Culture and Values
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
978-0-495-80053-8 (ISBN)
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CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE HUMANITIES, International Edition gives readers a solid introduction to art, music, philosophy and literature. Cunningham and Reich cover both Western cultures and non-Western traditions in the humanities, including ancient India and China, contemporary India, China, Japan, Africa, and Latin America, as well as an entire chapter on Islamic art.
Lawrence S. Cunningham is John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology (Emeritus) at the University of Notre Dame. The author or editor of over 25 books and hundreds of essays and reviews, his books reflect his interest in the history of Christian spirituality, hagiography, the intersection of theology and culture, as well as the relationship of contemplation and action. Professor Cunningham is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and the winner of Notre Dame's Presidential Award for service to academy and church (2002) and the Christus Magister award from the University of Portland in 2011 for distinguished scholarship and teaching. He has served as a visiting lecturer in this country and in Europe, Asia, and South Africa. A native of England, John J. Reich was trained as a classical archaeologist and did both his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Manchester. He is an authority on Minoan civilization, pre-Roman Italy, and music. Professor Reich is associated with the Syracuse University study program in Florence, Italy. He lectures frequently in Europe and the United States on history, art, and the humanities and is the author of many scholarly articles and several books, including ITALY BEFORE ROME (1979).
Preface.
1. The Beginnings of Civilization.
2. Early Greece.
3. Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period.
4. The Roman Legacy.
5. Ancient Civilizations of India and China.
6. Judaism and Early Christianity.
7. Byzantium.
8. Islam.
9. Charlemagne and the Rise of Medieval Culture.
10. High Middle Ages: The Search for Synthesis.
11. The Fourteenth Century: A Time of Transition.
12. The Early Renaissance.
13. The High Renaissance in Italy.
14. The Renaissance in the North.
15. The Baroque World.
16. The Eighteenth Century: From Rococo to Revolution.
17. The Romantic Era.
18. Toward the Modern Era: 1870 AND 1914.
19. India, China, and Japan: From the Medieval to the Modern World.
20. The Peoples and Cultures of Africa.
21. Between the World Wars.
22. The Contemporary Contour.
Notes.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
| Verlagsort | Belmont, CA |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 215 x 275 mm |
| Gewicht | 1890 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Design • Kunst |
| ISBN-10 | 0-495-80053-8 / 0495800538 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-495-80053-8 / 9780495800538 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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