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ISBN-10: 0131936808
ISBN-13: 9780131936805
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 640 pp
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For any introductory course in Humanities or Interdisciplinary Arts Appreciation.
This text presents an overview of the arts in the Western tradition within the contexts of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics surrounding them. It is an historical introduction to the humanities yielding a basic familiarity with major styles and their implications, as well as a sense of the historical development of individual arts media.
NEW—Contexts and Concepts sections updated and divided into distinct subsections.
~Shows students how the arts fit into history with Contexts and Concepts sections updated to draw stronger attention to concepts.
NEW—Literature sections reorganized and Literature selections added–Literary works selected on the basis of parallelism of style with regard to the other arts.
~Provides students with a book that has stronger chapter unity and clarity and with additional literature selections that are parallel to the styles and concepts discussed in the other Arts and Concepts section.
NEW—Muic CD included featuring musical extracts from a broad variety of periods and styles.
Vibrant color illustration program.
~Gives students a visual display of the art they are studying.
Carefully selected major features.
~Draws students' interest and expands textual material.
Comprehensive and equal treatment of the histories of all the arts.
~Shows students how all arts develop throughout history.
Hyperlinks and URLs given throughout the body of the text.
~Allows students to connect with websites for additional examples.
Each chapter closes with a “Cybersources” section—For further study of examples and materials concerning the periods discussed in the preceding chapter.
~Provides students with links to additional sources and examples on the Internet.
Contexts and Concepts sections updated and divided into distinct subsections.
~Shows students how the arts fit into history with Contexts and Concepts sections updated to draw stronger attention to concepts.
Literature sections reorganized and Literature selections added—Literary works selected on the basis of parallelism of style with regard to the other arts.
~Provides students with a book that has stronger chapter unity and clarity and with additional literature selections that are parallel to the styles and concepts discussed in the other Arts and Concepts section.
Muic CD included featuring musical extracts from a broad variety of periods and styles.
Preface.
Introduction: Getting Started and Understanding and Evaluating the Arts.
Getting Started
Two-dimensional Art
Media
Composition
Elements
Principles
Techniques: Linear Perspective
Sculpture
Dimensionality
Texture
Techniques: Lost-Wax Casting
Architecture
Structure
Music
Genres
Techniques: Musical Notation
Melody and Form
Theatre
Genres
Plot
Character
Themes and Ideas
Visual Elements
Cinema
Dance
Genres
Line, Form, and Repetition
Features
Pronunciation
Profiles
Masterwork
Maps and Timelines
Chapter Opener
Chapter Review
Cybersources and Examples
Understanding and Evaluating the Arts
Putting the Arts in Context
The Arts and Ways of Knowing
What Concerns Art?
Creativity
Aesthetic Communication
Symbols
Fine and Applied Art
The Functions of Art
Entertainment
Political and Social Commentary
Therapy
Artifact
Evaluating Works of Art
Types of Criticism
Formal Criticism
Contextual Criticism
Structuralism
Deconstruction
Making Judgments
Artisanship
Communication
1. The Ancient World.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Stone Age
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Concepts
Individuality and Symbols
Civilization
Religion
Literacy
Law
The Arts of the Ancient World
Painting
Sculpture
Masterwork: The Tell Asmar Statues
Profile: Akhenaton and Nefertiti
Architecture
Music
