The Western Humanities, Complete
ISBN: 9780073136196 | 0073136190
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL PROFESSIONAL
Pub. Date: 2/13/2007
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Chronologically organized, The Western Humanities presents the cultural achievements of western civilization-- art, music, history, literature, theater, film and the other arts-- within their historical context. By examining the historical and material conditions that influenced the form and content of the arts and literature, the authors provide students a deeper understanding of the meaning of cultural works and a broader basis for appreciating the humanities. Hundreds of illustrations appear throughout the text, "Slices of Life" boxes bring ... MORE
| The Western Humanities, 6/e | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction: Why Study Cultural History? | |
| A Humanities Primer: How to Understand the Arts | |
| Prehistory And Near Eastern Civilizations | |
| Prehistory and Early Cultures Paleolithic Period Neolithic Period Technology in Early Cultures | |
| Stone Age Technology Bronze Age Technology Iron Age Technology | |
| The Civilizations of the Ti... MORE | |
| River Valley: Mesopotamia | |
| The Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian Kingdoms | |
| The Cradle of Civilization | |
| Writing Encounter: "Phonecians and Their Alphabet" | |
| Religion | |
| Literature Slice of Life: "A Sumerian Father Lectures His Son" | |
| Law Science: Astronomy, Mathematics, and Medicine | |
| Art and Architecture The Civilization of the Nile River Valley: Egypt | |
| Continuity and Change over Three Thousand Years | |
| A Quest for Eternal Cultural Values | |
| Religion | |
| Writing and Literature Slice of Life: "The Instruction of Amenemope" Science and Medicine Architecture Sculpture | |
| Painting, and Minor Arts Heirs to the Mesopotamian and Egyptian Empires | |
| The Hittites The Assyrians The Medes The Persians | |
| The Legacy of Early Near Eastern Civilizations | |
| Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline | |
| Aegean Civilizations: The Minoans | |
| The Mycenaeans, And The Greeks Of The Archaic Age Prelude: Minoan Civilization, 3000 - 1100 B.C.E | |
| Beginnings: Mycenaean Civilization, 1900 - 1100 B.C.E. Technology in Minoan Crete and Mycenae Crete and Mycenae Archaic Greece Interlude: The Dark Ages, 1100 - 800 B.C.E | |
| The Archaic Age, 800 - 479 B.C.E. | |
| Political, Economic, and Social Structures | |
| The Greek Polis: Sparta and Athens | |
| Technology in Archaic Greece The Persian Wars Encounter: "Near Estern Art and Greek Pottery" | |
| The Emergence of Greek Genius: The Mastery of Form Religion | |
| Epic Poetry Lyric Poetry Slice of Life: "The Worlds of Women and Men in Ancient Greece" | |
| Natural Philosophy | |
| Medicine Architecture | |
| Sculpture The Legacy of Archaic Greek Civilization Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline | |
| Classical Greek Civilization: The Hellenic Age | |
| General Characteristics of Hellenic Civilization Domestic and Foreign Affairs: War, Peace, and the Triumph of Macedonia Phases of the Hellenic Age Technology | |
| Shipbuilding Warfare The Perfection of the Tradition: The Glory of Hellenic Greece | |
| Theater: Tragedy | |
| Features of the Greek Theater | |
| Encounter: The Representation of Blacks in Greek Art | |
| Tragic Drama | |
| Aeschylus | |
| Sophocles | |
| Euripides Theater: Comedy Music | |
| History Philosophy, Science and Medicine | |
| The Pre-Socratics | |
| The Sophists | |
| The Socratic Revolution | |
| Plato | |
| Aristotle Architecture | |
| Sanctuaries | |
| The Temple: The Perfection of the Form | |
| Slice of Life: Xenophon, "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Sculpture | |
| The Legacy of Hellenic Civilization Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline | |
| Classical Greek Civilization: The Hellenistic Age | |
| The Stages of Hellenistic History | |
| The End of the Empire and the Rise of the States | |
| The Arrival and Triumph of Rome Urban Life in the Hellenistic Age Pergamum | |
| Alexandria in Egypt | |
| Slice of Life: Theocritus, "Street Scene in Hellenistic Egypt | |
| The Elaboration of the Greek Tradition: The Spread of Classicism to the Hellenistic World | |
| Drama and Literature | |
| Philosophy and Religion | |
| Cynicism | |
| Skepticism | |
| Epicureanism | |
| Stoicism | |
| Fate and the Mystery Cults Science and Medicine Encounter: "The Invention of Parchment and the Birth of the Secular Library" | |
| Architecture | |
| The Corinthian Temple | |
| The Altar | |
| Sculpture | |
| Rhodes: Late Hellenistic Style | |
| The Legacy of the Hellenistic World Key Cultural Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline | |
| Roman Civilization: The Pre-Christian Centuries | |
| The Colossus of the Mediterranean World | |
| General Characteristics of Roman Civilization Technology Warfare Construction | |
| The Etruscan and Greek Connections | |
| Rome in the Age of Kings, 753-509 B.C. | |
| The Roman Republ | |
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