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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  The Humanistic Tradition, Vol 1 Reprint
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Designed for Introduction to Humanities courses, "the Humanistic Tradition is quite simply the finest book of its type. Fiero manages to integrate the political, cultural, and social history of the world into one coherent and fascinating whole. It is a masterpiece of scholarship . . . balanced, interesting, easy to read, and consummately beautiful. Our professors praise its accuracy and scope and our students unanimously say it is their favorite textbook."— Sonia Sorrell, Pepperdine University About the AuthorGloria 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. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Prehistory and the Birth of Civilization2 Mesopotamia: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order4 Greece: Humanism and the Speculative Leap6 Rome: The Rise to Empire8 A Flowering of Faith: Christianity and Buddhism10 The Islamic World: Religion and Culture12 Christianity and the Medieval Mind14 Asian Civilizations: The Artistic Record16 Classical Humanism in the Age of the Renaissance18 Africa, the Americas, and Cross-Cultural Encounter | |||
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