Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Very useful content for all class.If you want to enrich your art history vocabulary, this book is surely help you..

really liked this book for my art history class. learned so much

This is a great art history textbook or supplement for a class. I have been using this book for three art history classes and it has been quite useful as a supplement to the course content. The book is well written and organized. Not only does this book cover Western art, but also Asian, African, and Native American art. Each chapter begins with a summary of the cultural history for the period and location as well as a map showing the locations discussed. Sidenotes are included in the chapters to enhance understanding of the content such as a diagram and description of the architecture for a Gothic Cathedral or how barkcloth is produced. At the end of each chapter is a brief conclusion summarizing the chapter and a full page chronological overview. There are lots of images with descriptions of the art. The detailed index allows for many ways to search for a topic. A brief glossary at the back of the book also helps explain some art terms. I have not been disappointed in my purchase of this book. In some ways, it has helped me want to learn more. I also use Janson's History of Art, The Western Tradition, which gives me additional insights on the art presented.I would highly recommend this book to anyone studying art or wanting to learn more about it.

The binding is a little slippery, but it's there - high quality for really cheap!

This is a beautiful art history book! I just finished an art history class. We used a different edition (Gardner's "concise history", a smaller paperback edition). That book was a smaller paperback, not as detailed as this edition. I will always look online from now on because I bought this bigger better book to keep on amazon for less than I rented the text from the school bookstore! Gardner's book are interesting and readable! I will happily have this on hand to refer to in the future and browse when I feel like it! A treasure! Gardner's Art through the Ages (with ArtStudy Student CD-ROM and InfoTrac)Gardner's Art through the Ages (with ArtStudy Student CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

This is the second one I purchased as a used book. We keep one in the living room for easy access and I gave one to a budding performing artist as a gift. It's the best easy to follow art history for non expert. It's organized chronologically, with traditional major emphasis on European art and it covers also modern times, all the way to Luscious Freud or Francis Bacon or modern architecture.