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Humanities, The: Culture, Continuity, and Change, Volume 1, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (February 5, 2018) © 2019

  • Henry M. Sayre

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For courses in Introduction to the Humanities.

See context and make connections across the humanities

The Humanities: Culture, Continuity and Change leads students on a journey through countless “ah-ha” moments as they piece together the cultural history of the world. Author Henry Sayre believes that students learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts. To this end, he deftly conveys multifaceted cultural experiences via a storytelling approach that students will remember, during the course and beyond.

The 4th Edition offers analysis of recent works such as Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical to show how course concepts can illuminate contemporary art.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Continuity and Change essays at the end of each chapter illustrate the influence of 1 cultural period upon another, and show cultural changes over time.
  • Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter identify the key topics, and remind students of the goals of study as they progress through each chapter.
  • Organized around these same learning objectives, chapter review sections revisit the material covered in the chapter, and pose critical-thinking questions.

New and updated features of this title

  • UPDATED: More than 300 images have been updated whenever new and improved images were available or works of art have been cleaned or restored.
  • NEW: In order to keep text content fresh, many new works of art have been added. These include the Inca twelve-angle stone in Cuzco, Raphael's Sistine Madonna and Balla's Speeding Automobile.
  • UPDATED: New and updated examples include discussion of the earliest musical instruments, continuing research at Stonehenge and the workings of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia.
  • UPDATED: In Chapter 10, the discussion of feudalism has been refined, and the Closer Look on Krak des Chevaliers has been restored.

Highlights of the DIGITAL UPDATE for Revel (available for Spring 2024 classes)

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  • UPDATED: The Digital Update offers fresh discussions of contemporary topics as well as more than 75 new images. Highlights include:
    • New research on the origin of the Egyptian hieroglyph and on the extent of Mayan culture in Northern Guatemala
    • An in-depth discussion of polychromy in Greek sculpture, including a new Materials and Techniques box on the subject
    • New coverage of the advent of printmaking as an art in its own right

Features of Revel for the 4th Edition; published 2018

  • Closer Looks and Continuing Presence of the Past features take students through a detailed video examination of the work.
  • 3D animations of architectural and art historical techniques depict and explain processes and methods that are difficult for students to grasp simply through narrative text.
  • Panoramas from global sites bring students into the setting, both inside and out, of major buildings and monuments such as the Taj Mahal and Great Zimbabwe.
  • Pan/zoom functionality along with scale markers invite students to look closely at particular artworks.
  • Embedded listening guides with streaming audio for most of the music selections allow students to follow along as they listen.

PART I: THE ANCIENT WORLD AND THE CLASSICAL PAST, PREHISTORY TO 200 CE
1. The Rise of Culture: From Forest to Farm
2. The Ancient Near East: Power and Social Order
3. The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun
4. The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece: Trade, War, and Victory
5. Golden Age Athens and the Hellenistic World: The School of Hellas
6. Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty
7. Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India

PART II: THE RISE OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD AND THE SHAPING OF ITS CULTURE, 200 CE-1400
8. The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium
9. The Rise and Spread of Islam: A New Religion
10. Fiefdom and Monastery, Pilgrimage and Crusade: The Early Medieval World in Europe
11. Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World
12. The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry
13. Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism

PART III: THE RENAISSANCE AND THE AGE OF ENCOUNTER, 1400-1600
14. Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy
15. The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride
16. The Renaissance in the North: Between Wealth and Want
17. The Reformation: A New Church and the Arts
18. Encounter and Confrontation: The Impact of Increasing Global Interaction
19. England in the Tudor Age: "This Other Eden"
20. The Early Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention

About our authors

Henry M. Sayre is Distinguished Professor of Art History at Oregon State University, Cascades Campus in Bend, Oregon. He earned his Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Washington. He is producer and creator of the 10-part television series, A World of Art: Works in Progress, aired on PBS in the fall of 1997; and author of 7 books, including A World of Art, The Visual Text of William Carlos Williams, The Object of Performance: The American Avante-Garde since 1970; and an art history book for children, Cave Paintings to Picasso.

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