Discovering the Humanities

by Henry M. Sayre

"See Context and Make Connections across the Humanities"" ""Discovering the Humanities" helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Written around Henry Sayre's belief that students learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, it captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity throughout our history. With a stronger focus on critical thinking, and coupled with the new MyArtsLab to personalize learning for each student, the second edition enables students to deepen their understanding of how cultures influence one another. It also shows how ideas are exchanged and evolve over time, and how this collective process has led us to where we stand today. A better teaching and learning experienceThis program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-- for you and your students. Here's how:
"Personalize Learning "-- The new MyArtsLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
"Improve Critical Thinking "-- The second edition includes features that focus on applying concepts and building critical thinking skills in the beginning and at the end of each chapter.
"Engage Students "-- Henry Sayre engages students like no other with his storytelling approach and the MyArtsLab Challenge which guides students through the ages as they master the study of Humanities.
"Support Instructors "-- New MyArtsLab with streaming audio, ClassPrep, Instructor's Manual and Test Item File, and MyTest are available.
Note: MyArtsLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyArtsLab, please visit www.myartslab.com or you can purchase the a la carte edition of the text + MyArtsLab: ISBN-10: 0205219985 / ISBN-13: 9780205219988 This Books a la Carte Edition is an unbound, three-holed punched, loose-leaf version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class - all at a fraction of the bound book price.

Genres: Art, Reference, Nonfiction, Humanities, Textbooks

528 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.