Author and award-winning scholar-professor Fred Kleiner continues to set the standard for art history textbooks, combining impeccable and authoritative scholarship with an engaging approach that discusses the most significant artworks and monuments in their full historical and cultural contexts. The most widely read and respected history of art and architecture in the English language for over 85 years, the 15th edition of GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, VOLUME I includes nearly 200 new images, new pedagogical box features, images that have been upgraded for clarity and color-fidelity, revised and improved maps and architectural reconstructions, and more. More than 40 reviewers -- both generalists and specialists -- contributed to the accuracy and readability of this edition. GARDNER's has built its stellar reputation on up-to-date and extensive scholarship, reproductions of unsurpassed quality, the consistent voice of a single storyteller, and more online resources and help for students and instructors than any other art survey text. A highly comprehensive and integrated array of digital resources brings course content to life, providing students with the tools they need to excel in your class, regardless of their individual learning styles. MindTap for GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, VOLUME I provides an interactive digital experience for exploration, study, and development of critical-thinking skills. It includes an interactive eBook with notetaking capability, zoomable versions of images included within the text, nearly 300 videos, audio resources, image flashcards, a Guide to Studying, quizzes and critical-thinking questions, and much more.
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Art GeneralTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Statement
- Copyright
- About the Cover Art
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Resources
- What Is Art History?
- Ch 1: Art in the Stone Age
- Ch 2: Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia
- Ch 3: Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra
- Ch 4: The Prehistoric Aegean
- Ch 5: Ancient Greece
- Ch 6: The Etruscans
- Ch 7: The Roman Empire
- Ch 8: Late Antiquity
- Ch 9: Byzantium
- Ch 10: The Islamic World
- Ch 11: Early Medieval Europe
- Ch 12: Romanesque Europe
- Ch 13: Gothic Europe
- Ch 14: Late Medieval Italy
- Ch 15: South and Southeast Asia before 1200
- Ch 16: China and Korea to 1279
- Ch 17: Japan before 1333
- Ch 18: Native American Cultures before 1300
- Ch 19: Africa before 1800
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index
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