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Gardner's Art Through the Ages The Western Perspective

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ISBN-10: 0495004790

ISBN-13: 9780495004790

Edition: 12th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya

List price: $239.95
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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 version explores the history of art in the Western world in a concise 23-chapter format (also available in a two-volume split). GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE features such enhancements as more color photographs, a stunning new design, and the most current research and…    
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Book details

List price: $239.95
Edition: 12th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/7/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 572
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

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
The Birth of Art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age
The Rise of Civilization: The Art of the Ancient Near East
Pharaohs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt
Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean
Gods, Heroes, and Athletes: The Art of Ancient Greece
Italy before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans
From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient Rome
Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity
Rome in the East: The Art of Byzantium
In Praise of Allah: The Art of the Islamic World
Europe after the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West
The Age of Pilgrimages: Romanesque Art
The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index