Adventures in the Human Spirit

Name: Adventures in the Human Spirit
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ISBN: 9780132244596

ISBN-10: 0132244594

ISBN-13: 9780132244596

Edition: 5th 2008

Authors: Philip Bishop

List price: $126.60

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Exceptionally student-friendly, extensively illustrated, and engagingly thought-provoking, this one-volume historical survey of the humanities is accessibleand invitingto readers withlittle background in the arts and humanities.Carefully balanced among the major arts, philosophy, and religion and finely focused on selected principal events, styles, movements, and figures, it brings the past to life by including authentic documents from daily life, comparative global perspectives, and examples from literature, philosophy, musicincluding the contributions of women and minority artists.For individuals waiting to discover the humanities rich connections to theirownlives.

Book details

List price: $126.60
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 3/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.882
Language: English




The Humanities: An Introduction to Adventure



The Ancient World



Ancient Greece: The Classical Spirit



Ancient Rome: The Spirit of Empire



The Spirit of Monotheism: Judaism, Christianity, Islam



The Early Middle Ages: The Feudal Spirit



The Late Middle Ages: The Gothic Awakening



The Renaissance Spirit in Italy



Reformation and Late Renaissance



The Spirit of Baroque



The Spirit of Enlightenment



Revolution and Romanticism



The Industrial Age: The Spirit of Materialism



The Spirit of Modernism



The Contemporary Spirit