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The most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market.   For single term courses in Art History or Art Appreciation taught from a historical perspective with coverage of non-Western material.   Art: A Brief History provides a combination of formal analysis and contextual art history designed to engage a diverse student population. Co-authors Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren–both scholars as well as teachers–share a common vision that survey courses should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition and should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts. The new Fifth Edition includes links to online resources in MyArtsLab to further engage students and enrich their learning experience.     Teaching and Learning Experience   Personalize Learning- The new MyArtsLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.   Improve Critical Thinking- The new Learn About It and Think About It features prompts students to think critically and analyze the chapter material.   Engage Students- Updated scholarship, MyArtsLab, and the readability of the text provide a wonderful engaging student experience.   Explore Research- The authors constantly strive to deliver the latest research in the field of Art History, and the utilization of the Closer Look integrates this research with specific images and works of art.   Support Instructors- Supported by the best instructor resources on the market, including MyArtsLab, ClassPrep for digital images, and Teaching with MyArtsLab PowerPoints make Art: A Brief History an attractive choice for instructors.   Note: MyArtsLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyArtsLab, please visit: www.MyArtsLab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MyArtsLab (at no additional cost): VP ISBN-10: 0205237339/ VP ISBN-13: 9780205237333

Table of Contents:
IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE ¿ BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: ¿ Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europe ¿ Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East¿ Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt Chapter 4: Early Asian Art Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece¿ Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman¿Art  Chapter 7: Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art  Chapter 8: Islamic Art Chapter 9: Later Asian¿Art  Chapter 10: Early Medieval and Romanesque¿Art  Chapter 11: Gothic Art  Chapter 12: Early Renaissance Art  Chapter 13: Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation  Chapter 14: Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe Chapter 15: Art of the Americas  Chapter 16: African Art  Chapter 17: European and American Art, 1715–1840 Chapter 18: European and American Art, 1840–1910 Chapter 19: Modern Art in Europe and the Americas, 1900–1945   Chapter 20: Art Since 1945  ¿ COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: ¿ Preface¿¿ ix What’s New¿¿ x Faculty and Student Resources¿¿ xi Acknowledgments and Gratitude¿¿ xii Starter Kit¿¿ xiv Introduction¿¿ 1 ¿ 1 Prehistoric Art in Europe  18 Looking Forward¿¿ 19 The Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000–8,000 bce)¿¿ 20 Artifacts or Works of Art?¿¿ 20 Shelter or Architecture?¿¿ 22 Cave Painting¿¿ 22 Cave Sculptures¿¿ 26 The Neolithic Period (c. 6500–3400/2300 bce)¿¿ 26 Çatalhöyük¿¿ 26 Ceramics¿¿ 27 Megalithic Architecture¿¿ 28 Looking Back¿¿ 31 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ A House in Çatalhöyük¿¿ 27 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Post-and-Lintel and Corbel Construction¿¿ 29 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Power of Naming¿¿ 22 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Meaning(s) of Prehistoric Paintings¿¿ 23 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Neolithic Man and Woman¿¿ 28 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 31 ¿ 2 Art of the Ancient Near East  32 Looking Forward¿¿ 33 Sumer¿¿ 35 Akkad, Ur, and Lagash¿¿ 39 Babylon¿¿ 40 Assyria¿¿ 41 Neo-Babylonia¿¿ 43 Persia¿¿ 44 Looking Back¿¿ 47 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Animal Fables and Epic Themes¿¿ 38 ¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Art as Spoils of War—Protection or Theft?¿¿ 35 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Ishtar Gate and Nebuchadnezzar’s II’s Palace¿¿ 46 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿¿ 47 ¿ 3 Art of Ancient Egypt  48 Looking Forward¿¿ 49 Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Egypt (c. 2950–2150 bce)¿¿ 58 Middle Kingdom (c. 1975–1640 bce)¿¿ 58 New Kingdom (c. 1539–1075 bce)¿¿ 67 Late Egyptian Art¿¿ 66 Looking Back¿¿ 67 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ The Palette of Narmer¿¿ 51 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Mastaba to Pyramid¿¿ 53 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Mummies¿¿ 65 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Egyptian Symbols¿¿ 58 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Tomb of Ramose¿¿ 63 