Skip to content

Gardner's Art Through the Ages Non-Western Perspectives

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 0495003654

ISBN-13: 9780495003656

Edition: 12th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya

List price: $195.95
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!
what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

As the market-leading text for the art history survey course, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES has served as a comprehensive and thoughtfully crafted guide to the defining phases of the world's artistic tradition. The story of art unfolds in its full historical, social, religious, economic, and cultural context, deepening students' understanding of art, architecture, painting, and sculpture. This non-Western version explores the history of art in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Oceania, and the Islamic world in a compact, 12-chapter format. GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVES features color photographs, a stunning design, and the most current research and scholarship. Every…    
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $195.95
Edition: 12th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/2/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.980

Fred S. Kleiner (Ph.D., Columbia University) is the author or co-author of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th editions of ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, as well as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions of ART THROUGH THE AGES: A CONCISE HISTORY, and more than 100 publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture, including A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART, also published by Cengage. He has taught the art history survey course for more than three decades, first at the University of Virginia and, since 1978, at Boston University, where he is currently professor of art history and archaeology. From 1985 to 1998, he was editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. Long acclaimed…    

Christin J. Mamiya received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of California--Los Angeles, and is Professor of Art History at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln. A recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Annis Chaikin Sorensen Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities from the University of Nebraska in 2001, Professor Mamiya specializes in the areas of modern, postmodern, and Oceanic art. She has published a book on Pop art, as well as many articles, catalog essays, and book reviews. She is an active participant in the wider community as both a curator and lecturer.

Preface
Introduction
The Subjects and Vocabulary of Art History
Paths to Enlightenment: The Art of South and Southeast Asia before 1200
Sultans, Kings, Emperors, and Colonists: The Art of South and Southeast Asia after 1200
The Silk Road and Beyond: The Art of Early China and Korea
From the Mongols to the Modern: The Art of Later China and Korea
Shrines, Statues, and Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan
From the Shoguns to the Present: The Art of Later Japan
In Praise of Allah: The Art of the Islamic World
From Alaska to the Andes: Native Arts of the Americas before 1300
Before and After the Conquistadors: Native Arts of the Americas after 1300
South from the Sahara: Early African Art
Traditionalism and Internationalism: 19th- and 20th-Century African Arts
The Flourishing of Island Cultures: The Arts of Oceania
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index