Culture and Values, Volume I: A Survey of the Humanities with Readings

Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Contents......Page 9 Reading Selections......Page 13 Listening CD Selections......Page 16 Preface......Page 17 The Arts: An Introduction......Page 20 How to Look at Art......Page 21 How to Listen to Music......Page 23 How to Read Literature......Page 26 How to Read Maps......Page 28 Civilization......Page 29 The Cultures of Mesopotamia......Page 32 Egyptian Religion......Page 39 VALUES: Mortality......Page 40 The Old and Middle Kingdoms......Page 41 The New Kingdom......Page 42 Aegean Culture in the Bronze Age......Page 46 Cycladic Art......Page 47 The Minoans of Crete......Page 48 The Discovery of Mycenae and Schliemann......Page 52 From Bronze Age to Iron Age......Page 53 Exercises......Page 54 The Early History of Greece......Page 57 Greek Religion......Page 60 The Homeric Epics......Page 61 VALUES: Destiny......Page 63 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: Daily Life in the World of Homer......Page 64 The Age of Colonization......Page 65 The Visual Arts at Corinth and Athens......Page 66 The Beginnings of Greek Sculpture......Page 67 Sculpture and Painting in the Archaic Period......Page 68 Architecture: The Doric and Ionic Orders......Page 72 Music and Dance in Early Greece......Page 74 Lyric Poetry......Page 76 The First Philosophers......Page 77 Herodotus: The First Greek Historian......Page 78 Exercises......Page 79 Classical Civilization in Ancient Greece......Page 81 The Classical Ideal......Page 84 The Drama Festivals of Dionysus......Page 85 VALUES: Civic Pride......Page 87 Aristophanes and Greek Comedy......Page 89 Philosophy in the Late Classical Period......Page 90 Greek Music in the Classical Period......Page 92 Sculpture and Vase Painting in the Fifth Century bce......Page 93 Architecture in the Fifth Century bce......Page 95 Visual Arts in the Fourth Century bce......Page 101 The Hellenistic Period......Page 104 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: Kerdo the Cobbler......Page 106 Summary......Page 108 Exercises......Page 109 The Importance of Rome......Page 111 The Etruscans and Their Art......Page 115 Republican Rome (509–31 BCE)......Page 116 Literary Developments During the Republic......Page 119 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: A Dinner Party in Imperial Rome......Page 120 Republican Art and Architecture......Page 122 Imperial Rome (31 BCE–476 CE)......Page 123 VALUES: Empire......Page 124 Augustan Sculpture......Page 126 The Evidence of Pompeii......Page 128 Roman Imperial Architecture......Page 132 The End of the Roman Empire......Page 136 Late Roman Art and Architecture......Page 137 Summary......Page 139 Exercises......Page 140 The Indus Valley Civilization......Page 141 The Aryans......Page 143 The Emperor Ashoka......Page 145 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: War and Religion in the Age of Ashoka......Page 146 Hindu and Buddhist Art......Page 147 The Gupta Empire and Its Aftermath......Page 148 Gupta Literature and Science......Page 149 The Chou Dynasty......Page 150 Confucianism and Taoism......Page 151 The Ch’in Dynasty......Page 152 The Han Dynasty......Page 153 The Arts in Classical China......Page 154 Summary......Page 156 Exercises......Page 158 6 THE RISE OF THE BIBLICAL TRADITION......Page 159 Judaism and Early Christianity......Page 160 Biblical History......Page 161 The Hebrew Bible and Its Message......Page 163 VALUES: Revelation......Page 165 Christianity Spreads......Page 166 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: Vibia Perpetua......Page 167 Frescoes......Page 169 Dura-Europos......Page 170 Early Christian Architecture......Page 172 Early Christian Music......Page 173 Summary......Page 174 Exercises......Page 175 The Decline of Rome......Page 177 Literature and Philosophy......Page 178 Boethius......Page 180 Constantinople......Page 181 Church of Hagia Sophia: Monument and Symbol......Page 182 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: