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Experience the wonders of human creativity in GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, VOLUME II, 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.
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Table of contents
- Title
- Copyright
- About the cover art
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Before 1300
- Introduction
- Chapter 14: Late Medieval Italy
- Chapter 20: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe
- Chapter 21: The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy
- Chapter 22: Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy
- Chapter 23: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain
- Chapter 24: The Baroque in Italy and Spain
- Chapter 25: The Baroque in Northern Europe
- Chapter 26: Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18th Century in Europe and America
- Chapter 27: Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870
- Chapter 28: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900
- Chapter 29: Modernism in Europe,1900 to 1945
- Chapter 30: Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900 to 1945
- Chapter 31: Modernism and Post-in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980
- Chapter 32: Contemporary Art Worldwide
- Chapter 33: South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980
- Chapter 34: China and Korea,1279 to 1980
- Chapter 35: Japan, 1333 to 1980
- Chapter 36: Native American Cultures, 1300 to 1980
- Chapter 37: Oceania before 1980
- Chapter 38: Africa, 1800 to 1980
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index