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 67 ¿ 4 Early Asian Art  68 Looking Forward¿¿ 69 The Indian Subcontinent¿¿ 70 The Indus Valley Civilization¿¿ 70 The Vedic Period¿¿ 71 The Rise of Buddhism¿¿ 71 Gandhara and Mathura Styles¿¿ 74 Gupta Period¿¿ 76 Southeast Asia¿¿ 78 China¿¿ 79 The Bronze Age¿¿ 79 Chinese Empires: Qin, Han, and Tang¿¿ 80 Korea¿¿ 84 Japan¿¿ 87 The Kofun Period¿¿ 87 The Asuka Period¿¿ 89 Looking Back¿¿ 91 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Rubbing of a Stone Relief¿¿ 83 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Stupas¿¿ 73 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Buddhism¿¿ 72 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Buddhist Symbols¿¿ 75 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Hinduism¿¿ 77 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Confucianism¿¿ 81 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Silk Route and the Making of Silk¿¿ 82 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Calligraphy¿¿ 86 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 91 ¿ 5 Art of Ancient Greece  92  Looking Forward¿¿ 93 The Cycladic Islands¿¿ 95 Minoan Crete¿¿ 95 Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) Civilization¿¿ 99 The Emergence of Greek Civilization¿¿ 102 The Geometric Style¿¿ 102 The Archaic Period¿¿ 102 The Early Classical Period¿¿ 109 The “High” Classical Period¿¿ 112 The Parthenon¿¿ 112 Other Buildings of the Athenian Acropolis¿¿ 117 Late Classical Art of the Fourth Century bce¿¿ 118 Hellenistic Art¿¿ 120 Looking Back¿¿ 127 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Krater with the Death of Sarpedon¿¿ 109 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Greek Temple¿¿ 104 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Greek Theaters¿¿ 122 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Mythology and History¿¿ 99 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Color in Greek Sculpture¿¿ 106 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Classic and Classical¿¿ 112 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Canon of Polykleitos¿¿ 116 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Women Artists In Ancient Greece¿¿ 121 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Celts¿¿ 125 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 127 ¿ 6 Etruscan and Roman¿Art  128  Looking Forward¿¿ 129 The Etruscans¿¿ 130 The Romans¿¿ 133 The Republican Period¿¿ 134 The Age of Augustus¿¿ 138 The Roman House and Its Decoration¿¿ 139 The Empire¿¿ 143 Imperial Art and Architecture¿¿ 143 Portraits in Sculpture and Painting¿¿ 150 The Late Empire¿¿ 152 Looking Back¿¿ 157 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Gemma Augustea¿¿ 139 ¿¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Arch and Vault¿¿ 137 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Roman Architectural Orders¿¿ 145 ¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Roman Mosaics¿¿ 142 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Roman Portraiture¿¿ 135 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 157 ¿ 7 Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art  158  Looking Forward¿¿ 159 Early Jewish Art¿¿ 162 Early Christianity¿¿ 163 Early Byzantine Art (476–726)¿¿ 169 The Golden Age of Justinian¿¿ 169 Icons and Iconoclasm¿¿ 176 Middle Byzantine Art (843–1204)¿¿ 179 Late Byzantine Art¿¿ 180 Looking Back¿¿ 183 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ The Mosaic Floor of the Beth Alpha Synagogue¿¿ 161 ¿¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Longitudinal-Plan and Central-Plan Churches¿¿ 166 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Pendentives and Squinches¿¿ 174 ¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Dura-Europos¿¿ 163 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Life of Jesus¿¿ 164 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Good Shepherd¿¿ 168 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Naming Christian Churches: Designation ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ + Dedication + Location¿¿ 172 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Iconoclasm¿¿ 177 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 183 ¿ 8 Islamic Art  184  Looking Forward¿¿ 185 Art During the Early Caliphates¿¿ 186 Architecture¿¿ 186 Calligraphy¿¿ 191 Later Islamic Art¿¿¿ 193 The Saljuqs in Persia¿¿ 193 The Nasrids in Spain¿¿ 194 Luxury Arts¿¿ 197 Books¿¿ 206 The Ottoman Empire¿¿ 200 Modern Islam¿¿ 202 Looking Back¿¿ 203 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ A Mamluk Glass Oil Lamp¿¿ 197 ¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Carpet Making¿¿ 198 ¿Art and Its Context ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Islam and the Prophet Muhammad¿¿ 188 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 203 ¿ 9 Later Asian¿Art  204  Looking Forward¿¿ 205 The South Asian Subcontinent¿¿ 206 The Mughal Empire¿¿ 208 Rajput Painting and the Luxury Arts¿¿ 210 Cambodia¿¿ 213 China¿¿ 214 Korea¿¿ 220 Japan¿¿ 222 Looking Back¿¿ 231 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Scene from The Tale of Genji¿¿ 225 ¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Indian Paintings on Paper¿¿ 210 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Formats of Chinese Painting¿¿ 216 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Panel from an Ivory Box¿¿ 212 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Writing, Language, and Culture in Japan¿¿ 223 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 231 ¿ 10 Early Medieval and Romanesque¿Art  232  Looking Forward¿¿ 233 Early Medieval Art in the British Isles¿¿ 235 Scandinavian Art¿¿ 237 Carolingian Art¿¿ 238 Spanish Art¿¿ 243 Ottonian Art¿¿ 244 Romanesque Art¿¿ 247 Architecture¿¿ 247 Architectural Sculpture and Painting¿¿ 250 Manuscripts, Textiles, and Woodcarving¿¿ 256 Looking Back¿¿ 259 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast¿¿ 255 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Romanesque Church Portal¿¿ 251 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Medieval Scriptorium¿¿ 236 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Hildegard of Bingen¿¿ 257 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 259 ¿ 11 Gothic Art  260  Looking Forward¿¿ 261 Gothic Art in France¿¿ 263 Gothic Art in England¿¿ 277 Gothic Art in the Germanic Lands¿¿ 280 Late Medieval Art in Italy¿¿ 281 Sculpture¿¿ 283 Painting in Siena and Florence¿¿ 284 Looking Back¿¿ 291 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Effects of Good Government in the City ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ and in the Country¿¿ 282 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Rib Vaulting¿¿ 266 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Gothic Church¿¿ 268 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Stained-Glass Windows¿¿ 265 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Cennini on Panel Painting¿¿ 289 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Buon Fresco¿¿ 290 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Notre-Dame de Paris¿¿ 270 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 291 ¿ 12 Early Renaissance Art  292  Looking Forward¿¿ 293 Northern Renaissance Art¿¿ 294 The Imbourg Brothers¿¿ 295 Painting in Flanders¿¿ 297 Second-Generation Painters¿¿ 301 Tapestries¿¿ 303 The Graphic Arts¿¿ 303 Italian Renaissance Art¿¿ 306 Architecture¿¿ 306 Sculpture¿¿ 311 Painting¿¿ 315 Looking Back¿¿ 323 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ The Battle of San Romano¿¿ 319 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Oil Painting¿¿ 298 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Woodcuts and Engravings¿¿ 306 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Renaissance Perspective¿¿ 314 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Women Artists in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance¿¿ 296 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Competition Reliefs¿¿ 290 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 323 ¿ 13 Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation  324  Looking Forward¿¿ 325 Italian Art of the High Renaissance¿¿ 326 Venice and the Veneto¿¿ 341 Mannerism¿¿ 348 French Art¿¿ 353 German Art¿¿ 354 Painting and Prints¿¿ 366 The Reformation and the Arts¿¿ 369 Netherlandish and Spanish Art¿¿ 361 Looking Back¿¿ 365 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ The French Ambassadors¿¿ 360 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ St. Peter’s Basilica¿¿ 340 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Vitruvian Man¿¿ 327 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Women Patrons of the Arts¿¿ 343 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Veronese is Called Before the Inquisition¿¿ 346 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 365 ¿ 14 Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe  366  Looking Forward¿¿ 367 Rome¿¿ 368 Spain¿¿ 380 Flanders¿¿ 383 The Dutch Republic¿¿ 387 France¿¿ 396 Looking Back¿¿ 401 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Allegory of Sight¿¿ 386 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Etching and Drypoint¿¿ 389 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Science and the Changing Worldview¿¿ 395 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Grading the Old Masters¿¿ 398 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 401 ¿ 15 Art of the Americas  402  Looking Forward¿¿ 403 Mesoamerica¿¿ 405 The Olmecs¿¿ 405 Teotihuacan¿¿ 406 The Maya¿¿ 407 The Aztecs¿¿ 409 Central America¿¿ 412 South America: The Central Andes¿¿ 412 The Moche Culture¿¿ 413 The Inca Empire¿¿ 415 The Aftermath of the Spanish Conquest¿¿ 416 North America¿¿ 416 Early Cultures of the East¿¿ 418 The Southwest¿¿ 420 The Eastern Woodlands and the Great Plains¿¿ 422 Looking Back¿¿ 427 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Aztec Calendar Stone¿¿ 411 ¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Inca Masonry¿¿ 416 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Basketry¿¿ 422 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Hamatsa Masks¿¿ 425 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 427 ¿ 16 African Art  428  Looking Forward¿¿ 429 Early African Art¿¿ 430 Nok¿¿ 431 Ife