Discovering the Humanities [with Revel Code]

by Henry M. Sayre

Throughout Revel for Discovering the Humanities, Third Edition, author Henry Sayre employs a storytelling approach that helps students see context and make connections across the humanities. By showing how cultures influence one another, and how ideas are exchanged and evolve over time, Revel for Discovering the Humanities helps students understand the cultural interplay that has shaped human thinking and creativity throughout our history.
Revel is Pearson's newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel offers an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Enlivening course content with media interactives and assessments, Revel empowers educators to increase engagement with the course, and to better connect with students.
NOTE: This Revel Combo Access pack includes a Revel access code plus a loose-leaf print reference (delivered by mail) to complement your Revel experience. In addition to this access code, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Genres: Art, Reference, Nonfiction, Humanities, Textbooks

552 pages, Unbound

First published January 21, 2009

About the author

Henry M. Sayre is a Distinguished Professor of Art History. He has written several books on his subject.

Sayre was born in Boulder, Colorado in 1948.

Reviews

[MB (What she read) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Assigned reading for class.

For a textbook, this is surprisingly interesting. Very organized and informational with great photos and extras.

Another element that I really appreciated was the way this gave pronunciation keys within the text. With so many historical and/or foreign names and terms, this was extremely helpful and informative.

I liked this, so I'm keeping it for reference. Recommended.

[Luka Van Boven · Rating 5 out of 5]

You best believe that if I'm reading 500 A4 format pages on arts history for only 1 course, I am putting that in my goodreads. It was kinda interesting tho I'm not even gonna lie.

[Maaike Mosterd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, a good overview of the history of humanity. Read this book for one of my courses in my first year. I read the newest edition, but still many artifacts are missing of cultures outside of Western art tradition. Luckily, my professor added information during the lectures. But I think there just isn't a book of human culture that is more complete than this one

[Shania Hans]

It was a textbook required for a humanities class for college. Nothing much to say.

[Immanythings · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great textbook for Humanities history. There were many aspects I would like to continue to explore and this would be one of the books on the list as well as The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living written by Altshuler, R. & Janaro, T. (2013).

[Diamantina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very detailed.

[Collette Mcdonough · Rating 4 out of 5]

For an overview of human history it is a pretty good book.