Gardner's Art through the Ages - Hardcover

Fred Kleiner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0495792969 ISBN 13: 9780495792963

Publisher: Wadsworth, 2009

Synopsis

As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, International Edition gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions plus all the study tools you need to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, this 13th Edition of the most widely read history of art book in the English language is the only textbook that includes a unique "scale" feature (accompanying the book's photographs of paintings and other artworks) that will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. New features to this edition include extended image captions and "The Big Picture" overviews at the end of every chapter.

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Review:

"Gardner's presents a narrative that runs like a thread of unity through the text." "I examined the options, and found Gardner's to be the best in giving the students the best images and the clearest discussion of both style and historical context." "What I particularly like about the Gardner is its flexibility for a variety of pedagogical/methodological/thematic approaches, which is due to the depth of its coverage of certain very pivotal figures/moments/issues in western art history."

About the Author:

Fred S. Kleiner, Ph.D. has been professor of art history and archeology at Boston University for four decades. He taught previously at University of Virginia and served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. Acclaimed for inspiring lectures, Dr. Kleiner won Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College Prize for Undergraduate Advising in the Humanities, and the Distinguished Teaching Prize in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London as well as the Text and Academic Authors Association. In addition to this title, Dr. Kleiner authored several editions of ART THROUGH THE AGES: A CONCISE HISTORY (Cengage), A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART (Cengage), and more than 100 publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture. Dr. Kleiner earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0495792969
• ISBN 13: 9780495792963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 880