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For one or two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
Arts and Cultures 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?
Volume 1 contains literature selections at the end of each chapter.
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