As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions—plus all the study tools you need to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, this 13th Edition of the most widely read history of art book in the English language is the only textbook that includes a unique "scale" feature (accompanying the book's photographs of paintings and other artworks) that will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. Three levels of review including extended image captions, "The Big Picture" overviews at the end of every chapter, and a special global timeline will help you study for your exams. You'll also find materials that will help you master the key topics quickly in the ArtStudy Online (a free interactive study guide that includes flash cards of images and quizzes).

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Fred S. Kleiner received his Ph.D. in art history and archaeology from Columbia University. He is the co-author of the 10th, 11th, and 12th editions of Gardner's Art through the Ages and more than a hundred publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture, including A History of Roman Art, winner of the 2007 Texty Prize as the best new college textbook in the humanities and social sciences. He has taught the art history survey course for more than three decades, first at the University of Virginia and, since 1978, at Boston University, where he is currently Professor of Art History and Archaeology and Chair of the Art History Department. Long recognized for his inspiring lectures and devotion to students, Professor Kleiner won Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching as well as the College Prize for Undergraduate Advising in the Humanities in 2002 and is a two-time winner of the Distinguished Teaching Prize in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program.

Introduction: What Is Art History? 1. Art before History. 2. The Ancient Near East. 3. Egypt under the Pharaohs. 4. The Prehistoric Aegean. 5. Ancient Greece. 6. The Etruscans. 7. The Roman Empire. 8. Late Antiquity. 9. Byzantium. 10. The Islamic World. 11. Early Medieval Europe. 12. Romanesque Europe. 13. Gothic Europe. 14. Italy, 1200 to 1400. 15. Northern Europe, 1400 to 1500. 16. Italy, 1400 to 1500. 17. Italy, 1500 to 1600. 18. Northern Europe and Spain, 1500 to 1600. 19. Italy and Spain, 1600 to 1700. 20. Northern Europe, 1600 to 1700. 21. Europe and America, 1700 to 1800. 22. Europe and America, 1800 to 1870. 23. Europe and America, 1870 to 1900. 24. Europe and America, 1900 to 1945. 25. Europe and America since 1945.