and Benin¿¿ 431 Jenné and Great Zimbabwe¿¿ 454 African Art in the Modern Era: Living Traditions ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ and New Trends¿¿ 436 Art and Domestic Life¿¿ 436 Art and the Spirit World¿¿ 437 Art and Power¿¿ 439 The Art of Imitation¿¿ 442 Art and Death¿¿ 444 Looking Back¿¿ 445 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ A Palace Door¿¿ 440 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Lost-Wax Casting¿¿ 432 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Myth of “Primitive” Art¿¿ 434 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Mande Pots¿¿ 437 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Kuba Funerary Mask¿¿ 443 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 445 ¿ 17 European and American Art, 1715–1840  446  Looking Forward¿¿ 447 Rococo¿¿ 448 Moralizing Narrative Painting¿¿ 450 Portraiture¿¿ 453 Neoclassicism and Romanticism¿¿ 457 Neoclassical Painting in France¿¿ 459 Neoclassical Architecture in England¿¿ 462 Romantic Painting and Printmaking in France and Spain¿¿ 464 Romantic Landscape Painting in England, America, and Germany¿¿ 469 Looking Back¿¿ 473 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Georgian Silver¿¿ 463 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Lithography¿¿ 466 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?”¿¿ 452 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Art Academies in the Eighteenth Century¿¿ 452 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 473 ¿ 18 European and American Art, 1840–1910  474  Looking Forward¿¿ 475 Architecture¿¿ 477 Enduring Neoclassicism in Academic Art¿¿ 481 Reactions against the Academy¿¿ 481 Art Nouveau¿¿ 484 Photography¿¿ 485 Realism¿¿ 488 Early French Realist Painters¿¿ 488 “The Painter of Modern Life”¿¿ 490 A Continuing American Tradition¿¿ 492 Impressionism¿¿ 495 Post-Impressionism¿¿ 500 Late Nineteenth-Century French Sculpture¿¿ 507 Looking Back¿¿ 509 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Mahana no atua (Day of the God)¿¿ 501 ¿¿Technique ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Photographic Process¿¿ 486 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Orientalism¿¿ 480 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Japonisme¿¿ 503 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 509 ¿ 19 Modern Art in Europe and the Americas, 1900–1945  510  Looking Forward¿¿ 511 Early Modernism in Europe¿¿ 513 Les Fauves¿¿ 513 Die Brücke and Expressionism¿¿ 514 Der Blaue Reiter¿¿ 515 Cubism¿¿ 516 Responses to Cubism¿¿ 519 Dada¿¿ 522 Modern Art Comes to the United States¿¿ 525 European Art between the Wars¿¿ 528 Constructivism¿¿ 528 de Stijl¿¿ 529 Architectural Purism¿¿ 531 The Bauhaus¿¿ 532 Surrealism¿¿ 515 Sculpture¿¿ 538 North American Art between the Wars¿¿ 539 The United States¿¿ 539 The Harlem Renaissance¿¿ 541 Mexico¿¿ 543 Canada¿¿ 545 Architecture¿¿ 545 Looking Back¿¿ 549 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Portrait of a German Officer¿¿ 526 ¿¿Elements of Architecture ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The International Style¿¿ 532 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Skyscraper¿¿ 546 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Suppression of the Avant-Garde in Germany¿¿ 534 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Guernica¿¿ 537 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 549 ¿ 20 Art Since 1945  550  Looking Forward¿¿ 551 Abstract Expressionism¿¿ 552 Assemblage¿¿ 558 Pop Art¿¿ 561 Minimalism and Process Art¿¿ 565 Conceptual and Performance Art¿¿ 567 Earthworks and Site-Specific Art¿¿ 568 Feminist Art¿¿ 569 The Persistence and Global Impact of Modernism¿¿ 573 Postmodernism¿¿ 575 Neo-Expressionism¿¿ 575 Social Commentary and Moral Activism¿¿ 576 Identity, Race, and Ethnicity¿¿ 577 Installation: Electronic and Video Art¿¿ 580 New Ideas in Traditional Materials¿¿ 584 Postwar Architecture¿¿ 587 Public Memory and Art: The Memorial¿¿ 589 Looking Back¿¿ 591 A CLOSER LOOK¿¿¿ Man’s Love Story¿¿ 574 ¿¿Art and Its Contexts ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Greenberg and the Idea of the Mainstream¿¿ 554 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Homage to New York¿¿ 561 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ “High” and “Low” Culture in the Myth of Modernism¿¿ 562 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Appropriation and the “Death of the Author”¿¿ 565 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Critical Theory¿¿ 581 IN PERSPECTIVE¿¿ 591 ¿ Contemporary World Map¿¿ 604 Glossary¿¿ 605 Bibliography¿¿ 612 Index¿¿ 621 Credits¿¿ 634


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205017027
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Depth: 32
  • Height: 278 mm
  • No of Pages: 640
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: A Brief History
  • Width: 228 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0205017029
  • Publisher Date: 13 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 5 Rev ed
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Weight: 1856 gr


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