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Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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ISBN-10: 0534640915

ISBN-13: 9780534640910

Edition: 12th 2005

Authors: Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya, Richard G. Tansey, Helen Gardner

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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. With this book in hand, thousands of students have watched the story of art unfold in its full historical, social, religious, economic, and cultural context, and thus deepened their understanding of art, architecture, painting, and sculpture. By virtue of its comprehensive coverage, strong emphasis on context, and rich, accurate art reproductions, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES has earned and sustained a reputation of excellence and authority. So much so, that in 2001, the Text and…    
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Book details

List price: $267.95
Edition: 12th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.796
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
From Gothic to Renaissance: the 14th Century in Italy
Of Piety, Passion, and Politics: 15th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain
Humanism and the Allure of Antiquity: 15th-Century Italian Art
Beauty, Science, and Spirit in Italian Art: the High Renaissance and Mannerism
The Age of Reformation: 16th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain
Of Popes, Peasants, Monarchs, and Merchants: Baroque Art
Sultans, Kings, Emperors, and Colonists: the Art of South and Southeast Asia after 1200
From the Mongols to the Modern: the Art of Later China and Korea
From the Shoguns to the Present: the Art of Later Japan
The Enlightenment and Its Legacy: the Late 18th- through the Mid-19th Century
The Rise of Modernism: the Later 19th Century
Before and After the Conquistadors: Native Arts of the Americas after 1300
The Flourishing of Island Cultures: the Arts of Oceania
Traditionalism and Internationalism: 19th- and 20th-century African Arts
The Development of Modernist Art: the Early 20th Century
From the Modern to the Postmodern and Beyond: the Later 20th Century
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index