Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History, 16th Edition

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. Before 1300 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 20) Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe 21) The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy 22) Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy 23) High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain 24) The Baroque in Italy and Spain 25) The Baroque in Northern Europe 26) Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18th Century in Europe and America 27) Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870 28) Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900 29) Modernism in Europe, 1900 to 1945) 30) Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900 to 1945) 31) Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980) 32) Contemporary Art Worldwide) 33) South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980) 34) China and Korea, 1279 to 1980 35) Japan, 1333 to 1980 36) Native American Cultures, 1300 to 1980 37) Oceania before 1980 38) Africa, 1800 to 1980 Contains: - Volume I: [Ancient, Medieval, and Non-European Art](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18151172W/Ancient_Medieval_and_Non-European_Art) - Volume II: [Renaissance and Modern Art](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15125458W/Renaissance_and_Modern_Art) - Book B: [The Middle Ages](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17551781W/The_Middle_Ages) - Book D: [Renaissance and Baroque](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16584968W/Renaissance_and_Baroque) - Book E: [Modern Europe and America](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17527112W/Modern_Europe_and_America) - Book F: [Non-Western Art to 1300](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3002702W/Non-Western_Art_to_1300) Since publication of the first edition in 1926, Helen Gardner’s Art through the Ages has been a favorite with generations of students and general readers, who have found it an exciting and informative survey. Miss Gardner’s enthusiasm, knowledge, and humanity have made it possible for the beginner to learn how to see and thereby to penetrate the seeming mysteries of even the most complex artistic achievements. Every effort has been made in this volume to preserve her freshness and simplicity of style and, above all, her sympathetic approach to individual works of art and to the styles of which they are a part. Want To Learn Art History The Creative Way? Gardner's Art Through The Ages: A Global History, 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