The Western Humanities, Volume 2 - Brossura

Matthews, Roy; Platt, Dewitt

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0073136387 ISBN 13: 9780073136387

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

Riassunto

Chronologically organized, The Western Humanities presents the cultural achievements of western civilization―art, music, history, literature, theater, film and the other arts―within their historical context. By examining the historical and material conditions that influenced the form and content of the arts and literature, the authors provide students a deeper understanding of the meaning of cultural works and a broader basis for appreciating the humanities. Hundreds of illustrations appear throughout the text, "Slices of Life" boxes bring to life the events of the day, and brief sections at the end of each chapter describe the cultural legacy of the era discussed.

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The Western Humanities, 6/e

Preface
Introduction: Why Study Cultural History?
A Humanities Primer: How to Understand the Arts

**Chapter 11
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE: RETURN TO CLASSICAL ROOTS, 1400 - 1494

The Renaissance: Schools of Interpretation
Early Renaissance History and Institutions
Italian City-States During the Early Renaissance
Florence, the Center of the Renaissance
The Resurgent Papcy, 1450-1500
The Spirit and Style of the Early Renaissance
Humanism, Scholarship, and Schooling
SLice of Life: Battle of the Sexes, Fifteenth Century Style
Thought and Philosophy
Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting
Artistic Ideals and Innovations
Architecture
Sculpture
Painting
Encounter: "The Influence of Islam on the European Renaissance"
Music
The Legacy of the Early Renaissance
Key Cultural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Suggestion for Listening
Timeline

Chapter 12
THE HIGH RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MANNERISM, 1494 - 1564

The Rise of the Modern Sovereign State
The Struggle for Italy, 1494-1529
Charles V and the Hapsburg Empire
Economic Expansion and Social Developments
Demographics, Prosperity, and the Beginning of a Global Village
Technology
Science and Medicine
Encounter: Portuguese Exploration Sets the Stage of a New World
From High Renaissance to Early Mannerism
Literature
Gaspara Stampa
Castiglione
Machiavelli
Painting
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
The Venetian School: Giorgione and Titian
The School of Parma: Parmigianino
Sculpture
SLice of Life: "Artists and Their Critics: Michelangelo's Strategy"
Architecture
Music
The Legacy of the High Renaissance and Early Mannerism
Key Cultural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Suggestions for Listening
Timeline

Chapter 13
NORTHERN HUMANISM, NORTHERN RENAISSANCE, RELIGIOUS REFORMATIONS, AND LATE MANNERISM, 1500 - 1603

Northern Humanism
The Northern Renaissance
Northern Renaissance Thought and Science
Jean Bodin
Andreas Vesalius
Northern Renaissance Literature
Michel de Montaigne
William Shakespeare
Northern Renaissance Painting
Albrecht Dürer
Mathias Grunewald
Hieronymus Bosch
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Encounter: "Indigineous Peoples and New Spain"
Slice of Life: "The Conscience of Sixteenth-Century Christian Europe: Bartolome de Las Casas From, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies"
The Breakup of Christendom: Causes of the Religious Reformations
The Protestant Order
Luther’s Revolt
Luther’s Beliefs
Social and Political Implications of Luther’s Revolt
The Reforms of John Calvin
The Reform of the English Church
The Counter-Reformation
The Reformed Papacy
New Monastic Orders
The Council of Trent
Warfare as a Response to Religious Dissent, 1520-1603
Late Mannerism
Spanish Painting
Spanish Literature
Late Mannerist Painting in Italy: Tintoretto
Music in Late-Sixteenth-Century Italy and England
The Legacy of Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism
Key Cultural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Suggestions for Listening
Timeline

Chapter 14
THE BAROQUE AGE: GLAMOUR AND GRANDIOSITY, 1600 - 1715

Absolutism, Monarchy, and the Balance of Power
France: The Supreme Example of Absolutism
England: From Monarchy to Republic to Limited Monarchy
Warfare in the Baroque Period: Maintaining the Balance of Power
The Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648
Slice of Life: "Two Views of Power: Master and Servant"
Encounter: "Japan Closes Its Doors, Nearly"
The Wars of Louis XIV, 1665-1713
The Baroque: Variations on an International Style
The Florid Baroque
Architecture
Sculpture
Painting
The Classical Baroque
Architecture
Painting
The Restrained Baroque
Painting
Architecture
Literature
Baroque Literature in France
Baroque Literature in England
Music
The Legacy of the Baroque Age
Key Cultural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Suggestions for Listening
Timeline

