Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History

by Fred S. Kleiner

Overview

Experience the wonders of human creativity in GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, 16th Edition! A grand tour of the world’s most celebrated works from the Stone Age to the modern era, this introductory text has been a classroom favorite for 85 years. Every chapter includes rich and compelling discussions of pivotal art works, periods and geographies in art history, as well as new artists and art forms. Of course, the bold illustrations on the pages look almost as good as the real thing, especially when you use the unique Scale feature to imagine a work’s stature from the artist’s point of view. And to keep your course success in focus, the text offers Quick Review Captions and Big Picture Overviews, as well as an optional ebook that enables you to zoom in on fine details of paintings, sculptures, and priceless art forms of all kinds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781337630702
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Series:	MindTap Course List
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1264
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.60(h) x 2.30(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Before 1300. 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 Greece. 6. 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 North of the Alps. 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. 20. Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe. 21. The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy. 22. Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy. 23. High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain. 24. The Baroque in Italy and Spain. 25. The Baroque in Northern Europe. 26. Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18th Century in Europe and America. 27. Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870. 28. Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900. 29. Modernism in Europe, 1900 to 1945. 30. Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900 to 1945. 31. Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980. 32. Contemporary Art Worldwide. 33. South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980. 34. China and Korea, 1279 to 1980. 35. Japan, 1333 to 1980. 36. Native American Cultures, 1300 to 1980. 37. Oceania before 1980. 38. Africa, 1800 to 1980.

Editorial Reviews

"I have found that Gardner s Art Through the Ages has always provided the best contextual information... In particular, I thought the section on Locke and Newton and the Philosophies was very useful."

"I have taught with Janson and Stokstad as well. Gardner is hands down better."

MindTap assignments are tied to different works of art, and take students to a virtual museum where they can zoom in. The flashcards are so much more dynamic than an image on a flat text. Students are so inundated with media that having a textbook with flat images doesn t do anything for them. When you can turn something 360 degrees and zoom in, you often get a better view than you would in real life.

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