Art History Volume 2, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (604 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0205938442 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 656 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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It helps students prepare for class and instructors gauge individual and class performance. Go Digital — Pearson Custom eText provides instructors and students with a whole new online customizable learning experience. Go Mobile — Make learning easy and convenient with our on-the-go eTexts and key learning applications. Authors Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren- both scholars as well as teachers- share a common vision that survey courses should be filled with as much enjoyment as learning, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts. This revision is the strongest and most comprehe
As a teaching resource, it tries, if not succeeds, to perform a difficult task I've been, along with most of the other Art History professors at my local universities, using Stokstad for many years. It's a well illustrated and understandable text with an excellent overview of Western art. However, the project seems to have run into some difficulty in t. Superb overview & reference! A Customer This book is simply wonderful. It is indeed physically ponderous (this 2nd edition is one very, very large book, not two slipcased books as shown in some illustrations). However, its content easily compensates for its considerable bulk. All historical periods of art history . Amazon Customer said Three Stars. I ordered the 5th edition and got the Three Stars Amazon Customer I ordered the 5th edition and got the 4th. Thankfully the content is not far off. th. Thankfully the content is not far off
“An excellent resource accessible to first-year and other students, but full of information to keep all readers interested through excellent writing and examples. Intelligent, yet accessible for students. Provides strong historical and geographical context and framework for the students, as well as detailed analyses of works of art from cultures around the globe.” - Deborah Haynes, University of Colorado, Boulder “Good historical overview, good quality images (including those available for us digitally – thank you), excellent digital resources.” - De
When not teaching, writing, or pursuing art historical research, you can find him hiking in the red rocks around Sedona, Arizona.. In 1997, she was awarded the Governor’s Arts Award as Kansas Art Educator of the Year and an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters by Carleton College. He has served on the board of the International Center of Medieval Art and as President both of the American Committee of the International Corpus Vitrearum and of his local school board. In 2002, she