Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art

Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability.  The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art.  Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.   Book 1:  Art History: Ancient Art can be used for such courses as: Prehistoric Art in Europe Art of the Ancient Near East Art of Ancient Egypt Aegean Art Art of Ancient Greece Etruscan and Roman Art   Book 1:  Art History: Ancient Art Book 2:  Art History: Medieval Art  Book 3:  Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas Book 4:  Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art Book 5:  Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas Book 6:  Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century

Table of Contents:
Preface vi What’s New vi Tools for Understanding Art History viii Faculty and Student Resources for Art History xv Acknowledgements xvi Use Notes xix Starter Kit xx Introduction xxvi   1. PREHISTORIC ART IN EUROPE 1   THE STONE AGE 2 THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD 2 Shelter or Architecture? 2 Artifacts or Works of Art? 4 Cave Painting 6 THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD 11 Rock-Shelter Art 12 Architecture 13 Sculpture and Ceramics 19 FROM STONE TO METAL 20 The Bronze Age 20 The Proto-Historic Iron Age 21 IN PERSPECTIVE 22 TIMELINE 23 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS Prehistoric Woman and Man 18 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE Post-and-Lintel and Corbel Construction 14 TECHNIQUE Prehistoric Wall Painting 8 Fiber Arts 17 Pottery and Ceramics 20 ART AND ITS CONTEXT The Power of Naming 5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY How Early Art Is Dated 13   2. ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 24   THE FERTILE CRESCENT AND MESOPOTAMIA 26 The First Cities 26 The Arts 28 SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA29 Sumer 29 Akkad 36 Lagash and Gudea 37 Babylon: Hammurabi’s Code 37 THE HITTITES OF ANATOLIA 37 LATER MESOPOTAMIAN ART 40 Assyria 40 Neo-Babylonia 42 PERSIA42 Empire 42 Persepolis 42 Persian Coinage 45 IN PERSPECTIVE 46 TIMELINE 47 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS The Code of Hammurabi 38 TECHNIQUE Cuneiform Writing 32 Textiles 44 Coining Money 46 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Art as Spoils of War–Protection or Theft? 31   3. ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT 48   THE GIFT OF THE NILE 50 EARLY DYNASTIC EGYPT 50 Manetho’s List 51 Religion and the State 51 Artistic Conventions 52 Funerary Architecture 55 THE OLD KINGDOM, c. 2575—2150 BCE 56 Architecture: The Pyramids at Giza 57 Sculpture 59 Tomb Decoration 62 THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, c. 1975— c. 1640 BCE 62 Sculpture: Royal Portraits 63 Tomb Architecture and Funerary Objects 63 Town Planning 66 THE NEW KINGDOM, c. 1539—1075 BCE 67 The Great Temple Complexes 67 The Valley of the Kings and Queens 70 Akhenaten and the Art of the Amarna Period 72 The Return to Tradition: Tutankhamun and Rameses I 75 The Books of the Dead 78 LATE EGYPTIAN ART, c. 715—332 BCE 79 IN PERSPECTIVE 80 TIMELINE 81 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS The Temples of Rameses II at Abu Simbel 76 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE Mastaba to Pyramid 56 TECHNIQUE Preserving the Dead 55 Egyptian Painting and Sculpture 64 Glassmaking and Egyptian Faience 70 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Egyptian Symbols 52 Hieroglyphic, Hieratic, and Demotic Writing 78   4. AGEAN ART 82   THE BRONZE AGE IN THE AEGEAN 84 THE CYCLADIC ISLANDS 84 THE MINOAN CIVILIZATION ON CRETE 86 The Old Palace Period, c. 1900—1700 BCE 86 The New Palace Period, c. 1700—1450 BCE 89 THE MYCENAEAN (HELLADIC) CULTURE 95 Helladic Architecture 95 Metalwork 102 Sculpture 103 Ceramic Arts 104 IN PERSPECTIVE 104 TIMELINE 105 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS The Lion Gate 100 TECHNIQUE Aegean Metalwork 93 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Pioneers of Aegean Archaeology 88 Homeric Greece 98   5. ART OF ANCIENT GREECE 106   THE EMERGENCE OF GREEK CIVILIZATION 108 Historical Background 108 Religious Beliefs and Sacred Places 109 Historical Divisions of Greek Art 111 GREEK ART FROM c. 900—c. 600 BCE 112 The Geometric Period 112 The Orientalizing Period 114 THE ARCHAIC PERIOD, c. 600—480 BCE 114 Temple Architecture 117 Architectural Sculpture 119 Freestanding Sculpture 121 Vase Painting 125 THE CLASSICAL PERIOD, c. 480—323 BCE 128 The Canon of Polykleitos 128 The Art of the Early Classical Period, 480—450 BCE 129 THE HIGH CLASSICAL PERIOD, c. 450—400 BCE 135 The Acropolis 136 The Parthenon 136 The Propylaia and the Erechtheion 142 The Temple of Athena Nike 144 The Athenian Agora 145 Stele Sculpture 147 Paintings: Murals and Vases 148 THE LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, c. 400—323 BCE 148 Architecture and Architectural Sculpture 149 Sculpture 151 The Art of the Goldsmith 155 Wall Painting and Mosaics 155 THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 323—31/30 BCE 156 The Corinthian Order in Hellenistic Architecture 158 Hellenistic Architecture: The Theater at Epidauros 158 Sculpture 160 The Multicultural Hellenistic World 164 IN PERSPECTIVE 165 TIMELINE 167 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS The Parthenon 138 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE Greek Temple Plans 116 The Greek Architectural Orders 118 TECHNIQUE Greek Painted Vases 114 The Discovery and Conservation of the Riace Warriors 135 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Greek and Roman Deities 110 Classic and Classical 128 Who Owns the Art? The Elgin Marbles and the Euphronios Vase 145 Women Artists in Ancient Greece 157   6. ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ART 168   THE ETRUSCANS 170 Etruscan Architecture 170 Etruscan Temples and Their Decoration 171 Tomb Chambers 174 Bronze Work 177 THE ROMANS 178 Origins of Rome 179 Roman Religion 179 THE REPUBLIC, 509—27 BCE 179 Sculpture during the Republic 180 Architecture and Engineering 181 THE EARLY EMPIRE, 27 BCE—96 CE 185 Augustan Art 186 The Julio-Claudians 189 The Roman City and the Roman Home 190 Wall Painting 193 The Flavians 199 THE HIGH IMPERIAL ART OF TRAJAN AND HADRIAN 204 Imperial Architecture 205 Mosaics 213 Sculpture 215 Imperial Portraits 216 THE LATE EMPIRE, THIRD AND FOURTH CENTURIES 218 The Severan Dynasty 218 The Third Century: The Soldier Emperors 220 The Tetrarchy 222 Constantine the Great and His Legacy 224 IN PERSPECTIVE 230 TIMELINE 231   BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS The Unswept Floor 214 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE Arch, Vault, and Dome 172 Roman Architectural Orders 174 TECHNIQUE Roman Mosaics 215 Roman Copies 224 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Roman Writers on Art 179 Color in Roman Sculpture: A Colorized Augustus 186 The Position of Roman Women 198   World Map WM1 Glossary G1 Bibliography B1 Credits C1 Index I1