Art History Volume 1

by Marilyn Stokstad, Michael W. Cothren

"The most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive survey is now personalized, digital, and mobile for today's students." "Art History 5th edition" continues to balance formal analysis with contextual art history in order to engage a diverse student audience. Authors Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren- both scholars as well as teachers- share a common vision that survey courses should be filled with as much enjoyment as learning, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts. This revision is the strongest and most comprehensive learning program for measuring student progress and improving student success in attaining the outcomes and goals of the art history survey course. Not only does the text address four overarching goals of the survey course, the new MyArtsLab further develops and reinforces these outcomes and skills with market-leading learning tools such as personalized study plans for each student and multimedia assets geared towards addressing different learning styles and abilities, such as chapter audio, student videos, Closer Looks, architectural panoramas and much more. The end result is a complete learning program designed to increase students' success with a personalized, digital and a highly mobile learning experience. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's how:
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Genres: Art, Art History, Nonfiction, History, Reference, Textbooks, Read For School

648 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 1995

Reviews

[Danielle The Book Huntress · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my Art History textbook. We started at prehistory and ended with 14th Century Italian art. We unfortunately skipped African and Asian history. My teacher has a soft spot for Pre-Columbian Art history, so we did discuss it. Verry interesting. I read all the chapters except the ones we didn't cover on exams. I plan to go back and read those when time allows.

I feel that taking Art History has been quite a boon for me as an artist and an observer of the world. We don't get how much what we see is informed by the works of artists of the past, even going back to Paleolithic cultures. Now I do after this class. I can't even say how much I loved of the art. I loved pretty much all of it. I admit that I am totally in love with the Greek classical art, and also Hellenic because it was so dramatic. The churches are gorgeous and are artwork in themselves. If I get to do some traveling, I will spend my time visiting all these lovely places.

Some soapbox thoughts from my Art History studies: I have to say that the Romans kind of suck for melting down all the bronze Greek statues like that. They copied it because they admired it, but news flash, why not keep it as it is? Also, the Catholic church wasn't too awesome in how they destroyed some of the non-Christian artwork. ISIS is a bunch of jerks for destroying all the early Eastern works like Nineveh. Just because you don't believe in that religion doesn't mean you should destroy it. People who don't think their beliefs can stand on their own are the cowards who destroy priceless artifacts from other cultures. *Off Soapbox*

Overall, this was well written with plenty of images that are essential with this kind of subject matter. I couldn't afford the print version so I bought the ebook. It was actually pretty user-friendly, and allowed me to be lazy and lay in my bed and read the chapters. Plus I could highlight them for my studying.

If one has an interest in art history, check this out. I am a better person for my studies. I hope I am able to take the second half, and if not, I definitely want to get a copy of volume II.

[Sildi07 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prolly one of the worthiest money spent for textbook during my years undergrad. Though I do not really like my art history class (too much memorization of art artifacts and paintings that scares me from this major lmao), but I do love all those quality illustrations inside.

[Gabrielle Huston · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book for HUMS2101 at Carleton University. It's fine for what it is, but I cannot forgive so easily its Euro-Centric contents.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first time reading an art history book. I found it to be very informational and appropriate for a beginning art history student. Nearly all of the material was new to me, so I absolutely learned a lot through this book. I appreciated the inclusion of clear illustrations (photographs) to depicts the art objects discussed. My one concern is that the various art traditions were not equitable in the length and breadth of text devoted to them. Specifically, European Art received many more chapters, whereas Early African Art and Art of the Americas had much less representation.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book during an art history class I took in college. The class was one of my favorite classes ever and the book was a fantastic complement. We covered Pre-History all the way to Gothic Art. I have found this background to be an incredible complement while traveling the world or just downtown. The book has given me great context to architectural styles and the rich history humanity draws from to create art and I refer back to it often when I travel.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this book for my Art History class this semester as it was the textbook. I liked the history side of things(that's what I plan to major in) and some of the stuff I learned about art was nice too but in the end it's still just a textbook so I wasn't that moved by it in the end.

[Belle Meade School]

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[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn't read EVERY page as some periods interest me more than others, etc. Very organized and concise and the pictures are well done on the digital version. (Love that you can zoom in on them quite nicely.)

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not something I read voluntarily, but I read every page. It was quite interesting...even if it was for school.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish this had come out early enough for me to use it as a textbook in my Art History course. Easily readable, includes quite a few women artists.

[Morgan Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best art history text books I've ever had. The reading is very easy and manages to give a cursory summation about the periods of art without being overwhelming.

[Patcha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good book.It's suit for art students and teacher.Very much detail in it.
RECOMMEND!!!!!

[Anna Tatelman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear, informative, interesting. My only complaint is how limited the publisher/press is, and how much they enjoy jacking up the prices.

[Tammi Owens]

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[Elissa Seeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the first edition of this book in school. Enjoyed it then and revisiting it now.

[keereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Karrington · Rating 5 out of 5]

The art works in here are wonderful and helped so much with my class on Art History.

[Aug · Rating 3 out of 5]

i super enjoyed this textbook