Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Concise Global History

by Fred S. Kleiner

Gain an understanding of and appreciation for historically significant works of art from around the world with GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A CONCISE GLOBAL HISTORY, 5E. This beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic contributions by award-winning author Fred Kleiner is now revised and expanded to provide all of the learning features and online study tools you need to excel in your art history course. Easy-to-read, captivating explanations blend with richly illustrated photographs and architectural drawings that present the historical and cultural context of significant images and monuments. This edition features more illustrations and discussions of works by women and minority artists than any other art survey text. In addition, updated and new essays underscore how art and architecture history changes as scholars rethink interpretations of paintings, sculptures and buildings. More than 200 online bonus images and essays further enrich your learning. Infuse digital resources are also available to help keep you organized and on track.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, History

656 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2006

Reviews

[Bahman Bahman · Rating 2 out of 5]

كتاب ترجمه‌ي نسخه‌ي فشرده‌ي كتاب است. اما به دليل اهميت آشنا شدنِ خوانندگان امروزي با جزئياتي بيش‌تر درباره‌ى هنر مدرن، سه فصل 13 و 14 و 15 از نسخه‌ي مفصل ترجمه شده است. ضميمه‌ى كتاب جدول زمانىِ تمام رنگيِ تاريخ هنر جهان در قطع بزرگ است كه در آن فهرست مختصرى از مهم‏ترين تحولات تاريخىِ هنر هر دوره‌ي خاص همراه با تصويري از آثار ممتاز آن دوره عرضه شده است. اين جدول زمانى چهار ستون افقى اصلى دارد كه به اروپا، آمريكا (شمالى و جنوبى)، آسيا و آفريقا مربوط مى‏شود، و 34 ستون عمودى كه مربوط به دوره‏ هاى زمانى پياپى از سى‏ هزار سال پيش‏ ازميلاد تا زمان ماست.

[Terri Karp · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Kailah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can’t decide if I hate this book or if I loathe it. My professor required this for an ‘Art Appreciation’ class and I really want to set it on fire. This did not inspire appreciation for art and the extreme detail made it feel more like ‘Art Architecture through the Ages.’ I inherently understand that architecture plays a role in art history but terminology and details that didn’t really pertain to art were so overused that I couldn’t understand half this text. I felt that I should have taken an architecture course prior to reading this to fully appreciate its value. Compared to the wonderful work of EH Gombrich in his ‘History of Art’ book, Garners textbook was a huge fail for me.

[Mehran,A]

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