Vol. 1: Prehistory to the Early Modern World Book 1: The First Civilizations and the Classical Legacy Introduction: Prehistory and the Birth of Civilization PART 1: The First Civilizations 1 Egypt: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order 2 Mesopotamia: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order 3 India and China: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order PART 2: The Classical Legacy 4 Greece: Humanism and the Speculative Leap 5 The Classical Style 6 Rome: The Rise to Empire 7 China: The Rise to Empire Book 2: Medieval Europe and the World Beyond PART 1: The Shaping of the Middle Ages 8 A Flowering of Faith: Christianity and Buddhism 9 The Language of Faith: Symbolism and the Arts 10 The Islamic World: Religion and Culture PART 2: The Medieval West 11 Patterns of Medieval Life 12 Christianity and the Medieval Mind 13 The Medieval Synthesis in the Arts PART 3: The World Beyond the West 14 Asian Civilizations: The Artistic Record Book 3: The European Renaissance, the Reformation, and Global Encounter PART 1: The Age of the Renaissance 15 Adversity and Challenge: The Fourteenth-Century Transition 16 Classical Humanism in the Age of the Renaissance 17 Renaissance Artists: Disciples of Nature, Masters of Invention PART 2: A Brave New World 18 Africa, the Americas, and Cross-Cultural Encounter 19 Protest and Reform: The Waning of the Old Order Vol 2: The Early Modern World to the Present 19 Protest and Reform: The Waning of the Old Order Book 4: Faith, Reason, and Power in the Early Modern World PART 1: The Age of the Baroque 20 The Catholic Reformation and the Baroque Style 21 Absolute Power and the Aristocratic Style 22 The Baroque in the Protestant North 23 The Scientific Revolution and the New Learning PART 2: The Age of Enlightenment 24 The Promise of Reason 25 The Limits of Reason 26 Eighteenth-Century Art, Music, and Society Book 5: Romanticism, Realism, and the Nineteenth-Century World PART 1: The Romantic Era 27 The Romantic View of Nature 28 The Romantic Hero 29 The Romantic Style in Art and Music PART 2: Realism and the Modernist Turn 30 Industry, Empire, and the Realist Style 31 The Move Toward Modernism Book 6: Modernism, Globalism, and the Information Age PART 1: The Triumph of Modernism 32 The Modernist Assault 33 The Freudian Revolution 34 Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Arts 35 The Quest for Meaning PART 2: The Postmodern Turn 36 Liberation and Equality 37 The Information Age: Global Perspectives 38 Image and Sound in the Information Age |