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Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Volume I, Chapters 1-18 (with ArtStudy Student CD-ROM and InfoTrac ) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $135.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 54146
Media: Paperback
Edition: 12
Pages: 560
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0534640958
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780534640958
ASIN: 0534640958
Publication Date: February 27, 2004
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Condition: Visible shelf wear -- may have some notes/markings on pages
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Product Description
The market-leading text for the art history survey course, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES has served as a comprehensive and thoughtfully crafted guide to the defining phases of the world's artistic tradition. With this book in hand, thousands of students have watched the story of art unfold in its full historical, social, religious, economic, and cultural context, and thus deepened their understanding of art, architecture, painting, and sculpture. By virtue of its comprehensive coverage, strong emphasis on context, and rich, accurate art reproductions, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES has earned and sustained a reputation of excellence and authority. So much so, that in 2001, the Text and Academic Authors Association awarded both the McGuffey and the "Texty" Book Prizes to the Eleventh Edition of the text. It is the first art history book to win either award and the only title ever to win both prizes in one year. The Twelfth Edition maintains and exceeds the richness of the Gardner legacy with updated research and scholarship and an even more beautiful art program featuring more color images than any other art history book available. The Twelfth Edition features such enhancements as more color photographs, a stunning new design, and the most current research and scholarship. What's more, the expanded ancillary package that accompanies GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES, features a wealth of tools to enhance your students' experience in the course. With each new copy of the book, students receive a copy of the ArtStudy 2.0 CD-ROM--an interactive electronic study aid that fully integrates with the Twelfth Edition and includes hundreds of high-quality digital images, plus maps, quizzes, and more.
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 Brief Opinion September 23, 2005
J. L. Blevins
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
The newest edition of this book has some great qualities about it, namely the interactive cd to be utilized as a study aid (the flash card section was beneficial to me), the variety of objects chosen to represent the period/culture have improved, in my opinion, from the other editions as the book has updated archaeological finds. The only disappointing feature I found was in the text itself. The "extra" information boxes including explination of ancient religions and preservation techniques were facinating, but the bulk of text I found to dance around the point. It kept trying to be politically correct, such as changing Venus of Willendorf to Woman of Willendorf. Granted this new take is supposed to account for counter arguments against the purposes of certain objects, but I found that in the attempt to be objective there was a loss of passion for the object and culture itself. I also found that the terminology the book chose to define within the text was unneccessary (vocabulary such as hypostyle hall needs to be defined, not vocab such as carbon dating). However, overall the book holds to the tradition of the series by displaying stunning visual images (all objects are in colour no less!)and the information presented is rather informative, even if the style of writing is "too correct" in some places.
 book purchase-never received September 19, 2005
S. Tirey (indianapolis, indiana)
4 out of 27 found this review helpful
I never received the order I placed which I had spent $74 on this book. There was no insurance for the lost book, therefore I was never refunded. Quite a disappointment.
 Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Volume I October 11, 2005
Anne Marie Jones (Stockton CA)
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
this book is perfect for the class I am taking. aj
Class September 20, 2006
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
we just got these books for my art history class, and this thing is amazing. color photots, detailed information, and interactive site. yeah, its nice
oh, and FYI im 14, not 13. i just didnt feel like registering with amazon lol
review November 9, 2006
Sweetgherkin (MI)
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
I gave 4 stars only because I don't remember if there were any problems with the length of time between ordering and receiving, but the book was in perfect condition. Thanks.
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