Arts and Culture: An Introduction to Humanities, Volume I

Arts and Culture, Second Edition, is richly illustrated, beautifully designed, and engaging to read. Students move chronologically from prehistoric culture through the twenty-first century, to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. Highlights of the new edition include: new Cultural Impact boxes at the end of each chapter that explain the influence of one culture or civilization on later ones, showing students how the broad strands explored in the chapter continue to impact today's world; expanded and revised coverage of India, Africa, China, Japan, and the Americas; and, a New Music for the Humanities CD, included free with each copy of the text.