Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume II 16th Edition (eBook PDF) – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0357370392
- ISBN-13 : 978-0357370391
- Author: GARDNER
GARDNER’S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, Fourteenth Edition, provides you with a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world’s great artistic traditions, plus many great features that make it easier for you to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, the latest edition of the most widely read art history book in the English language continues to evolve, incorporating new artists and art works and providing a rich cultural backdrop for each of the covered periods and geographical locations. A unique scale feature will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. Within each chapter, the “Framing the Era” overviews, a new timeline, and the chapter-ending section entitled “The Big Picture” will help you review for exams.
Table of contents:
Preface xi
INTRODUCTION
What Is Art History?
CHAPTER 1 Art in the Stone Age
CHAPTER 2 Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia
CHAPTER 3Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra
CHAPTER 4The Prehistoric Aegean
CHAPTER 5Ancient Greece
CHAPTER 6The Etruscans
CHAPTER 7The Roman Empire
CHAPTER 8Late Antiquity
CHAPTER 9Byzantium
CHAPTER 10The Islamic World
CHAPTER 11Early Medieval Europe
CHAPTER 12Romanesque Europe
CHAPTER 13Gothic Europe North of the Alps
CHAPTER 14Late Medieval Italy
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index