Chronologically organized, "The Western Humanities" presents the cultural achievements of western civilization - art, music, history, literature, theater, film and the other arts - within their historical context. By examining the historical and material conditions that influenced the form and content of the arts and literature, the authors provide students a deeper understandi...(展开全部)

罗伊·T·马修斯（Roy T. Matthews)，美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 德维特·普拉特（DeWitt Platt），美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 托马斯·F·X·诺布尔（Thomas F. X. Noble），美国圣母大学历史教授，美国天主教历史学会主席，研究领域为古代鱼中世纪时期。

This chronologically organized introduction to the Western humanities (art, music, history, literature, and drama) establishes the historical context of each era before the arts are discussed. More than 600 illustrations appear throughout the text, "Personal Perspectives" boxes bring to life the events of the day, and brief sections at the end of each chapter describe the cultu...(展开全部)

See Context and Make Connections across the Humanities Discovering the Humanities helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Written around Henry Sayre’s belief that students learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, it captur...(展开全部)

Discovering the Humanities helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Pearson Prentice Hall is proud to offer Discovering the Humanities--the new brief version of The Humanities: Culture, Continuity, and Change adapted by author Henry Sayre himself. Discovering...(展开全部)

NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyArtsLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyArtsLab, search for ISBN-10: 0134127129 / ISBN-13: 9780134127125. That package includes ISBN-10: 0133877701 / ISBN-13: 9780133877700 and ISBN-10: 0133976017 / ISBN-13: 9780133976014. MyArtsLab should only be purchased when...(展开全部)

How does the work of influential theorist Bruno Latour offer a fresh angle on the practices and purposes of the humanities? In recent years, defenses of the humanities have tended to argue along predictable lines: the humanities foster empathy, the humanities encourage critical thinking, the humanities offer a counterweight to the cold calculations of the natural and social sci...(展开全部)

Humanities through the Arts is intended for introductory-level, interdisciplinary courses offered across the curriculum in the Humanities, Philosophy, Art, English, Music, and Education departments. Arranged topically by art form from painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture to literature, music, theater, film, and dance. This beautifully illustrated text helps studen...(展开全部)

This 2006 book is a detailed and authoritative account of the last two centuries of the development of 'Western' medicine, a tradition now important everywhere in the world. It is written by leading experts who not only describe the most important people, events, and transformations, but give explanations for why medicine developed as it did, becoming as important as it has in ...(展开全部)

丹尼斯·J·斯波勒，享誉国际的教授、学者、作家与艺术家。他在中央密歇根大学获演讲和戏剧专业学士学位，同时辅修音乐；在爱荷华大学获舞台设计与技术专业的硕士学位。他曾担任宾州州立大学、亚利桑那大学等美国多所学校的终身教授、系主任或院长。教学经验包括人文与美术等 多种学科领域。他还曾从事专业的演唱事业，设计舞台布景与照明作品，有《感知艺术》《穿越艺术的现实》《创作的冲动：艺术品介绍》《视觉艺术指南》等多种著作出版，并有大量期刊文章与诗歌作品。 译者 史梦阳，毕业于北京外国语大学，翻译专业硕士。与他人合译《舞蹈学导论》《代寻旧日时光》，独立翻译《我不要我们永远在一起》。