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Discovering the Humanities

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ISBN-10: 0205219640

ISBN-13: 9780205219643

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Henry M. Sayre

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See Context and Make Connections across the Humanities Discovering the Humanitieshelps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Written around Henry Sayre’s belief that students learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, it captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity throughout our history. With a stronger focus on critical thinking, and coupled with the new MyArtsLab to personalize learning for each student, the second edition enables students to deepen their understanding of how cultures influence one another. It also…    
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Book details

List price: $175.80
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/28/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 8.46" wide x 10.91" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English

The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations
The Greek World
Empire
The Flowering of Religion
Fiefdom and Monastery, Pilgrimage and Crusade
The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism
The Renaissance
Renaissance and Reformation in the North
Encounter and Confrontation
The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque
Enlightenment and Rococo
The Age of Revolution
The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie
The Modernist World
Decades of Change
The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest CivilizationsThe Beginnings of Culture
The Role of Myth in Prehistoric Cultural Life
Mesopotamia: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East
The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun
The Greek World
Bronze Age Culture in the Aegean
The Rise of the Greek City-States
The Golden Age
The Hellenistic World
Empire
Rome
China
Ancient India
The Flowering of Religion
Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium
Developments in Judaic Culture
The Rise of Christianity
The Byzantine Empire and Its Church
The Rise and Spread of Islam
The Spread of Buddhism
Fiefdom and Monastery, Pilgrimage and Crusade
The Early Medieval World in Europe
Anglo-Saxon Artistic Style and Culture
Carolingian Culture
Pilgrimage Churches and Romanesque
The Crusades and the Culture of Romance
The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism
Civic and Religious Life in an Age of Inquiry
The Gothic Cathedral
The Rise of the University
The Radiant Style and the Court of Louis IX
The Gothic in Italy
Civic and Religious Life in Siena and Florence
The Spread of Vernacular Literature in Europe
The Renaissance
The State as a Work of Art: Florence and the Medici
Beyond Florence: The Ducal Courts and the Arts
From Florence to Rome and Venice: The High Renaissance
The High Renaissance in Venice
Women in Italian Humanist Society
Renaissance and Reformation in the North
Art, Commerce, and Merchant Patronage
The German Tradition
Humanism and Reformation in the North
Encounter and Confrontation
The Spanish in the Americas
West African Culture and the Portuguese
India and Europe: Cross-Cultural Connections
China and Its Influence
Japan: Court Patronage and Spiritual Practice
The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque
Mannerism and the Early Counter-Reformation
The Baroque in Italy
The Secular Baroque in the North
Absolutism and the Baroque Court
Enlightenment and Rococo
The English Enlightenment
The Enlightenment in France
Cross-Cultural Contact
The Age of Revolution
The American and French Revolutions
The Neoclassical Spirit
The Romantic Imagination
From Classical to Romantic Music
The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie
The New Realism
In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s
Impressionist Paris
The American Self
The Challenge to Cultural Identity
The Modernist World
The Rise of Modernism in the Arts
The Great War and Its Impact
Decades of Change
Europe after the War: The Existential Quest
America after the War: Triumph and Doubt
The Winds of Change
The Postmodern Era