Chapter 15
THE BAROQUE AGE II: REVOLUTIONS IN SCIENTIFIC AND POLITICAL THOUGHT, 1600 - 1715

Theories of the Universe before the Scientific Revolution
The Magical and the Practical in the Scientific Revolution
Astronomy and Physics: From Copernicus to Newton
Nicolas Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Medicine and Chemistry
Technology
The Impact of Science on Philosophy
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Ironies and Contradictions of the Scientific Revolution
Slice of Life: "Innocent or Guilty?" - A Seventeenth Century Witch Trial"
The Revolution in Political Philosophy
Natural Law and Divine Right: Grotius and Bossuet
Absolutism and Liberalism: Hobbes and Locke
European Exploration and Expansion
Responses to the Revolutions in Thought
Encounter: The Sinews of Trade
The Spread of Ideas
Impact on the Arts
The Legacy of the Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought
Key Cultural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Timeline

Chapter 16
THE AGE OF REASON, 1700 - 1789

The Enlightenment
The Philosophes and Their Program
Religion
Deism
Popular Religion
The Encyclopedie
The Physiocrats
The Great Powers During the Age of Reason
Society: Continuity and Change
Absolutism, Limited Monarchy, and Enlightened Despotism
France: The Successors to the Sun King
Great Britain and the Hanoverian Kings
Enlightened Despotism in Central and Eastern Europe
Cultural Trends in the Eighteenth Century: From Rococo to Neoclassical
The Rococo Style in the Arts
Rococo Painting
Rococo Interiors
The English Response
Encounter: Slavery and the French Revolution
The Challenge of Neoclassicism
Neoclassical Painting
The Print
Neoclassical Architecture
Philosophy
Political Philosophy
David Hume
Literature
French Writers: The Development of New Forms
Neoclassicism in English Literature
Slice of Life: "How to Manipulate the System: Lady Mary Wortly Mantagu"
The Rise of the Novel
Music
The Legacy of the Age of Reason
Key Cultural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Suggestions for Listening
Timeline

Chapter 17
REVOLUTION, REACTION, AND CULTURAL RESPONSE, 1760 - 1830

The Industrial Revolution
Industrialization in England
Slice of Life: "Life inside a 'Satanic Mill' in 1815: Elizabeth Bently"
Classical Economics: The Rationale for Industrialization
Political Revolutions, 1760 - 1815
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
Encounter: Slavery and the French Revolution
Technology
Reaction, 1815 - 1830
Revolutions in Art and Ideas: From Neoclassicism to Romanticism
Neoclassicism in Literature After 1789
Neoclassical Painting and Architecture After 1789
Romanticism: Its Spirit and Expression
The Romantic Movement in Literature
Romantic Painting
Science and Philosophy
Science
Philosophy
The Birth of Romantic Music
The Legacy of the Age of Revolution and Reaction
Key Cultural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Suggestions for Listening
Timeline

Chapter 18
THE TRIUMPH OF THE BOURGEOISIE, 1830 - 1871

The Political and Economic Scene: Liberalism and Nationalism
The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848
European Affairs in the Grip of Realpolitik
Limited Reform in France and Great Britain
Wars and Unification in Central Europe
Civil War in the United States
Industrialization, Technology, and Warfare
Industrialism: The Shrinking Globe
New Technologies
The Second Industrial Revolution
Symbols of the Bourgeois Age: the Crystal Palace and the Suez Canal Encounter: The Tragedy of the Cherokee Nation
Nineteenth-Century Thought: Philosophy, Religion, and Science
Liberalism Redefined
Socialism
Religion and the Challenge of Science
Slice of Life: "Observing Human Behavior: The Classes and the Masses"
Cultural Trends: From Roma nticism to Realism
Literature
The Height of French Romanticism
Romanticism in the English Novel
Romanticism in American Literature
Realism in French and English Novels

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Book by MatthewsRoy PlattDewitt

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0073136387
• ISBN 13: 9780073136387
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 480
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