Fred S. Kleiner

Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History, Volume I

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, VOLUME I provides you with a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions! Easy to read and understand, the 15th edition of the most widely read art history book in the English language continues to evolve, providing a rich cultural backdrop for each of the covered periods and geographical locations, and incorporating new artists and art forms -- all reproduced according to the highest standards of clarity and color fidelity. A complete online learning environment, including all images and an eBook, also is available. The unique Scale feature will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. "The Big Picture" overviews at the end of every chapter summarize the chapter's important concepts.

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Produktdetails

• Gardner's Art Through the Ages
• Verlag: Cengage Learning EMEA / Wadsworth Publishing
• 15. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 290mm x 229mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1860g
• ISBN-13: 9781285837840
• ISBN-10: 1285837843
• Artikelnr.: 41094615

Autorenporträt

Fred S. Kleiner, Ph.D. has been professor of art history and archeology at Boston University for four decades. He taught previously at University of Virginia and served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. Acclaimed for inspiring lectures, Dr. Kleiner won Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College Prize for Undergraduate Advising in the Humanities and the Distinguished Teaching Prize in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London as well as a member of the Text and Academic Authors Association. In addition to this title, Dr. Kleiner has authored several editions of ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY (Cengage), A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART (Cengage) and more than 100 publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture. Dr. Kleiner earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What is Art History?1. Art in the Stone Age.2. Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia.3. Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra.4. The Prehistoric Aegean.5. Ancient Greece6. The Etruscans.7. The Roman Empire.8. Late Antiquity.9. Byzantium.10. The Islamic World.11. Early Medieval Europe.12. Romanesque Europe.13. Gothic Europe.14. Late Medieval Italy.15. South and Southeast Asia before 1200.16. China and Korea to 1279.17. Japan before 1333.18. Native American Cultures before 1300.19. Africa before 1800.