Art History Portable Edition, Book 3: A View of the World

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 3:  Art History: A View of the World-Part I can be used for such courses as: Islamic Art Art of South and Southeast Asia before 1200 Chinese and Korean Art before 1279 Japanese Art before 1392 Art of the Americas before 1300 Art of Ancient Africa   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:
8. ISLAMIC ART 282   ISLAM AND EARLY ISLAMIC SOCIETY 284 ART DURING THE EARLY CALIPHATES 285 Architecture 286 Calligraphy 292 Ceramics and Textiles 294 LATER ISLAMIC ART 294 Architecture 295 Portable Arts 300 Manuscripts and Painting 303 THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 305 Architecture 305 Illuminated Manuscripts and Tugras 306 THE MODERN ERA 307 IN PERSPECTIVE 308 TIMELINE 309 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS A Mamluk Glass Oil Lamp 296 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE Mosque Plan 289 Arches and Muqarnas 292 TECHNIQUE Carpet Making 303 ART AND ITS CONTEXT The Five Pillars of Islam 299   9. ART OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA BEFORE 1200 310   THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 312 INDUSVALLEY CIVILIZATION 312 THE VEDIC PERIOD 315 THE MAURYA PERIOD 316 THE PERIOD OF THE SHUNGAS AND EARLY ANDHRAS 319 Stupas 319 Buddhist Rock-Cut Halls 321 THE KUSHAN AND LATER ANDHRA PERIODS 322 The Gandhara School 323 The Mathura School 323 The Amaravati School 324 THE GUPTA PERIOD 325 Buddhist Sculpture 326 Painting 326 THE POST-GUPTA PERIOD 327 The Early Northern Temple 327 Monumental Narrative Reliefs 329 The Early Southern Temple 333 THE TENTH THROUGH THE FOURTEENTH CENTURIES 333 The Monumental Northern Temple 333 The Monumental Southern Temple 335 The Bhakti Movement in Art 336 ART OF SOUTHEAST ASIA 336 IN PERSPECTIVE 340 TIMELINE 341 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS Shiva Nataraja of the Chola Dynasty 331 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE Stupas and Temples 320 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Meaning and Ritual in Hindu Temples and Images 328 MYTHS AND RELIGION Buddhism 317 Hinduism 318 Mudras 325   10. CHINESE AND KOREAN ART BEFORE 1279 342   THE MIDDLE KINGDOM 344 NEOLITHIC CULTURES 344 Painted Pottery Cultures 344 Liangzhu Culture 345 BRONZE AGE CHINA 346 Shang Dynasty 346 Zhou Dynasty 348 THE CHINESE EMPIRE: QIN DYNASTY 349 HAN DYNASTY 349 Philosophy and Art 351 Architecture 353 SIX DYNASTIES 354 Painting 354 Calligraphy 356 Buddhist Art and Architecture 356 SUI AND TANG DYNASTIES 357 Buddhist Art and Architecture 358 Figure Painting 361 SONG DYNASTY 361 Philosophy: Neo-Confucianism 362 Northern Song Painting 362 Southern Song Painting and Ceramics 365 THE ARTS OF KOREA 366 The Three Kingdom Period 366 The Unified Silla Period 368 Goryeo Dynasty 368 IN PERSPECTIVE 370 TIMELINE 371 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS The Silk Road During the Tang Period 350 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE Pagodas 361 TECHNIQUE Piece-Mold Casting 347 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Chinese Characters 348 Confucius and Confucianism 355 MYTH AND RELIGION Daoism 352   11. JAPANESE ART BEFORE 1392 372 PREHISTORIC JAPAN 374 Jomon Period 374 Yayoi and Kofun Periods 376 ASUKA PERIOD 378 Horyu-ji 379 NARAPERIOD 382 HEIAN PERIOD 383 Esoteric Buddhist Art 383 Pure Land Buddhist Art 384 Calligraphy and Painting 386 KAMAKURAPERIOD 388 Pure Land Buddhist Art 389 Zen Buddhist Art 391 IN PERSPECTIVE 392 TIMELINE 393 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS Monk Sewing 390 TECHNIQUE Joined-Wood Sculpture 387 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Writing, Language, and Culture 376 Arms and Armor 389 MYTH AND RELIGION Buddhist Symbols 381   12. ART OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE 1300 394   THE NEW WORLD 396 MESOAMERICA397 The Olmes 398 Teotihuacan 399 The Maya 402 CENTRAL AMERICA407 SOUTH AMERICA: THE CENTRAL ANDES 408 The Paracas and Nazca Cultures 410 The Moche Culture 411 NORTH AMERICA412 The East 412 The Woodland Period 412 The Mississippian Period 412 The North American Southwest 416 IN PERSPECTIVE 418 TIMELINE 419 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS Rock Art 414 TECHNIQUE Andean Textiles 409 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Maya Record Keeping 403 The Cosmic Ball Game 405   13. ART OF ANCIENT AFRICA 420   THE LURE OF ANCIENT AFRICA 422 AFRICA–THE CRADLE OF ART AND CIVILIZATION 422 AFRICAN ROCK ART 424 Saharan Rock Art 424 SUB-SAHARAN CIVILIZATIONS 425 Nok 425 Igbo Ukwu 427 Ife 429 Benin 430 OTHER URBAN CENTERS 432 Jenné 433 Great Zimbabwe 433 Kongo Kingdom 436 IN PERSPECTIVE 438 TIMELINE 439 BOXES THE OBJECT SPEAKS A Warrior Chief Pledging Loyalty 428 ART AND ITS CONTEXT Southern African Rock Art 426 DEFINING ART The Myth of “Primitive” Art 424   World Map WM1 Glossary G1 Bibliography B1 Credits C1 Index I1