Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities, Volume 1

by Lawrence S. Cunningham, John J. Reich, Lois Fichner-Rathus

CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE WESTERN HUMANITIES takes you on a fascinating tour of some of the world's most significant examples of art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. New features in the eighth edition are designed to make it easy for you to understand the influence of historical events and values on the works produced by each culture--guided discussions of all of the readings, chapter previews, timelines, "Compare and Contrast" sections, "Big Picture" reviews at the end of each chapter, and high-quality images with clear captions. Volume 1 covers early civilizations through the High Renaissance.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

496 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2005

Reviews

[Irene · Rating 5 out of 5]

My humanities class with Mr. Carrier (now a woman) was one of my favorite classes in college, in it where we studied world literature, antiquities, history, geography...

[GlowingFalkor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the questions for discussion (this is a textbook, after all) are a little strange, and required outside research to answer, but the book is well laid out and a joy to read. Plenty of facts that I didn't know and extra artistic tidbits. Will for sure use again for reference.