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020 $a9780073136370 (pbk. ; v. 1)
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035 $a(OCoLC)692189365$z(OCoLC)228436633
050 4 $aCB245$b.M38 2008
100 1 $aMatthews, Roy T.
245 14 $aThe Western humanities /$cRoy T. Matthews & F. Dewitt Platt.
246 1 $iSubtitle to vol. 1:$aBeginnings through the Renaissance
246 1 $iSubtitle to vol. 2:$aRenaissance to the present
250 $a6th ed.
260 $aNew York :$bMcGraw-Hill,$cc2008.
300 $a2 v. (various pagings) :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c28 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $avol. 1. -- Prehistory and near Eastern civilizations -- Aegean civilizations: the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age -- Classical Greek civilization: the Hellenic Age -- Classical Greek civilization: the Hellenistic Age -- Roman civilization: the pre-Christian centuries -- Judaism and the rise of Christianity -- The civilizations of late Rome, Byzantium, and the early medieval West -- The world of Islam -- The High Middle Ages: the Christian centuries -- The Late Middle Ages: 1300-1500 -- The Early Renaissance: return to classical roots, 1400-1494 -- The High Renaissance and early Mannerism: 1494-1564.
505 0 $avol. 2. -- The Early Renaissance: return to classical roots, 1400-1494 -- The High Renaissance and early Mannerism: 1494-1564 -- Northern Humanism, northern Renaissance, religious reformations, and late Mannerism: 1500-1603 -- The Baroque Age: glamour and grandiosity, 1600-1715 -- The Baroque Age II: revolutions in scientific and political thought, 1600-1715 -- The Age of Reason: 1700-1789 -- Revolution, reaction, and cultural response: 1760-1830 -- The triumph of the bourgeoisie: 1830-1871 -- The age of early Modernism: 1871-1914 -- The Age of the Masses and the zenith of Modernism: 1914-1945 -- The Age of Anxiety and late Modernism: 1945-1970 -- The contemporary world: globalization, terror, and post-Modernism: 1970-.
520 $aChronologically organized, this two-volume survey presents the cultural achievements of Western civilication--art, music, history, literature, theater, film, and the other arts--within their historical contexts. Includes hundreds of illustrations, "personal perspective" boxes that bring to life the events of the day, and brief sections at the end of each chapter describing the cultural legacy of the era discussed. Readings in the Western humanities companion volumes provide selections of primary readings from the historically significant texts of the Western tradition.
650 0 $aCivilization, Western$xHistory.
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700 1 $aPlatt, F. DeWitt.
740 02 $aBeginnings through the Renaissance.
740 42 $aThe Renaissance to the present.
740 0 $aReadings in the Western humanities.
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