Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History, Volume I (Book Only), Volume 1

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Cengage Learning, Feb 21, 2012 - Education - 608 pages
GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES, VOLUME I, 14TH EDITION: The most widely-read history of art and architecture in the English language for over 85 years, this beautifully-illustrated book includes new features that make it easier than ever for your students to master the material. Author and award-winning scholar-teacher Fred Kleiner has set a new standard for art history textbooks, continuing GARDNER'S tradition of impeccable reliability and scholarship. The 14th Edition includes a new chapter dedicated to contemporary art worldwide (in Volume II), coverage of over 300 new images, new pedagogical features, images that have been upgraded for clarity and color-fidelity, and more. GARDNER's has built its stellar reputation on the inclusion of the most significant images and monuments, discussions of these images in their full historical and cultural contexts, reproductions of unsurpassed quality, scholarship that is up-to-date and deep, the consistent voice of a single storyteller, and more online help for students and instructors than any other art survey text. Over 100 reviewers, all experts in their respective fields, contributed to the accuracy of this edition.
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