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

by Fred S. Kleiner

GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE A CONCISE GLOBAL HISTORY provides you with a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions! Easy to read and understand, the latest edition of this best-selling art history book continues to evolve, providing a rich cultural backdrop for each of the covered periods and geographical locations, and incorporating new artists and art forms--all reproduced according to the highest standards of clarity and color fidelity. A complete online environment, including all images and an eBook, is also available. The unique Scale feature will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. A new timeline within each chapter, along with "The Big Picture" overviews at the end of every chapter, makes it easier to understand the cultural and historical forces that influenced each artwork.

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]

Airbnb book

[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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