Synopses & Reviews
Offering an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage, this book is richly illustrated, beautifully designed and engaging. Readers move chronologically through major periods and styles–from prehistoric culture to the renaissance and mannerism in Italy–to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. For arts and cultural coordinators, professionals and enthusiasts.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1- Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian Civilizations
Chapter 2- Aegean Culture and Early Greece
Chapter 3- Classical and Hellenistic Greece
Chapter 4- Roman Civilization
Chapter 5- Judaism, Early Christianity, and Byzantine Civilization
Chapter 6- Islamic Civilization
Chapter 7- Indian Civilization
Chapter 8- Early Chinese Civilization
Chapter 9- Early Japanese Civilization
Chapter 10- Early Civilizations of the Americas and Africa
Chapter 11- Early Middle Ages and the Romanesque
Chapter 12- Gothic and Late Middle Ages
Chapter 13- The Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy