The City in the Western Tradition
Author | : Peter Halvorson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-07-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781465279453 |
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Author | : Peter Halvorson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-07-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781465279453 |
Author | : Peter Riesenberg |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2000-11-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0807864129 |
Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Riesenberg's instructive book surveys Western ideas of citizenship from Greek antiquity to the French Revolution. It is striking to observe the persistence of important civic ideals and institutions over a period of 2,500 years and to learn how those ideals and institutions traveled over space and time, from the ancient Mediterranean to early modern France, England, and America.
Author | : Horst Woldemar Janson |
Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 824 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
This classic book uses an exceptional art program, featuring impeccable accurate five-color illustrations, to introduce readers to the vast world of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With its effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, this book presents art as a succession of styles--from Prehistory through the 20th century--and enlarges the readers' capacity to appreciate works of art individually. Written more than 40 years ago, this text has been constantly reworked to respond to the needs of this ever-changing field. A reference work suitable for those employed in all art media, including painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects.
Author | : Horst Woldemar Janson |
Publisher | : Pearson |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780205685189 |
Fo> Rewritten and reorganized, this new edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative online supplements, including digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art. Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Eighth Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars. The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson's lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organization along the lines established by Janson, with separate chapters on the Northern European Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance, and Baroque art, with stylistic divisions for key periods of the modern era. Also embedded in this edition is the narrative of how art has changed over time in the cultures that Europe has claimed as its patrimony.
Author | : Souleymane Bachir Diagne |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2018-08-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231546173 |
What does it mean to be a Muslim philosopher, or to philosophize in Islam? In Open to Reason, Souleymane Bachir Diagne traces Muslims’ intellectual and spiritual history of examining and questioning beliefs and arguments to show how Islamic philosophy has always engaged critically with texts and ideas both inside and outside its tradition. Through a rich reading of classical and modern Muslim philosophers, Diagne explains the long history of philosophy in the Islamic world and its relevance to crucial issues of our own time. From classical figures such as Avicenna to the twentieth-century Sufi master and teacher of tolerance Tierno Bokar Salif Tall, Diagne explores how Islamic thinkers have asked and answered such questions as Does religion need philosophy? How can religion coexist with rationalism? What does it mean to interpret a religious narrative philosophically? What does it mean to be human, and what are human beings’ responsibilities to nature? Is there such a thing as an “Islamic” state, or should Muslims reinvent political institutions that suit their own times? Diagne shows that philosophizing in Islam in its many forms throughout the centuries has meant a commitment to forward and open thinking. A remarkable history of philosophy in the Islamic world as well as a work of philosophy in its own right, this book seeks to contribute to the revival of a spirit of pluralism rooted in Muslim intellectual and spiritual traditions.
Author | : Marvin Perry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Civilization, Western |
ISBN | : 9780618004768 |
Western Civilization: A Brief History emphasizes the history of ideas, presented within a political chronology. Perry's distinctive writing style and unique appoach make this abridged version of Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics & Society an engaging text for the Western civilization survey course.
Author | : Marvin Perry |
Publisher | : Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Civilization, Modern |
ISBN | : 9780395848128 |
This book focuses on the historical component of the Humanities course, with an emphasis on intellectual history. It pays close attention to the lives of individuals, highlighting the human aspect of great artists and thinkers. An abundance of biographical information allows students to see these figures as real people with concrete motivations for creating great historical works. The text contains a number of pedagogical features, which are especially helpful for students who have no background in humanities.
Author | : Mark Naidis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Civilization, Western |
ISBN | : 9780030891168 |
Author | : Victor Davis Hanson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1999-12-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520209350 |
Victor Hanson shows that the "Greek revolution" was not the rise of a free and democratic urban culture, but rather the historic innovation of the independent family farm."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Marvin Perry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Civilization, Western |
ISBN | : 9780395892022 |