Dance
Literature
2. Archaic Greece and the Aegean.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
Minoans
Mycenaeans
The Dark Centuries
Hellenes
Concepts
The Polis
Olympian Gods
“Love of Wisdom”
The Arts of Archaic Greece and the Aegean
Painting
Geometric Style
Archaic Style
Red- and Black-Figure Pottery
Sculpture
Architecture
Music
Dance
Literature
Homer
Sappho
Hesiod
Aesop
3. Greek Classicism and Hellenism.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Persian War
The “Golden Age” of Pericles
The Peloponnesian War
The Hellenistic Age
Concepts
Historia
Sophistry
Cynicism and Skepticism
Stoicism and Epicureanism
Mystery Cults
Ethics
Aesthetics
Plato
Aristotle
Classicism and Hellenism
The Arts of the Classical and Hellenistic Ages
Painting
Sculpture
Classical Style
Masterwork: Myron–Discus Thrower
Late Classical Style
Hellenistic Style
Architecture
Masterwork: The Parthenon
Theatre
Tragedy
Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy
Aeschylus
Profile: Aeschylus
Sophocles
Masterwork:Sophocles–Oedipus the King
Euripides
Tragic Costume
Comedy
The Greek Theatre
Music
Dance
Literature
4. The Roman Period.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
Etruscans
The Roman Republic
Military Expansion
The Roman Civil War
The Roman Empire
Augustus
Pax Romana
Concepts
Roman Law
Stoicism
Neo-Platonism
Divinities and Mystery Cults
Classicism
Utilitarianism and Pragmatism
The Arts of the Roman Period
Painting
Sculpture
Architecture
Masterwork: The Pantheon
Theatre
Comedy
Blood Sport
Music
Dance
Literature
Vergil
Profile: Vergil
Horace
Livy
Plutarch
Catullus
Lucretius
Petronius
Martial, Juvenal, Apuleius, and Lucan
5. Judaism and Early Christianity.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews
The Patriarchs
Profile: Solomon
From Conquest to Exile
The Late Roman Empire
Diocletian
Constantine
Concepts
Judaism
Christianity
Jesus Christ and His Teachings
The Apostolic Mission
The Early Christian Church
Early Christian Thought
The Arts of Judaism and Early Christianity
Painting
Judaism
Christianity
Sculpture
Late Roman
Early Christian
Architecture
Jerusalem
Masterwork: The Temple of Solomon
Rome
Music and Dance
Literature
The Hebrew Bible
The Torah
The Prophets
The Writings
Apocalyptic Literature
The New Testament
6. Byzantium and Islam.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
Byzantium
Justinian
The Isaurian Emperors and Iconoclasm
From Splendor to Destruction
Muhammad and the Rise of Islam
Profile: Muhammad
Concepts
Orthodoxy
Islam
Intellectualism
Icons
Byzantine cultural influence
The Arts of Byzantium and Islam
Painting, Mosaics, and Manuscript Illumination
Byzantium
Hieratic Style
Mosaics
Manuscript Illumnation
Islam
Sculpture
Masterwork: The Harbaville Triptych
Architecture
Byzantium
Profile: Anthemius of Tralles
Islam
Theatre, Music, and Dance
Byzantium
Islam
Literature
Byzantium
Islam
Prose
Poetry
The Quran
7. The Early Middle Ages: The Monastic and Feudal Romanesque Period.
Concepts and Contexts
Contexts
The Middle Ages
The Medieval Church
Devils and Division
The Roman Papacy
Profile: Gregory the Great
Charlemagne’s Empire
Concepts
Monasticism
Mysticism
Asceticism and Sufism
Feudalism
Feudal Lords
Serfs and Women
The Carolingian Renaissance
The Arts of the Early Middle Ages
Painting
Sculpture
Masterwork: The Bronze Doors of Hildesheim Cathedral
Architecture
Theatre
Music
Profile: Hildegard of Bingen
Dance
Literature
Legends
Poets and Scholars
8. The High Middle Ages.
Contexts and Concepts.
Contexts.
The Social Order.
The Hundred Years’ War.
The Plague.
Technology: A Better Horse Collar.
The Great Schism.
Profile: Joan of Arc.
The Crusades.
Concepts.
Chivalry.
Secularism.
Aristotelianism.
Industrialization.
The Arts of the High Middle Ages.
Painting.
Masterwok: Giotto–The Lamentation.
Sculpture.
Architecture.
Masterwork: The Stained Glass of Charters Cathedral.
Theatre.
A Dynamic World: Noh Theatre of Japan.
Music.
Dance.
Literature.
Religion.
Profile: Geoffrey Chaucer.
