Arts and Culture, Combined Volume, 3/E
Janetta Rebold Benton, Pace University
Robert DiYanni, Ph.D., Pace University

ISBN-10: 0132283913
ISBN-13: 9780132283915

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 704 pp
Published: 01/31/2007

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For one or two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.

 

Arts and Culture  provides an introduction to global civilizations and their artistic achievements, history, and cultures.  The authors consider two important questions:  What makes a work a masterpiece of its type? And what qualities of a work enable it to be appreciated over time? 

 

 

The Combined Volume does not contain literature selections.

How do you highlight connections between (1) the arts and ideas of a given culture, and (2) the relationships between the arts and ideas of different cultures?

 

  • Interdisciplinary Connections boxes highlight how artists'/thinkers' ideas in one discipline affected ideas and values shaped in another.
  • Cultural Cross Currents boxes- explore connections made between two cultures, focusing on sub-topics in the various disciplines and helping students engage in cross-cultural studies.
  • Then & Now boxes- Helps students link things they already know with things they don't know. Draws from contemporary culture, showing students how artifacts of today's American culture have roots in past Western and non-Western civilizations alike.
  • Cultural Impact boxes show students how past achievements influenced later cultures and how they still impact the contemporary world.

How do you integrate world cultures into your course?

 

 

Expanded Coverage of Humanities from Around the Globe:

  • Chapter 7 on Indian Civilization has been revised and expanded with new material.
  • The former chapter on Early Chinese and Japanese Civilizations has been expanded into two new chapters:
    • Chapter 8 on Early Chinese Civilization
    • Chapter 9 on Early Japanese Civilization, each with extensive new material. 
  • Chapter 10 has been augmented with new material on early African civilization, along with its coverage of the early Americas.
  • Chapter 19 on Chinese civilization and Chapter 20 on Japanese civilization both have new, expanded coverage
  • Chapter 22 on Modern Africa and Latin America has also been revised and expanded with new material
  • NEW- Increased focus on women artist places greater emphasis on the accomplishments of women than is found in any other book on global humanities.

 

How do you encourage students to think critically about the material being presented in your course?

  • NEW- "Critical Thinking" boxes invite students to do just that—think critically about an aspect of culture relevant to each chapter.
  • NEW- OneKey  is Prentice Hall’s exclusive course management system that delivers all student and instructor resources in one place.  Powered by Blackboard and WebCT, OneKey offers online study and research tools for students and teaching and presentation resources for instructors.  For more information, go to www.prenhall.com/onekey.   The OneKey for Benton/Diyanni’s Arts and Culture includesM/TIF. TestGen, and a library of 1000 digital images for instructors. Students can take advantage of online quizzes as well as critical thinking and writing exercises.

Chapter 1- Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, and  Egyptian Civilizations

 

Chapter 2- Aegean Culture and Early Greece

 

Chapter 3- Classical and Hellenistic Greece

 

Chapter 4- Roman Civilization

 

Chapter 5- Judaism, Early Christianity, and Byzantine Civilization

 

Chapter 6- Islamic Civilization

 

Chapter 7- Indian Civilization

 

Chapter 8- Early Chinese Civilization

 

Chapter 9- Early Japanese Civilization

 

Chapter 10- Early Civilizations of the Americas and Africa

 

Chapter 11- Early Middle Ages and the Romanesque

 

Chapter 12- Gothic and Late Middle Ages

 

Chapter 13- The Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

 

Chapter 14- The Renaissance in Northern Europe

 

Chapter 15- The Baroque Age

 

Chapter 16- The Eighteenth Century

 

Chapter 17- Romanticism and Realism

 

Chapter 18- Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

 

Chapter 19- Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century

 

Chapter 20- Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century

 

Chapter 21- Early Twentieth Century

 

Chapter 22- Modern Africa and Latin America

 

Chapter 23- Mid-Twentieth Century and Later

 

Chapter 24- Diversity in Contemporary Life

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