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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. 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 Want To Learn Art History The Creative Way? Gardner's Art Through The Ages: A Global History, Volume I, 16th Edition Is The Unique Resource For You! Exploring Pivotal Artistic Works From The Stone Age To The Modern Era, Readers Have Trusted The Expertise In This Text For More Than 85 Years. Even Better, The Learning Features Make Art History As Colorful As The Images On The Page. Use The Scale Feature To Imagine Art Works In Their True Size. Use The Ebook To Zoom In On Fine Image Details Like Brush Strokes Just As The Artists Saw Them. Use Google Earth Coordinates To Find The Location Of Famous Works Of Art In Their Homelands. Much More Than An Ordinary Text, This Resource Combines Scholarship And Storytelling With Youtube Playlists, Videos, Flashcards, How-to Writing Resources, Quizzing And Other Features That Bring Art History Into Focus And Inspire Success In Your Course. Important Notice: Media Content Referenced Within The Product Description Or The Product Text May Not Be Available In The Ebook Version. "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."--Amazon.com "Experience the wonders of human creativity in Gardner's art through the ages : the Western perspective, 16th edition! A grand tour of the world's most celebrated works of Western Civilization 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. 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."--Amazon.com 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 Volume I of [Gardner's Art Through the Ages](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3002703W/Gardner's_Art_Through_the_Ages)