Overview

LANDMARKS in Humanities is a single-volume survey of global culture designed for students of humanities, cultural history, and history of the arts. In chronological sequence, LANDMARKS highlights the most notable monuments of the human imagination--those works of art and architecture, literature, philosophy, and music that have been foremost in shaping the world's cultures. The text's fifteen chapters are unified by core concepts related to each period, such as Classicism, Christendom, or Modernism. Chapter features include Ideas and Issues boxes containing primary-source excerpts; Parallels sidebars relating images and ideas; Beyond the West sections highlighting influential landmarks of Asian, African, and Oceanic cultures; and chapter-ending timelines keying landmarks in humanities to major historical events. Throughout the text, high quality maps place key events and works in a clear geographical context. In addition, an outstanding supplements package accompanies the text, featuring resources for both students and instructors. Each copy of LANDMARKS will include a free student DVD-ROM, Core Concepts in Humanities, which contains interactive activities for each chapter in the text plus numerous other study resources for all humanities disciplines.

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Author:   Gloria Fiero
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.628kg
ISBN:  

9780073207261

ISBN 10:   0073207268
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   16 February 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Fiero: LANDMARKS in HumanitiesCONTENTSPreface 1 ORIGINS: The First Civilizations PrehistoryThe Birth of CivilizationMesopotamia: Land Between the Rivers Beyond the West: Ancient IndiaReincarnation Beyond the West: Ancient ChinaAfterwordKey TopicsThe First Civilizations Timeline 2 CLASSICISM: The Greek Legacy Ancient Greek CivilizationAthens and the Golden AgeGreek PhilosophyBeyond the West: Chinese PhilosophyConfuciusThe Classical StyleThe Hellenistic AgeAfterwordKey TopicsAncient Greece Timeline 3 EMPIRE: The Power and Glory of Rome The Roman Rise to EmpireRoman LiteratureArt and EmpireBeyond the West: China's Rise to EmpireAfterwordKey TopicsAncient Rome Timeline 4 REVELATION: The Flowering of World Religions JudaismChristianityThe Spread of ChristianityIslamThe Spread of IslamBeyond the West: BuddhismAfterwordKey TopicsWorld Religions Timeline 5 SYNTHESIS: The Rise of the West The Germanic TribesThe Age of CharlemagneBeyond the West: JapanFeudal SocietyFeudal-Age LiteratureEarly Medieval MusicBeyond the West: ChinaAfterwordKey TopicsEarly Middle Ages Timeline 6 CHRISTENDOM: Europe in the Age of FaithThe Medieval ChurchMedieval TownsThe Pilgrimage ChurchThe Gothic CathedralMedieval MusicBeyond the West: India and ChinaReligious IconsAfterwordKey TopicsHigh Middle Ages Timeline 7 REBIRTH: The Age of the Renaissance Transition: Medieval to RenaissanceThe Arts in TransitionThe Italian RenaissanceRenaissance HumanismPerfectibilityEarly Renaissance ArtHigh Renaissance ArtRenaissance MusicRenaissance DanceBeyond the West: The Glories of the Ottoman EmpireAfterwordKey TopicsRenaissance Timeline 8 REFORM: The Northern Renaissance and the ReformationRenaissance and ReformationSixteenth-Century Literature<5/h4>Immortalizing PowerBeyond the West: Japanese TheaterNorthern ArtNorthern MusicAfterwordKey TopicsNorthern Renaissance Timeline 9 ENCOUNTER: European Outreach and Expansion Global Travel and TradeAfricaCultural HeritageThe AmericasCross-Cultural Encounter: The Spanish in the AmericasAztec Idols AfterwordKey TopicsAfrica and the Americas Timeline 10 BAROQUE: Piety and Extravagance The Catholic ReformationThe Italian BaroqueThe Northern BaroqueThe Aristocratic BaroqueVelazquez and RubensBeyond the West: Aristocratic LandmarksJapanIndiaBaroque MusicAfterwordKey TopicsBaroque Timeline 11 ENLIGHTENMENT: Science and the New Learning The Scientific RevolutionThe EnlightenmentLiterature and the EnlightenmentThe Visual Arts and the EnlightenmentMusic and the EnlightenmentBeyond the West: JapanAfterwordKey TopicsEnlightenment Timeline 12 ROMANTICISM: Nature, Passion, and the Sublime Heralds of RomanticismRomantic LiteratureAmerican RomanticismRomanticism in the Visual ArtsRomantic Music and DanceBeyond the West: Exploring AfricaAfterwordKey TopicsRomanticism Timeline 13 MATERIALISM: The Industrial Era and the Urban Scene The Global Dominion of the WestLiterary RealismLate Nineteenth-Century ArchitectureRealism in the Visual ArtsImpressionismPostimpressionismLate Nineteenth-Century SculptureLate Nineteenth-Century MusicBeyond the West: The Lure of the Exotic: Oceania Afterword Key TopicsMaterialism Timeline 14 MODERNISM: The Assault on Tradition New DirectionsWar and RevolutionBeyond the West: Mao's ChinaModern LiteratureModern ArtModern ArchitectureModern Music and DanceAfterwordKey TopicsModernism Timeline 15 GLOBALISM: The Information Age Postwar ConvulsionsThe Quest for EqualityScience and PhilosophyThe Information ExplosionArt and ArchitectureMusic and DanceBeyond the West: China: The Great Criticism AfterwordKey TopicsInformation Age Timeline GlossaryFurther ReadingLiterary CreditsPicture CreditsIndex

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Gloria Konig Fiero was born and raised in New York City. She earned her Masters degree in Art History at the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities at the Florida State University. She has taught Humanities, World History, and Art History for more than twenty-five years. She has written and lectured extensively on medieval and renaissance topics and on the arts of both East and West as they reflect the human condition. She currently divides her time between New Orleans, Louisiana, and New York City.

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