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I. New and Updated Features
A student-focused structure encourages critical thinking and aids comprehension
• A revised and expanded learning architecture better guides students through course material.
• As in the previous edition, each chapter opens with a Learn About It feature that indicates key learning objectives.
• A corresponding set of Think About It questions at the end of the chapter helps students think through and apply what they’ve learned.
• New to the sixth edition, the A-heads in the running text correspond to both the learning objectives (Learn About It) and the assessment questions (Think About It). This organization keeps students on task as they proceed through each chapter, and reinforces the critical thinking, creative inquiry, and disciplined reasoning that stand behind art historical interpretation.
Engaging features foster enthusiasm for, and understanding of, works of art
• Because they relish sharing the new discoveries and fresh interpretive perspectives that are constantly enriching the history of art, the authors have incorporated new scholarship and new images where appropriate throughout the sixth edition. Examples of new and update content include:
• A newly excavated example of a Han tomb model;
• A more accurate reconstruction of the Akropolis; and
• Raphael’s newly restored Madonna of the Goldfinch in a discussion of his earlier devotional paintings.
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II. Content Updates
Introduction
• New images of flowers – a photograph of
Two Callas
by Imogen Cunningham and
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
painted by Georgia O’Keeffe – enrich the discussion of representational modes and present a productive opportunity for comparative analysis.
1. Prehistoric Art in Europe
• A new ground-level view of Stonehenge is coordinated with a better diagram of the whole site to clarify the presentation of this critical monument.
2. Art of the Ancient Near East
• The carved vessel from Warka is now illustrated with a double view showing two sides to enhance an understanding of the unfolding of the narrative, which is more fully explored in the text.
• A new Closer Look explores both sides of the Standard of Ur.
3. Art of Ancient Egypt
• A better image has been substituted for the Great Pyramids, and leader-line captions have been added to the reconstruction drawing.
4. Early Asian Art
• Better images were obtained to illustrate the lion capital of Ashokan pillar, the Gandhara Shakyamuni Buddha, the Mathura Buddha and attendants, Borobodur, Nanchan Temple, and the Great Wild Goose Pagoda.
• A more complex newly excavated example has been used to discuss Han tomb models.
5. Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World
• Better images were obtained to illustrate the
Riace Warriors
, the Parthenon, and the
Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
.
• The discussion of Mycenaen dagger blades centers on a new, more representative example.
• Two critical reconstructions have been redrawn for greater clarity: the design scheme of a Cycladic figure, and a more accurate reconstruction of the Akropolis.
• Leader-line captions enrich the reconstruction drawings of Knossos and Mycenae.
• A new discussion of the temple from Aegina integrates the pediment sculpture with its architectural context.
6. Etruscan and Roman Art
• Several new and improved drawings have been substituted for the reconstructions of an Etruscan temple and the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine.
• A new figure of a detail has been added to the discussion of the Column of Trajan, and the Venice Tetrarchs now represent tetrarchic sculpture.
• The plan and reconstruction of the generic Roman house has been replaced with a plan of the House of the Vetii at Pompeii to create an integrated discussion of that house, including its architectural design as well as its wall paintings.
7. Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art
• Leader-line captions clarify the isometric drawing of Hagia Sophia.
• A plan has been added of the Hosios Lukas monastery complex, allowing an expanded discussion of the organization of monasteries within the text.
• Improved images illustrate the narthex mosaics of the Constantinopolitan monastic church of Christ in Chora.
8. Islamic Art
• The presentation of the monuments and works has ben reorganized to clarify chronological relationships in the development of Islamic art.
• Better images illustrate the Dome of the Rock.
• To enrich the discussion of luxury arts, Bihzad’s “Yusuf Fleeing Zulayhka” has been substituted for his “Turkish Bath.”
• Sultan Muhammad’s spectacular “Court of Gayumars,” considered in its time as the greatest painting of the Persian narrative tradition, has been added.
9. Later Asian Art
• The chapter now features a woodblock print by Sharaku.
10. Early Medieval and Romanesque Art
• The Art and Its Contexts box on Hildegard of Bingen now includes an illustration of one of her visions as well as her author portrait.
• Better images have been found for the figures of the Moissac portal and the Bayeux Embroidery.
11. Gothic Art
• The interior of the abbey church of Saint-Denis, the Chartres Cathedral Royal Portal jamb statues, and the interior of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris are captured better in a series of new images.
12. Early Renaissance Art
• A better image for the recently restored figure of Donatello’s David has been added.
• Giovanni Bellini’s
St. Francis in Ecstasy
has been added to incorporate Venice into the discussion of the early Italian Renaissance.
13. Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation
• This chapter has a new opening focusing on Leonardo’s
Mona Lisa
.
• Better images appear for the figures of Michelangelo’s Vatican Pietà and Titan’s
Pastoral Concert.
• Raphael’s newly restored
Madonna of the Goldfinch
has been used to discuss his early devotional paintings.
14. Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe
• A new Closer Look focuses on Rubens and Snyders’s
Prometheus Bound
.
• A painting of the Immaculate Conception by Murillo has been added to coordinate with the newly included painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Chapter 17.
15. Art of the Americas
• Better images have been obtained for El Castillo and the chacmool at Chichén Itzá.
• A reconstruction drawing has been added to the presentation of the Templo Mayor.
• A new Closer Look focuses on the Maya relief of Shield Jaguar and Lady Xok.
• The chapter now includes a discussion of a Mimbres painted bowl.
17. European and American Art, 1715—1840
• Fragonard’s
The Swing
, Sebastian Salcedo’s
Virgin of Guadalupe
, and Friedrich’s
Abbey in an Oak Forest
have been added to this chapter.
18. European and American Art, 1840—1910
•
The Life Line
now represents the work of Winslow Homer.
• A re-written Art and Its Contexts box on “Japonisme” highlights prints by Suzuki Harunobu and Mary Cassatt.
19. Modern Art in Europe and the Americas, 1900—1945
• A glorious new color photograph captures Mary Colter’s Lookout Studio at the Grand Canyon.
20. Art since 1945
• A new Art and Its Contexts box on “Controversies over Public Funding of the Arts” includes an illustration of Chris Ofili’s
The Holy Virgin Mary
.
• A new painting is used in the discussion of Mark Rothko, and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s
Horn Players
has been added to the chapter.