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Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,6 with MyArtsLab (4th Edition) 4th Edition Details about Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6 with MyArtsLab: ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORY the choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art. This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts. Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, t
This text investigates the development of art history through a contextual and inclusive framework designed to engage students in the study of visual culture. Authors Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren, both established scholars and educators, argue that art history survey courses should balance formal analysis with iconographic interpretation. By integrating historical context with visual evidence, they aim to foster both an educated and enthusiastic public for the arts.
What You Will Find
Experts and instructors frequently identify this text as a foundational resource for undergraduate survey courses due to its accessible prose and balanced approach. Readers often note the academic density of the material is well-supported by the contextual framework provided by the authors.
Page Count:
568
Publication Date:
2010-01-01
Publisher:
Pearson College Div
ISBN-10:
020500475X
ISBN-13:
9780205004751
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