Gardner's art through the ages / Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya.

Author/creator Gardner, Helen
Other author Kleiner, Fred S.
Other author Mamiya, Christin J.
Format Book
Edition12th ed.
Publication InfoBelmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, ©2005.
Descriptionxxix, 1150 pages : illustrations (some color) color maps ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Subjects
Art--History.

Variant title Art through the ages
Contents Introduction: Subjects and vocabulary of art history -- Birth of art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age -- Rise of civilization: art of the ancient Near East -- Pharaohs and the afterlife: art of ancient Egypt -- Minos and the heroes of Homer: art of the prehistorica Aegean -- Gods, heroes, and athletes: art of ancient Greece -- Paths of enlightenment: art of South and Southeast Asia before 1200 -- Silk road and beyond: art of early China and Korea -- Shrines, statues, and scrolls: art of early Japan -- Italy before the Romans: art of the Etruscans -- From seven hills to three continents: art of ancient Rome -- Pagans, Christians, and Jews: art of late antiquity -- Rome in the East: art of Byzantium -- In praise of Allah: art of the Islamic world -- From Alaska to the Andes: Native arts of the Americas before 1300 -- South from the Sahara: early African art -- Europe after the fall of Rome: early mediecval art in the West -- Age of pilgrimages: Romanesque art -- Age of great cathedrals: gothic art -- Gothic to Renaissance: 14th-century Italian art -- Piety, passion, and politics: 15th-century art in Northern Europe and Spain -- Humanism adn the allure of antiquity: 15-century Italian art -- Beauty, science, and spirit in Italian art: high renaisance and mannerism -- Age of Reformation: 16th-century art in Northern Europe and Spain -- Popes, peasants, monarchs, and merchants: baroque art -- Sultans, kings, emperors, and colonists: art of South and Southeast Asia after 1200 -- From the Mongols to the modern: art of later China and Korea -- From the Shoguns to the present: art of later Japan -- Enlightenment and its legacy: art of the late 18th through the mid-19th century -- Rise of Modernism: art of the later 19th century -- Before and after the conquistadors: Native arts of the Americas after 1300 -- Flourishing of island cultures: art of Oceania -- Traditionalisma and Internationalism: 19th- and 20th- century African arts -- Development of modernist art: early 20th century -- From the modern to the postmodern and beyond: art of the later 20th century -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Credits --Index.
General noteCD-ROM is Art study version 2.0. Questions and timeline commentaries written by Professor John Seed, Mt. San Jacinto College. Map commentaries written by Roberta J. Vandermast, Professor of Art history, Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 1110-1125) and index.
Technical detailsSystem requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC minimum requirements include: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP (Not NT), Pentium II 266 mhz (500 mhz recommended), 128MB RAM (256MB recommended), 16 Bit Sound Card, 800 X 600, 32 bit display (1024 x 768 required for enlarged views), 16 bit sound Card, Speakers or Headphones, 12x CD-ROM // Macintosh requirements include: MAC OS 8.6.1 or later, G4 PowerPC Processor or later, 126MB RAM (256MB recommended), 16 Bit Sound Card, 800 X 600, 32 bit display (1024 x 768 required for enlarged views), 16 bit sound Card, Speakers or Headphones, 12x CD-ROM.
LCCN 2003111627
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