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.
Author(s): Fred S. Kleiner
Edition: 16th
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 624
Title......Page 3
Copyright
......Page 4
About the cover art
......Page 5
Brief Contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Key Features ofthe 16th Edition......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Chapter-by-Chapter Changesin the 16th Edition......Page 15
About the author
......Page 16
Resources for students and instructors......Page 17
Introduction: What is art history?
......Page 19
Art History in the 21st Century......Page 20
Different ways of seeing......Page 31
Framing the Era:
The Dawn of Art......Page 33
Timeline
......Page 34
Neolithic Art
......Page 41
The Big Picture
......Page 47
Framing the Era: Pictorial Narration in Ancient Sumer
......Page 49
Timeline
......Page 50
Persia
......Page 68
The Big Picture
......Page 73
Framing the Era: Life after Death in Ancient Egypt
......Page 75
Timeline
......Page 76
Old Kingdom
......Page 80
Middle Kingdom
......Page 87
New Kingdom
......Page 89
First Millennium BCE
......Page 99
The Big Picture......Page 101
Framing the Era:
Greece in the Age of Heroes......Page 103
Timeline
......Page 104
Cycladic Art
......Page 105
Minoan Art
......Page 106
Mycenaean Art
......Page 115
The Big Picture
......Page 121
Framing the Era: The Perfect Temple
......Page 123
Timeline
......Page 124
Geometric and Orientalizing Periods
......Page 126
Archaic Period
......Page 129
Early and High Classical Periods
......Page 143
Late Classical Period
......Page 162
Hellenistic Period
......Page 171
The Big Picture
......Page 181
Framing the Era: The Portal to the Etruscan Afterlife
......Page 183
Timeline
......Page 184
Later Etruscan Art
......Page 191
The Big Picture
......Page 197
Framing the Era: The Roman Emperor as World Conqueror
......Page 199
Timeline
......Page 200
Republic
......Page 201
Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius
......Page 207
Early Empire
......Page 219
High Empire
......Page 229
Late Empire
......Page 241
The Big Picture
......Page 253
Framing the Era: Polytheism and Monotheism at Dura-Europos
......Page 255
Timeline
......Page 256
From the Sack of Rome to Justinian
......Page 272
The Big Picture
......Page 279
Framing the Era: Church and State United
......Page 281
Timeline
......Page 282
Early Byzantine Art
......Page 283
Middle Byzantine Art
......Page 297
Late Byzantine Art
......Page 305
The Big Picture
......Page 309
Framing the Era: The Rise and Spread of Islam
......Page 311
Timeline
......Page 312
Later Islamic Art
......Page 324
The Big Picture
......Page 335
Framing the Era: Missionaries and the Beauty of God’s Words
......Page 337
Timeline
......Page 338
Vikings
......Page 341
Hiberno-Saxon Monasteries
......Page 342
Visigothic and Mozarabic Art
......Page 345
Carolingian Empire
......Page 346
Ottonian Empire
......Page 355
The Big Picture
......Page 363
Framing the Era: The Blessed and the Damned on Judgment Day
......Page 365
Timeline
......Page 366
Holy Roman Empire
......Page 382
Italy
......Page 388
Normandy and England
......Page 390
The Big Picture
......Page 397
Framing the Era: The Birth of Gothic......Page 399
Timeline
......Page 400
Opus Francigenum outside France
......Page 425
The Big Picture
......Page 435
Framing the Era: Duccio di Buoninsegna
......Page 437
Timeline
......Page 438
Trecento (14th Century)
......Page 442
The Big Picture
......Page 459
Framing the Era: The Great Stupa at Sanchi
......Page 461
Timeline
......Page 462
Southeast Asia
......Page 480
The Big Picture
......Page 487
Framing the Era: China’s First Emperor
......Page 489
Timeline
......Page 490
Korea
......Page 514
The Big Picture
......Page 517
Framing the Era: Horyuji, Japan’s Oldest Buddhist Temple
......Page 519
Timeline
......Page 520
Buddhist Japan
......Page 524
The Big Picture
......Page 535
Framing the Era: Ancient Cities in a New World
......Page 537
Timeline
......Page 538
South America
......Page 554
North America
......Page 562
The Big Picture
......Page 567
Framing the Era: The Art of the Benin Kingdom
......Page 569
Timeline
......Page 570
Prehistory and Early Cultures
......Page 571
11th to 18th Centuries
......Page 574
The Big Picture
......Page 583
Notes
......Page 584
Glossary
......Page 585
Bibliography
......Page 600
Credits
......Page 613
Index
......Page 617
