Art History Portable Edition, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art Value Pack

by Marilyn Stokstad

ART HISTORY "provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make "ART HISTORY" the choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art."" " This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts. Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape. "Art History Portable Edition "offers exactly the same content as "Art History, Fourth Edition" but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.

Genres: Art History, History, Art, Textbooks, Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

First published March 24, 2008

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It fulfilled it's purpose. I got this book for my art history class, and I probably wouldn't have read it other wise. I'm fascinated with what I have been learning in class with this book. Now we move onto the next part of history, and the next book from the package. I only dropped a star because it wasn't something I picked to read for myself. Those who aren't interested in art or history may find it boring. Also the book I have is much longer than 2-300 pages.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compared to Gardner's, I've always found Stokstad's language about art history to be clearer and provides more of a narrative structure in which to enjoy art history at large. There are moments of the flowery prose (READ: Giotto's "monumentality"), but overall is better at plainly stating the context of each art epoch and how styles fit into said environment.