Discovering The Humanities

by Henry M. Sayre

Corners are slightly worn from use. Besides that, it is in very good condition.

Genres: Art, Reference, Nonfiction, Humanities, Textbooks

528 pages, Paperback

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.

[Jayne · 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.