Discovering the Humanities
Henry M. Sayre
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations 2 Greek World 3 Empire 4 Flowering Religion 5 Fiefdom Monastery, Pilgrimage Crusade 6 Gothic Rebirth Naturalism 7 Renaissance 8 Reformation in North 9 Encounter Confrontation 10 Counter-Reformation Baroque 11 Enlightenment Rococo 12 Age Revolution 13 Working Class Bourgeoisie 14 Modernist 15 Decades Change FULL 1: Beginnings Culture Role Myth Cultural Life Mesopotamia: Power Social Order Early Middle East Stability Ancient Egypt: Flood Sun 2: Bronze Aegean Rise City-States Golden Hellenistic 3: Rome China India 4: Faith Belief First Millennium Developments Judaic Christianity Byzantine Its Church Spread Islam Buddhism 5: Medieval Europe Anglo-Saxon Artistic Style Carolingian Churches Romanesque Crusades Romance 6: Civic Religious an Inquiry Cathedral University Radiant Court Louis IX Italy Siena Florence Vernacular Literature 7: State as a Work Art: Medici Beyond Florence: Ducal Courts Arts From to Venice: High Venice Women Italian Humanist Society 8: Art, Commerce, Merchant Patronage German Tradition Humanism 9: Spanish Americas West African Portuguese Europe: Cross-Cultural Connections Influence Japan: Spiritual Practice 10: Mannerism Secular Absolutism 11: English France Contact 12: American French Revolutions Neoclassical Spirit Romantic Imagination Classical Music 13: New Realism Pursuit Modernity: Paris 1850s 1860s Impressionist Self Challenge Identity 14: Modernism Great War Impact 15: after War: Existential Quest America Triumph Doubt Winds Postmodern Era