The humanities : culture, continuity & change

Responsibility
Henry Sayre, Oregon State University.
Edition
Third edition.
Publication
Boston : Pearson, [2015]
Copyright notice
©2015
Physical description
2 volumes : color illustrations ; 28 cm

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Contents/Summary

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • In this Section: I) Brief Table of Contents II) Detailed Table of Contents I) Brief Table of Contents PART FOUR
  • Chapter 21. The Baroque in Italy: The Church and its Appeal
  • Chapter 22. The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation
  • Chapter 23. The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage
  • Chapter 24. The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason
  • Chapter 25. The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent : Privilege and Reason
  • Chapter 26. The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style PART FIVE
  • Chapter 27. The Romantic World View: The Self in Nature and the Nature of Self
  • Chapter 28. Industry and the Working Class: A new Realism
  • Chapter 29. Defining a Nation: American National Identity and the Challenge of Civil War
  • Chapter 30. Global Confrontation and Modern Life: The Quest for Cultural Identity
  • Chapter 31. The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe
  • Chapter 32. The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America
  • Chapter 33. The Fin de Siecle: Toward the Modern PART SIX
  • Chapter 34. The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World
  • Chapter 35. The Great War and Its Impact: A lost Generation and A New Imagination
  • Chapter 36. New York, Skyscraper Culture, and the Jazz Age: Making it New
  • Chapter 37. The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression, Holocaust and Bomb
  • Chapter 38. After the War: Existential Doubt, Artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption
  • Chapter 39. Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Chapter 40. Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World II) Detailed Table of Contents PART FOUR Excess, Inquiry, and Restraint, 1600-1800
  • Chapter 21. The Baroque in Italy: The Church and its Appeal Baroque Style and the Counter-Reformation The Drama of Painting: Caravaggio and the Caravaggisti Venice and Baroque Music
  • Chapter 22. The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation Calvinist Amsterdam: City of Contradictions The Science of Observation Dutch Vernacular Painting: Art of the Familiar The Baroque Keyboard
  • Chapter 23. The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage Absolutism and the Arts: Louis XIV and the French Court The Art and Politics of the English Court The Arts of the Spanish Court The Baroque in the Americas
  • Chapter 24. The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason The New London: Absolutism Versus Enlightenment The English Enlightenment Literacy and the New Print Culture Exploration in the Enlightenment
  • Chapter 25. The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent : Privilege and Reason The Rococo The Philosophes Rococo and Classical Music China and Europe: Cross-Cultural Contact
  • Chapter 26. The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style The American and French Revolutions The Rights of Woman The Neoclassical Spirit Napoleon and Neoclassical Paris The Issue of Slavery PART FIVE Romanticism, Realism, and Empire
  • Chapter 27. The Romantic World View: The Self in Nature and the Nature of Self The Romantic Imagination Romanticism's Darker Realities Goya's Tragic Vision Beethoven and the Rise of Romantic Music
  • Chapter 28. Industry and the Working Class: A new Realism The Industrial City: Conditions in London Reformists Respond: Utopian Socialism, Medievalism, and Christian Reform Literary Realism French Painting: The Dialogue between Idealism and Realism Photography: Realism's Pencil of Light
  • Chapter 29. Defining a Nation: American National Identity and the Challenge of Civil War American Landscape: The Cultivated and the Sublime Transcendentalism and the American Romantics The Abolitionist Movement The Civil War
  • Chapter 30. Global Confrontation and Modern Life: The Quest for Cultural Identity The Revolutions of 1848 Paris in the 1850s and 1860s Empire and the Colonial Aspirations of the West
  • Chapter 31. The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe French Impressionism Russian Realism and the Quest for the Russian Soul Britain and the Design of Social Reform
  • Chapter 32. The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America The Native American in Myth and Reality Walt Whitman's America The American Abroad Chicago and the Columbian Exposition of 1893
  • Chapter 33. The Fin de Siecle: Toward the Modern The Paris Exposition of 1889 The Fin de Siecle: From Naturalism to Symbolism Post-Impressionist Painting Toward the Modern Africa and Empire PART SIX Modernism and the Globalization of Cultures: 1900 to the Present
  • Chapter 34. The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World Pablo Picasso's Paris: At the Heart of the Modern The Expressionist Movement: Modernism in Germany and Austria Early Twentieth-Century Literature 1134 The Origins of Cinema
