Thursday, March 10, 2011

Gardners Art Through the Ages

Gardners Art Through the Ages As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES A CONCISE GLOBAL HISTORY 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 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. You'll also find materials that will help you master the key topics quickly and help you study for your exams for example, The Big Picture overviews at the end of every chapter, a special global timeline, and ArtStudy Online (a free interactive study guide that includes flash cards of images and quizzes).

Introduction What Is Art History?
1.Prehistory and the First Civilizations.
2.Greece.
3.The Roman Empire.
4.Early Christianity and Byzantium.
5.The Islamic World.
6.Early Medieval Europe and Romanesque Europe.
7.Gothic Europe.
8.Europe, 1400 to
1500.9. Europe, 1500 to
1600.10. Europe, 1600 to
1700.11. Europe and America, 1700 to
1800.12. Europe and America, 1800 to
1870.13. Europe and America, 1870 to
1900.14. Europe and America since 1900 to
1945.15. Europe and America after
1945.16. South and Southeast Asia.
17.China and Korea.
18.Japan.
19.The Americas.
20.Africa.