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Gardner's Art through the Ages Fred Kleiner (Boston University)

Gardner's Art through the Ages By Fred Kleiner (Boston University)

Gardner's Art through the Ages by Fred Kleiner (Boston University)

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Gives you an illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions and all the study tools you need to excel in your art history course. This title includes a scale feature that helps you better visualize the actual size of the artworks.

Gardner's Art through the Ages Summary

Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, International Edition by Fred Kleiner (Boston University)

As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, International Edition gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions plus all the study tools you need to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, this 13th Edition of the most widely read history of art book in the English language is the only textbook that includes a unique scale feature (accompanying the book's photographs of paintings and other artworks) that will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. New features to this edition include extended image captions and The Big Picture overviews at the end of every chapter.

About Fred Kleiner (Boston University)

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Is Art History? 1. Art before History. 2. The Ancient Near East. 3. Egypt under the Pharaohs. 4. The Prehistoric Aegean. 5. Ancient Greece. 6. The Etruscans. 7. The Roman Empire. 8. Late Antiquity. 9. Byzantium. 10. The Islamic World. 11. Early Medieval Europe. 12. Romanesque Europe. 13. Gothic Europe. 14. Italy, 1200 to 1400. 15. Northern Europe, 1400 to 1500. 16. Italy, 1400 to 1500. 17. Italy, 1500 to 1600. 18. Northern Europe and Spain, 1500 to 1600. 19. Italy and Spain, 1600 to 1700. 20. Northern Europe, 1600 to 1700. 21. Europe and America, 1700 to 1800. 22. Europe and America, 1800 to 1870. 23. Europe and America, 1870 to 1900. 24. Europe and America, 1900 to 1945. 25. Europe and America since 1945.

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NPB9780495792963
9780495792963
0495792969
Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, International Edition by Fred Kleiner (Boston University)
Fred Kleiner (Boston University)
New
Hardback
Cengage Learning, Inc
2009-02-06
880
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