| The Western Humanities, 5/e Preface Introduction: Why Study Cultural History? A Humanities Primer: How to Understand the Arts | |
| The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots, 1400 - 1494 | |
| The Renaissance: Schools of Interpretation Early Renaissance History and Institutions Italian City-States During the Early Renaissance Florence, the Center of the Renaissance | |
| The Resurgent Papcy, 1450-1500 The Spirit and Style of the Early Renaissance Humanism, Scholarship, and Schooling Personal Perspective: Laura Cereta, ''Defense of the Liberal Instruction of Women'' Thought and Philosophy Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting Artistic Ideals and Innovations Architecture Sculpture Painting Music | |
| The Legacy of the Early Renaissance Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Suggestion for Listening Chapter 11 Highlights | |
| The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism, 1494 - 1564 | |
| The Rise of the Modern Sovereign State | |
| The Struggle for Italy, 1494-1529 Charles V and the Hapsburg Empire Economic Expansion and Social Developments | |
| From High Renaissance to Early Mannerism Literature Gaspara Stampa Castiglione Machiavelli Painting Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael | |
| The Venetian School: Giorgione and Titian | |
| The School of Parma: Parmigianino Sculpture Personal Perspective: Giorgio Vasari, ''Michelangelo Has the Last Word'' Architecture Music | |
| The Legacy of the High Renaissance and Early Mannerism Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Suggestions for Listening | |
| Highlights | |
| Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism, 1500 - 1603 | |
| Northern Humanism | |
| The Northern Renaissance Northern Renaissance Literature Michel de Montaigne William Shakespeare Northern Renaissance Painting Albrecht Dürer Mathias Grunewald Hieronymus Bosch Pieter Bruegel the Elder | |
| The Breakup of Christendom: Causes of the Religious Reformations | |
| The Protestant Order Luther's Revolt Luther's Beliefs Social and Political Implications of Luther's Revolt Personal Perspective: Albrecht Dürer, ''Fears for Luther's Safety'' | |
| The Reforms of John Calvin | |
| The Reform of the English Church | |
| The Counter-Reformation | |
| The Reformed Papacy New Monastic Orders | |
| The Council of Trent Warfare as a Response to Religious Dissent, 1520-1603 | |
| Late Mannerism Spanish Painting Spanish Literature Late Mannerist Painting in Italy: Tintoretto Music in Late-Sixteenth-Century Italy and England | |
| The Legacy of Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Suggestions for Listening | |
| Highlights Windows on the World: 1500 - 1600 | |
| The Baroque Age: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600 - 1715 | |
| Absolutism, Monarchy, and the Balance of Power France: The Supreme Example of Absolutism England: From Monarchy to Republic to Limited Monarchy Warfare in the Baroque Period: Maintaining the Balance of Power | |
| The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 | |
| Personal Perspective: Louis XIV, ''Reflections on Power''; Duke of Saint-Simon, ''Memoirs'' | |
| The Wars of Louis XIV, 1665-1713 | |
| The Baroque: Variations on an International Style | |
| The Florid Baroque Architecture Sculpture Painting | |
| The Classical Baroque Architecture Painting | |
| The Restrained Baroque Painting Architecture Literature Ba | |
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