This book offers an "integrated" exploration of Western civilization's cultural heritage. Readers move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. The book provides a historical framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from prehistoric culture to 20th-Century America. "Volume I" covers prehistory to the late Medieval , and includes literary and philosophical excerpts. For anyone interested in the Arts and Culture.
Language
English
Pages
480
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2002
ISBN 13
9780130975089
Arts and Culture: An Introduction to the Humanities, Volume I, Revised [With CDROM]
This book offers an "integrated" exploration of Western civilization's cultural heritage. Readers move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. The book provides a historical framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from prehistoric culture to 20th-Century America. "Volume I" covers prehistory to the late Medieval , and includes literary and philosophical excerpts. For anyone interested in the Arts and Culture.