A History of Western Art Information Center: Feature Summary


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A History of Western Art, 4/e

Laurie Adams, John Jay College, City University of New York

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Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/hwa4): The Online Learning Center is an Internet-based resource for students and faculty alike.
Chapter ending timelines: Chapter summaries as well as ideal study aides, the timelines list every piece of art from the chapter, along with concurrent cultural events and thumbnails of the most significant artworks.
Methodologies: The new edition introduces students to methodologies of art history – formalism, iconography, – to underscore the variety of approaches in art criticism.
Beyond the West Essays: Five full-page “Beyond the West” essays have been added to the text to introduce students to the art of the world outside of the Western canon. These essays are incorporated at points of cross-cultural contact (Africa and the European avant-garde or Japan and the Impressionists, to maintain the Western chronological narrative.
Context essays and technique commentaries: Brief essays and definitions help students interpret and understand artworks by offering cultural and historical background, and by explaining media and techniques. Examples of these boxes are: mosaic techniques in Christian art; an overview of the principal gods of ancient Egypt and their typical guises; commentary on art and artists by critics from Plato to Greenberg; literary excerpts from classics such as Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, and Wallace Stevens’ “The Man with the Blue Guitar.”
Art in Context: Adams complements stylistic analysis with cultural context of the works presented to provide students with an understanding of the many reasons art is created. More color: 70% of the images found in A History of Western Art are in color.

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