Arts and culture an introduction to the humanities

• Main Authors: Benton, Janetta Rebold 1945- (Author), DiYanni, Robert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Pearson Prentice Hall 2005
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Subjects: Arts > History
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• Physical Description: xxxiii, 632 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, maps 28 cm. 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (P. 614-618) and index
• ISBN: 0131899155 (combined); 0131899147 (v. 1); 0131899139 (v. 2)

This text is richly illustrated, beautifully designed and engaging. It offers an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage. Students move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. In 24 chapters, the Combined Volume provides students with a historical political, economic, and social framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from prehistoric culture to 20th Century America. Timelines, maps, four-color and two-color illustrations, and a variety of unique "interrelationship" boxes help students make important interdisciplinary and cross-cultural connections, and help them relate the richness and meaning of the past to their own lives in the present.