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Integrating political, cultural, and social history, this book presents a comprehensive view of humankind's creative legacy. It emphasizes continuity over isolated events, offering an interdisciplinary survey that includes a global perspective and over 150 literary sources. The text is complemented by numerous illustrations and is praised for its accuracy and engaging style, making it a favorite among students and educators alike. By exploring the interplay between Western and other world cultures, it enhances understanding of our shared human experience.

Study Books 1-3 for use with The Humanistic Tradition

This text is part of a six-volume work which offers an overview of art, music, literature, history and philosophy. Book 3 explores the European Renaissance, the reformation and the global encounter. It looks at the 14th-century transitions, classical humanism, Renaissance artists, reforms and cross-cultural encounters in Africa and the Americas. The text focuses on the Western tradition, but also includes strong coverage of other cultures, setting the arts of the West in the larger arena of world cultures including India, the East, Africa and Native America. Throughout the chronological narrative there is a focus on universal themes, integrating ideas and issues that relate to the human condition. The coverage of literature, art, music and architecture is integrated into discussions of cultural and political influences, aiming to create a logical presentation of broad subject matter.

This text is part of a six-volume work which offers an overview of art, music, literature, history and philosophy. Book 5 explores Romanticism, Realism and the 19th-century world. It looks at the Romantic view of the world, industry and empire and the move towards modernism. The text focuses on the Western tradition, but also includes strong coverage of other cultures, setting the arts of the West in the larger arena of world cultures including India, the East, Africa and Native America. Throughout the chronological narrative there is a focus on universal themes, integrating ideas and issues that relate to the human condition. The coverage of literature, art, music and architecture is integrated into discussions of cultural and political influences, aiming to create a logical presentation of broad subject matter.

This text is part of a six-volume work which offers an overview of art, music, literature, history and philosophy. Book 6 explores the global village of the 20th century. It looks at the Freudian revolution, total war, the postmodern turn and the arts in the information age. The text focuses on the Western tradition, but also includes strong coverage of other cultures, setting the arts of the West in the larger arena of world cultures including India, the East, Africa and Native America. Throughout the chronological narrative there is a focus on universal themes, integrating ideas and issues that relate to the human condition. The coverage of literature, art, music and architecture is integrated into discussions of cultural and political influences, aiming to create a logical presentation of broad subject matter.

This text is part of a six-volume set of books which provides a global approach to the humanities survey covering art, history, literature, philosophy, music and dance.

Interdisciplinary in approach and topical in focus, the sixth edition of The Humanistic Tradition continues to bring to life humankind's creative legacy. With more than 800 illustrations and some 150 literary sources in accessible translations, this widely acclaimed humanities survey takes a global perspective that is at once selective and engaging, and helps students better understand the relationship between world cultures. Available in multiple formats, The Humanistic Tradition examines the political, economic, and social contexts out of which history's most memorable achievements emerged.

Beginning with the startling twentieth century developments in physics and the Freudian revolution, this book of The Humanistic Tradition addresses 100 years of precipitous change. The exciting conclusion to the six-book series, Modernism, Globalism, and the Information Age can also be used as a literary or cultural supplement to courses on the art or the history of the period from 1900 to 2000.