Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities - Softcover

Fichner-Rathus, Lois; Reich, John; Cunningham, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1285449320 ISBN 13: 9781285449326

Verlag: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2014

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Críticas:

The Arts: An Introduction. 1. Beginnings. 2. The Rise of Greece. 3. Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period. 4. Rome. 5. The Rise of the Biblical Tradition. 6. Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium. 7. Islam. 8. The Rise of Medieval Culture. 9. The High Middle Ages. 10. The Fourteenth Century: A Time of Transition. 11. The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century. 12. The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy. 13. The High Renaissance in the North. 14. The Seventeenth Century: The Baroque Era. 15. The Eighteenth Century. 16. Romanticism, Realism, and Photography. 17. Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914. 18. The World at War. 19. The Contemporary Contour. Glossary.

Reseña del editor:

CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE WESTERN HUMANITIES takes you on a fascinating tour of some of the world's most significant examples of art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. New features in the eighth edition are designed to make it easy for you to understand the influence of historical events and values on the works produced by each culture--guided discussions of all of the readings, chapter previews, timelines, "Compare and Contrast" sections, "Big Picture" reviews at the end of each chapter, and high-quality images with clear captions.

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• Verlag: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1285449320
• ISBN 13: 9781285449326
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 880