  • Chapter 35. The Great War and Its Impact: A lost Generation and A New Imagination Trench Warfare and the Literary Imagination Escape from Despair: Dada in the Capitals Russia: Art and Revolution Freud, Jung, and the Art of the Unconscious Experimentation and the Literary Life: The Stream-of-Consciousness Novel
  • Chapter 36. New York, Skyscraper Culture, and the Jazz Age: Making it New The Harlem Renaissance Skyscraper and Machine: Architecture in New York Making It New: The Art of Place The Golden Age of Silent Film
  • Chapter 37. The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression, Holocaust and Bomb The Glitter and Angst of Berlin The Rise of Fascism Revolution in Mexico The Great Depression in America Cinema: The Talkies and Color World War II
  • Chapter 38. After the War: Existential Doubt, Artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption Europe after the War: The Existential Quest America after the War: Triumph and Doubt The Beat Generation and the Art of Inclusiveness Pop Art Minimalism in Art
  • Chapter 39. Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s Black Identity The Vietnam War: Rebellion and the Arts High and Low: The Example of Music The Birth of the Feminist Era Questions of Male Identity
  • Chapter 40. Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World Postmodern Architecture: Complexity, Contradiction, and Globalization Pluralism and Postmodern Theory Pluralism and Diversity in the Arts.
  • (source: Nielsen Book Data)
  • In this Section: I) Brief Table of Contents II) Detailed Table of Contents I) Brief Table of Contents PART ONE Chapter 1. The Rise of Culture: From forest to Farm Chapter 2. The Ancient Near East: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East Chapter 3. The stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and FDun Chapter 4. The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece Chapter 5. Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World Chapter 6. Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty Chapter 7. Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India PART TWO Chapter 8. The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium Chapter 9. The Rise and Spread of Islam: A New Religion Chapter 10. Fiefdom and Monastery, Pilgrimage and Crusade : The EARLY Medieval World in Europe Chapter 11. Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World Chapter 12. The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry Chapter 13. Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism PART THREE Chapter 14. Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy Chapter 15. The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride Chapter 16. The Renaissance in the North
  • Between Wealth and Want Chapter 17. The Reformation: A new Church and the Arts Chapter 18. Encounter and Confrontation: The Impact of Increasing Global Interaction Chapter 19. England in the Tudor Age: "This Other Eden" Chapter 20. The EARLY Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention II) Detailed Table of Contents PART ONE The Ancient World and the Classical Past Chapter 1. The Rise of Culture: From forest to Farm The Beginnings of Culture in the Paleolithic Era The Rise of Agriculture in the Neolithic Era The Role of Myth in Cultural Life Sacred Sites: The Example of the Americas Chapter 2. The Ancient Near East: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East The Cultures of Mesopotamia, 3200-612 BCE Mesopotamian Literature The Hebrews The Late Empires: Neo-Babylonia and Persia Chapter 3. The stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and FDun The Nile and Its Culture The Old Kingdom The Middle Kingdom at Thebes The New Kingdom The Late Period, the Kushites, and the Fall of Egypt Chapter 4. The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece The Cultures of the Aegean The Homeric Epics The Greek Polis The Rise of Athenian Democracy Chapter 5. Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World The Good Life and the Politics of Athens Pericles and the School of Hellas Philosophy and the Polis The Theater of the People The Hellenistic World Chapter 6. Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty Origins of Roman Culture Republican Rome Imperial Rome The Late Roman Empire: Moral and Social Decline Chapter 7. Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India Early Chinese Culture Imperial China Ancient India PART TWO The Medieval World and the Shaping of Culture Chapter 8. The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium Developments in Judaic Culture The Rise of Christianity Christian Rome The Byzantine Empire and Its Church The Later Byzantine Empire Chapter 9. The Rise and Spread of Islam: A New Religion The Prophet Muhammad The Spread of Islam Islam in Africa and Spain The Arts of the Islamic World Chapter 10. Fiefdom and Monastery, Pilgrimage and Crusade : The EARLY Medieval World in Europe Anglo-Saxon Artistic Style and Culture Carolingian Culture and the Frankish Kings The Romanesque: The Pilgrimage Churchand the Monastic Abbey The Crusades Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Art of Courtly Love Chapter 11. Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World Developments in China Indian and Southeast Asian Civilizations Japan: The Court, The Military, and Spiritual Life The Cultures of Africa The Cultures of Mesoamerica and South America in the Classic Era Chapter 12. The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry Saint-Denis and the Gothic Cathedral The Rise of the University The Radiant Style and the Court of Louis IX The Gothic in Italy Chapter 13. Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism Siena and Florence: Civic and Religious Life in Tuscany Painting: A Growing Naturalism Dante and the Rise of Vernacular Literature in Europe The Black Death and Its Literary Aftermath PART THREE The Renaissance and The age of Encounter Chapter 14. Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy The State as a Work of Art: The Baptistery Doors, Florence Cathedral, and a New Perspective The Medici Family and Humanism Beyond Florence: The Ducal Courts and the Arts Florence after the Medici: The New Republic Chapter 15. The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride The Art of the Papal Court in Rome The High Renaissance in Venice Women in Italian Humanist Society New Trends in Venetian Literature, Music, and Architecture Chapter 16. The Renaissance in the North
  • Between Wealth and Want Art, Commerce, and Merchant Patronage Literature, Tapestry, Dance, and Music in Northern Europe The German Tradition Chapter 17. The Reformation: A new Church and the Arts Erasmus, Luther, and the Reformation The Spread of the Reformation The Printing Press: A Force for Ideas and Art From Religious to Secular Art Chapter 18. Encounter and Confrontation: The Impact of Increasing Global Interaction The Spanish in the Americas West African Culture and the Portuguese India and Europe: Cross-Cultural Connections China: The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Japan: Court Patronage and Spiritual Practice Chapter 19. England in the Tudor Age: "This Other Eden" The Reign of Henry VIII Elizabethan England The Elizabethan Stage The English in Virginia Chapter 20. The EARLY Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention The Counter-Reformation Michelangelo and the Rise of Mannerism Mannerism in Art: A Matter of Decorum Inquisition and Innovation.
  • (source: Nielsen Book Data)
Publisher's Summary
See context and make connections across the humanities. The Humanities: Culture, Continuity and Change, now in a third edition, has become, in a very short period of time, the best selling Introduction to Humanities text on the market. With its message of "see context and make connections across the humanities, " students enjoy countless "ah-ha" moments as they piece together the cultural history of world. Believing that students learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, author Henry Sayre employs a narrative storytelling approach to the humanities, deftly conveying multifaceted cultural experiences in a way that students can understand and will remember-throughout the course and beyond. This third edition helps instructors and students by connecting the learning objectives in each chapter with MyArtsLab, an online learning program which brings the arts to life. Key learning tools within MyArtsLab include new listening guides for the musical selections, new Closer Look tours for every chapter entitled "Continuing Presence of the Past", architectural panoramas and simulations to help students visualize key monuments and how they were built, and more! Teaching and Learning Experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. It: * Personalizes Learning with MyArtsLab: The new MyArtsLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, and provides engaging experiences that personalize learning. * Makes Connections and Shows Relevance: New Continuing Presence of the Past features help students to understand how cultural artifacts of the past have informed present works of art and culture. * Emphasizes Critical Thinking: Chapter opening and ending questions encourage students to focus and think critically about the issues to come. * Focuses on Contemporary Findings: The new third edition has been updated to reflect the latest research from around the globe. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyArtsLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyArtsLab search for ISBN-10: 0205978215 / ISBN-13: 9780205978212. This package includes: 0205983243 / 9780205983247 NEW MyArtsLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card -- for The Humanities: Culture, Continuity and Change, Volume II and 0205978215 / 9780205978212 The Humanities: Culture, Continuity and Change, Volume II ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase.
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Publication date
2015
Copyright date
2015
ISBN
9780205973132 (volume I student edition)
0205973132 (volume I student edition)
9780205977727 (volume I instructor review copy)
0205977723 (volume I instructor review copy)
9780205978212 (volume II student edition)
0205978215 (volume II student edition)
9780205978229 (volume II instructor review copy)
0205978223 (volume II instructor review copy)

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