9. The Early Renaissance.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Renaissance
The World Discovered
The Papal States
Italian City States
The Quattrocento in Florence
Concepts
Humanism
Individualism
Scientific Naturalism
Capitalism
The Arts of the Early Renaissance
Painting
The Masaccian Heritage
Masterwork: Masaccio: The Tribute Money
Lyricism
Scupture
Architecture
Theatre
Music
Dance
Literature
Profile: Niccolò Machiavelli
Petrarch/Renaissance/Sonnet
10. The High Renaissance and Mannerism.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Expanding World
The Ottoman Turks
The Papal States
Spain’s Golden Century
Concepts
High Renaissance
Mannerism
Classicism
The Arts of the High Renaissance and Mannerism
Painting
The High Renaissance in Rome
Profile: Michelangelo
The High Renaissance in Venice
Mannerism
Sculpture
Masterwork: Michelangelo–David
Architecture
Music
Sacred Choral Music
Secular Choral Music (Michelangelo madrigals)
Instrumental Music
Literature
Siglo de Oro–Golden Age of Spain
Classicism
Renaissance
(Michelangelo-sonnets and madrigals)
11. Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Reformation
Reformers
Profile: Martin Luther
Concepts
Christian Humanism
Utopianism
The Arts of the Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe
Painting
Flanders
The Netherlands
Germany
France
England
Sculpture
Architecture
Theatre
Domestic tragedy
Masterwork: Shakespeare–Hamlet
Music
Flanders
Germany
France
England
Dance
Literature
12. The Baroque Age.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Catholic and Counter-Reformation
The Wars of Religion
The Scientific Revolution
Concepts
Academicism
Systematic Rationalism
Social Contract
Absolutism
The Arts of the Baroque Age
Painting
Italy
Flanders
Holland
France
Spain
Sculpture
Architecture
Profile: Sir Christopher Wren
Masterwork: St Paul’s Cathedral
Theatre
Music
Instrumental Music
Vocal Music
Profile: Johann Sebastian Bach
Masterwork: Bach–Fugue in G Minor
Dance
Literature
13. The Enlightenment.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Enlightenment
Technology
Economics and Politics
Profile: Maria Theresa
Concepts
Empiricism
Rationalism
Aesthetics–Aestheticism--Kant
Classicism
Feminism
Progress
Philosophes
Utilitarianism
The Arts of the Enlightenment
Painting
Rococo Style
The English School
Neoclassicism
Masterwork: David–The Oath of the Horatii
Sculpture
Architecture
Theatre
England
America
France
Pixerecourt
Music
Pre-Classical Style
Expressive Style
Classical Style
Dance
Literature
Rococo
Enlightenment
Pre-Romantic
Aestheticism
Sturm und Drang
14. The Romantic Age.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Age of Industry
Technology
Social Change
Science
Concepts
Romanticism
Internationalism
Marxism
Liberalism
Nihilism
Idealism
Positivism
Historicism
Nationalism
Patronage
The Arts of the Romantic Age
Painting
Masterwork: Géricault–The Raft of the “Medusa”
Profile: Rosa Bonheur
Sculpture
Architecture
Theatre
Popularism and Historicism
Melodrama
Music
Lieder
Piano Works
Program Music
Symphonies
Trends
Choral Music
Profile: Johannes Brahms
Opera
Dance
Literature
Romanticism
American Renaissance
Novel of manners
Masterwork: Austen–Pride and Prejudice
15. From Realism to Modernism.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
European Migration
Workers and Socialism
The German Reich
A Scientific Explosion
Freudian Psychology
Concepts
Aestheticism
Moralism
Naturalism
Functionalism
Stream of Consciousness
Transcendentalism
Symbolism
Modernism
The Arts From Realism to Modernism
Painting and Sculpture
Realism
Impressionism
Masterwork: Renoir–Le Moulin de la Galette
Post-Impressionism
Cubism
Mechanism and Futurism
Expressionism
Fauvism
Architecture
Profile: Louis Sullivan
Theatre
Realism and Naturalism
Domestic tragedy
Symbolism
Music
Impressionism
Naturalism in Opera
Nontraditional Transitions
Profile: Igor Stravinsky
Jazz
Dance
Aestheticism--Gautier
Ethnic Foundations
Diaghilev and the Ballets russes
Duncan and the Modern Dance Movement
Literature
Aestheticism
Realism
Naturalism
Symbolism
Futurism
Impressionism
Naturalism
Transcendentalism
Verismo
Cubism
Stream of Consciousness
Cinema
16. Modernism.
Contexts and Concepts
Contexts
The Modern World in Conflict
Between the Wars
World War II
Science and War
Concepts
Pragmatism
Existentialism
Abstraction
Communism
Constructivism
Relativism
The Arts in the Modern World
Painting and Sculpture
Abstraction
Dada
Surrealism
American Painting
Profile: Georgia O’Keeffe
African and Primitive Influences
Photography
Masterwork: Dorothea Lange–Migrant Mother
Architecture
Masterwork: Frank Lloyd Wright–Kaufmann House
Theatre
Expressionism–Eugene O’Neil, Hairy Ape
Epic Theatre
Absurdism
Music
Modern Traditionalism
Departures
Dance
Modern Dance
Masterwork: Martha Graham: Appalachian Spring
Native American Dance
Literature
Chicago literary Renaissance
Dada
Expressionism
Existentialism
Abstractio
Surrealism
Ultraismo
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