This book offers an "integrated" exploration of Western civilization's cultural heritage. Readers move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. The book provides a historical (political, economic, and social) framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from prehistoric culture to 20th-Century America. "Volume II" covers the Early Renaissance in Italy ...
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This book offers an "integrated" exploration of Western civilization's cultural heritage. Readers move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. The book provides a historical (political, economic, and social) framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from prehistoric culture to 20th-Century America. "Volume II" covers the Early Renaissance in Italy to the present (Chs. 13-24 of the Combined Edition), and includes literary and philosophical excerpts. For anyone interested in the Arts and Culture.
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Like New. Like New condition. With CD! Volume 2. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.