Full Description
The Broad Strokes of the Humanities
Handbook for the Humanities provides a foundation of the most pertinent information needed to appreciate all that the Humanities has to offer. The text features advice to students on how to approach writing about this topic with confidence. Whether the handbook is used in conjunction with primary and secondary sources or as the core material in the classroom, it provides the essentials necessary for any student to comprehend the Humanities.
Learning Goals
Upon completion this book, readers should:
Have a greater understanding of the essentials of the Humanities
Write clearly and intelligently about the Humanities
Have a global perspective of different cultures
Gain a fuller understanding and appreciation of the arts
Recognize distinguished individuals in the field
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Contents
In this Section:
1) Brief Table of Contents
2) Full Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Early Civilizations: Sumer To Egypt
Chapter 2: Ancient Greece
Chapter 3: Ancient Rome
Chapter 4: Judaism, Christianity, And Islam
Chapter 5: Middle Ages
Chapter 6: Early Renaissance
Chapter 7: Later Renaissance
Chapter 8: Seventeenth Century (Baroque Era)
Chapter 9: Eighteenth Century (Enlightenment)
Chapter 10: Early Nineteenth Century
Chapter 11: Later Nineteenth Century
Chapter 12: Early Twentieth Century
Chapter 13: Later Twentieth Century
Chapter 14: Twenty-First Century
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Early Civilizations: Sumer To Egypt
Prehistory
Mesopotamia
Spotlight: Beer
Sumeria
Akkad
Assyria
Babylon
Persia
Egypt
Spotlight: The First Poet: Enheduanna
Chapter 2: Ancient Greece
Spotlight: Socrates
Spotlight: Sappho
Chapter 3: Ancient Rome
Etruscans
Roman Republic
Roman Empire
Spotlight: Seneca
Chapter 4: Judaism, Christianity, And Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Spotlight: Revelation
Islam
Chapter 5: Middle Ages
"Dark Ages"
Carolingian
Ottonian
Romanesque
Spotlight: The Magna Carta
Spotlight: Mont Saint-Michel
Spotlight: Leaning Tower of Pisa, 1174
Spotlight: San Marco, Venice, 1063 f.; mosaics, c.1200
Spotlight: Bayeux "Tapestry," after 1066
Spotlight: Nicholas of Verdun, 1181
Gothic
Spotlight: Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 14th C
Spotlight: Unicorn Tapestries
Spotlight: Christine de Pizan
Spotlight: Hildegard of Bingen
Italy in the Later Middle Ages
Spotlight: Campanile, Florence
Chapter 6: Early Renaissance
Background
Italy
Spotlight: Renaissance Courts
Northern Europe
Chapter 7: Later Renaissance
Background
Italy
Spotlight: Bramante, Tempietto, Rome: diminutive dome
Mannerism
Northern Europe
Spotlight: Nostradamus and Renaissance Make-up
Chapter 8: Seventeenth Century (Baroque Era)
Background
Spotlight: Telescope and Microscope: Galileo and van Leeuwenhoek
Italy and Spain
Italy
Spain
Northern Europe
Spotlight: Poussinistes versus Rubenistes
Chapter 9: Eighteenth Century (Enlightenment)
Background
Spotlight: Enlightenment Thought and Women
Spotlight: Emily du Chatelet
Rococo
Neoclassicism
Chapter 10: Early Nineteenth Century
Background
Spotlight: Clara Schuman and Fanny Mendelssohn
Spotlight: Poetry and Song: Erlking
Spotlight: Three Sister Novelists: The Brontes
Realism
Chapter 11: Later Nineteenth Century
Background
Spotlight: Florence Nightingale
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Spotlight: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Chapter 12: Early Twentieth Century
Background
Spotlight: Madame Curie
Spotlight: Battleship Potemkin
Chapter 13: Later Twentieth Century
Background
Spotlight: Film
Spotlight: Robin Hood in the Movies
Chapter 14: Twenty-First Century
Background
