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MindTap Art & Humanities, 2 terms (12 months) Instant Access for Cunningham/Reich/Fichner-Rathus' Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, 8th Edition

Lawrence S. Cunningham, John J. Reich, Lois Fichner-Rathus

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MindTap Art & Humanities for Cunningham/Reich/Fichner-Rathus' Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, 8th Edition is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course—to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You. MindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize interactive syllabi, emphasize important topics, and add your own material in the eBook. Designed for the one- or two-semester general humanities course at the freshman and sophomore level, MindTap introduces art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of world civilization to today. A new co-author adds a conversational style with a focus on critical thinking.

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Lawrence S. Cunningham

Lawrence S. Cunningham is John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology (Emeritus) at the University of Notre Dame. The author or editor of over 25 books and hundreds of essays and reviews, his books reflect his interest in the history of Christian spirituality, hagiography, the intersection of theology and culture, as well as the relationship of contemplation and action. Professor Cunningham is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and the winner of Notre Dame's Presidential Award for service to academy and church (2002) and the Christus Magister award from the University of Portland in 2011 for distinguished scholarship and teaching. He has served as a visiting lecturer in this country and in Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

John J. Reich

A native of England, John J. Reich was trained as a classical archaeologist and did both his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Manchester. He is an authority on Minoan civilization, pre-Roman Italy, and music. Professor Reich is associated with the Syracuse University study program in Florence, Italy. He lectures frequently in Europe and the United States on history, art, and the humanities and is the author of many scholarly articles and several books, including ITALY BEFORE ROME (1979).

Lois Fichner-Rathus

Lois Fichner-Rathus is a professor of art in the Department of Art and Art History of The College of New Jersey. She holds a combined undergraduate degree in fine arts and art history, an M.A. from the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art and a Ph.D. in the History, Theory and Criticism of Art from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her areas of specialization include contemporary art, feminist art history and criticism and modern art and architecture as well as the theory and foundations of art and design. Dr. Fichner-Rathus is also the author of the Cengage Learning textbooks, UNDERSTANDING ART and FOUNDATIONS OF ART AND DESIGN. She teaches study-abroad programs in Paris, Rome, Spain and Cuba and resides in New York.

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THE ARTS: AN INTRODUCTION.
1. Beginnings.
2. The Rise of Greece.
3. Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period.
4. Rome.
5. Ancient Civilizations of India and China.
6. The Rise of the Biblical Tradition.
7. Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium.
8. Islam.
9. The Rise of Medieval Culture.
10. The High Middle Ages.
11. The Fourteenth Century: A Time of Transition.
12. The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century.
13. The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy.
14. The High Renaissance in the North.
15. The Seventeenth Century: The Baroque Era.
16. The Eighteenth Century.
17. Romanticism, Realism, and Photography.
18. Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914.
19. India, China, and Japan: From Medieval to Modern Times.
20. Africa.
21. The World at War.
22. The Contemporary Contour.

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