Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume I

ISBN-13: 9780357370384 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 496 str.

Fred S. Kleiner

Spis treści

PrefacexiINTRODUCTIONWhat Is Art History?1CHAPTER 1Art in the Stone Age15CHAPTER 2Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia31CHAPTER 3Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra57CHAPTER 4The Prehistoric Aegean85CHAPTER 5Ancient Greece105CHAPTER 6The Etruscans165CHAPTER 7The Roman Empire181CHAPTER 8Late Antiquity237CHAPTER 9Byzantium263CHAPTER 10The Islamic World293CHAPTER 11Early Medieval Europe319CHAPTER 12Romanesque Europe347CHAPTER 13Gothic Europe North of the Alps381CHAPTER 14Late Medieval Italy419Notes442Glossary443Bibliography456Credits466Index469

O autorze

Fred S. Kleiner, Ph.D. has been professor of art history and archeology at Boston University for four decades. He taught previously at University of Virginia and served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. Acclaimed for inspiring lectures, Dr. Kleiner won Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College Prize for Undergraduate Advising in the Humanities and the Distinguished Teaching Prize in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London as well as a member of the Text and Academic Authors Association. In addition to this title, Dr. Kleiner has authored several editions of ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY (Cengage), A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART (Cengage) and more than 100 publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture. Dr. Kleiner earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.