Procopius of Caesarea......Page 184 Ravenna: Art and Architecture......Page 185 VALUES: Autocracy......Page 190 Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai, Egypt......Page 193 Byzantine Art......Page 195 Summary......Page 196 Exercises......Page 197 Muhammad and the Birth of Islam......Page 199 The Five Pillars......Page 200 VALUES: Pure Monotheism......Page 202 The Qur’an......Page 203 Calligraphy......Page 204 Islamic Architecture......Page 205 Sufism......Page 209 The House of Wisdom......Page 210 Summary......Page 211 Exercises......Page 212 Charlemagne as Ruler and Diplomat......Page 213 Charlemagne and Islam......Page 215 Charlemagne and Economics......Page 216 Carolingian Culture......Page 217 The Rule of Saint Benedict......Page 218 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: An Abbot, an Irish Scholar, and Charlemagne’s Biographer......Page 219 Women and the Monastic Life......Page 220 CD Track 1 Anonymous, “Victimae paschali Laudes”......Page 221 The Morality Play: Everyman......Page 222 The Legend of Charlemagne......Page 223 Epic Poetry—The Song of Roland......Page 224 The Illuminated Book......Page 225 Charlemagne’s Palace at Aachen......Page 228 The Carolingian Monastery......Page 230 The Romanesque Style......Page 231 Romanesque Sculpture......Page 232 Summary......Page 234 Exercises......Page 235 The Signifi cance of Paris......Page 237 Suger’s Building Program for Saint Denis......Page 239 The Mysticism of Light......Page 243 The Many Meanings of the Gothic Cathedral......Page 246 CD Track 2 Léonin, “Viderunt omnes fi nes terre” from Magnus Liber Organi......Page 250 The Rise of the Universities......Page 251 VALUES: Dialectics......Page 253 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: The Medieval Parent and the Medieval Student......Page 254 Thomas Aquinas......Page 256 Francis of Assisi......Page 258 Dante’s Divine Comedy......Page 259 Exercises......Page 263 Calamity, Decay, and Violence......Page 265 The Black Death......Page 266 The Great Schism......Page 268 The Hundred Years’ War......Page 269 Petrarch......Page 270 Chaucer......Page 271 Christine de Pisan......Page 272 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: John Ball......Page 273 The Italo-Byzantine Background......Page 274 Giotto’s Break with the Past......Page 278 The International Style in Siena, Italy......Page 280 Art in Northern Europe......Page 282 Italy......Page 284 England......Page 286 A New Musical Style—Ars Nova......Page 287 CD Track 3 Guillaume de Machaut, The Credo (excerpt) from the Messe de Notre Dame......Page 288 Francesco Landini......Page 289 Exercises......Page 290 Toward the Renaissance......Page 293 Florence and the Renaissance......Page 295 Cosimo de’ Medici......Page 302 Piero de’ Medici......Page 306 Lorenzo de’ Medici (“The Magnifi cent”)......Page 308 VALUES: Intellectual Synthesis......Page 309 The Character of Renaissance Humanism......Page 315 VOICES OF THEIR TIMES: Fra Savonarola......Page 316 Machiavelli......Page 317 Erasmus......Page 318 Guillaume Dufay......Page 319 Summary......Page 320 Exercises......Page 321 Reading Selections......Page 323 Pronunciation Glossary of Key Terms, Places, and People......Page 491 Index......Page 517 Photo Credits......Page 530 Literary Credits......Page 532

for This Sixth Edition Of Their Undergraduate Text/cd-rom, Cunningham (theology, University Of Notre Dame) And Reich (syracuse University) Have Expanded Many Of The Discussions, Art Representations, And Readings To Reflect The Retrieval Of Women's Voices In The History Of Western Culture. There Are New Timelines And New Art Reproductions. Other Pedagogical Features Include Excerpts From Letters, Journals, And Narratives Of Different Time Periods, Three Chapters Covering Asian And African Cultures, And A Chapter On Islamic Culture. The Cd- Rom Contains Readings And Documents, Interactive Learning Modules, Music Flashcards, And Links To Other Online Resources. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or