Study Guide (Books 1-3) for use with The Humanistic Tradition

by FIERO G

• ISBN13: 9780072388480
• ISBN10: 007238848X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-17
• Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, THE

Table of Contents

Introduction
Format of the Study Guide	v
How to Read the Textbook	vi
Tips for Studying the Global Humanities	vii
The Formal Elements of the Arts	viii
Online Learning Center	x
Acknowledgements	x
Pronunciation Key	x
Answers to the Sample Multiple Choice Questions	x
BOOK 1 THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS AND THE CLASSICAL LEGACY
Introduction: Prehistory and the Birth of Civilization	1	(8)
The First Civilizations	9	(1)
Egypt: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order	9	(8)
Mesopotamia: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order	17	(8)
India and China: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order	25	(8)
The Classical Legacy	33	(1)
Greece: Humanism and the Speculative Leap	33	(10)
The Classical Style	43	(10)
Rome: The Rise to Empire	53	(8)
China: The Rise to Empire	61	(8)
BOOK 2 MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND THE WORLD BEYOND
The Shaping of the Middle Ages	69	(1)
A Flowering of Faith: Christianity and Buddhism	69	(8)
The Language of Faith: Symbolism and the Arts	77	(10)
The Islamic World: Religion and Culture	87	(8)
The Medieval West	95	(1)
Patterns of Medieval Life	95	(8)
Christianity and the Medieval Mind	103	(8)
The Medieval Synthesis in the Arts	111	(10)
The World Beyond the West	121	(1)
Asian Civilizations: The Artistic Record	121	(8)
BOOK 3 THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE, THE REFORMATION, AND GLOBAL ENCOUNTER
The Age of the Renaissance	129	(1)
Adversity and Challenge: The Fourteenth-Century Transition	129	(8)
Classical Humanism in the Age of the Renaissance	137	(6)
Renaissance Artists: Disciples of Nature, Masters of Invention	143	(8)
A Brave New World	151	(1)
Africa, the Americas, and Cross-Cultural Encounter	151	(8)
Protest and Reform: The Waning of the Old Order	159