Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise Global History (Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise History)

As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A CONCISE GLOBAL HISTORY gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditionsaplus all the study tools you need to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, this is the only textbook that includes a unique "scale" feature (accompanying the book's photographs of paintings and other artworks) that will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. You'll also find materials that will help you master the key topics quickly and help you study for your examsafor example, "The Big Picture" overviews at the end of every chapter, a special global timeline, and ArtStudy Online (a free interactive study guide that includes flash cards of images and quizzes).Fred S. Kleiner is the author of 'Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise Global History (Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise History)', published 2008 under ISBN 9780495503798 and ISBN 0495503797.