(2)
The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art	487	(45)
Gothic Europe	488	(1)
French Gothic	489	(29)
Gothic outside of France	518	(14)
Written Sources: Abbot Suger and the Rebuilding of Saint-Denis	489	(5)
Architectural Basics: The Gothic Rib Vault	494	(2)
Art and Society: Paris: The Intellectual Capital of Gothic Europe	496	(2)
Architectural Basics: The Gothic Cathedral	498	(2)
Materials and Techniques: Stained-Glass Windows	500	(9)
Art and Society: Louis IX: The Saintly King	509	(23)
Notes	532	(6)
Pronunciation Guide to Artists' Names	538	(4)
Glossary	542	(16)
Bibliography	558	(14)
Credits	572	(3)
Index	575