Gardner's Art Through the Ages
A Global History, Volume I
Fred Kleiner
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Gardner's Art Through the Ages
A Global History, Volume I
Fred Kleiner
About This Book
Experience the wonders of human creativity in GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, VOLUME I, 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Resources for Students and Instructors
- Introduction: What Is Art History?
- Chapter 1: Art in the Stone Age
- Chapter 2: Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia
- Chapter 3: Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra
- Chapter 4: The Prehistoric Aegean
- Chapter 5: Ancient Greece
- Chapter 6: The Etruscans
- Chapter 7: The Roman Empire
- Chapter 8: Late Antiquity
- Chapter 9: Byzantium
- Chapter 10: The Islamic World
- Chapter 11: Early Medieval Europe
- Chapter 12: Romanesque Europe
- Chapter 13: Gothic Europe North of the Alps
- Chapter 14: Late Medieval Italy
- Chapter 15: South and Southeast Asia before 1200
- Chapter 16: China and Korea to 1279
- Chapter 17: Japan before 1333
- Chapter 18: Native American Cultures before 1300
- Chapter 19: Africa before 1800
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index