Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities
Language: English
Pages: 976
ISBN: 1133945333
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE HUMANITIES takes you on a fascinating tour of some of the world's most significant examples of art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. New features in this edition are designed to make it easy for you to understand the influence of historical events and values on the works produced by each culture--guided discussions of all of the readings, chapter previews, timelines, "Compare and Contrast" sections, "Big Picture" reviews at the end of each chapter, expanded coverage of Asia and Africa, and high-quality images with clear captions.
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Ago in the Middle East, a small tribe-turned-nation became one of the central sources for the development of Western civilization. The fact is incontestable: the marriage of the biblical tradition and Graeco-Roman culture has produced, for better or worse, the West as we know it today. The irony is all the more telling because these ancient biblical people did not give the world great art, significant music, philosophy, or science.Their language did not have a word for science. Their religion.
A horned crown, stands beneath symbols of the gods. The diagonal composition is well suited to the triangular shape of the stele. From Susa, Iran, Akkadian. Pink sandstone, 6´7˝ (2 m) high. Louvre, Paris, France//© Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY When Akkadian rule was brought to an abrupt and violent end by the invasion of the Gutians from Iran, the cities of Mesopotamia reverted to earlier ways. As in the early Sumerian period, the chief buildings constructed were large brick.
In contrast to the frieze, the technique employed on the metopes is high relief, so high, in fact, that some of the figures seem almost completely detached from their background. These metopes, which illustrate mythological battles, represent a lower level of achievement, although some are more successful than others at reconciling scenes of violence and Classical idealism. The most impressive ones show episodes from the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs [Fig. 3.16], the same story we saw on.
Resource, NY in itself; it was also one of the first attempts in Western art to introduce the element of sensuality into the portrayal of the female form. The influence of Lysippus was as much on succeeding periods as on his own time. One of his chief claims The Visual Arts in Classical Greece ◆ 75 ◆ 3.23 Theodoros of Phokaia, the Tholos of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, c. 390 bce. This is one of the first circular designs in Greek architecture. Originally, twenty Doric columns encircled.
The most temporal. For that reason a somewhat more extended guide to music follows. HOW TO LOOK AT ART Anyone who thumbs through a standard history of art can be overwhelmed by the complexity of what is discussed. We find everything from paintings on the walls of caves and huge sculptures carved into the faces of mountains to tiny pieces of jewelry or miniature paintings. All of these are art because they were made by the human hand in an attempt to express human ideas and/or emotions. Our.