Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages is a reference book on art history, with the 2004 edition by Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya. The 2001 edition was awarded both The McGuffey award for longevity^[1] and the Texty award for current editions^[2] by the Text and Academic Authors Association. No other book has received both awards in the same year.

The first edition published in 1926 was written by Helen Gardner. It, like all following editions, was organized chronologically beginning with "The Birth of Art" in the Upper Paleolithic and progressing to its contemporary period.

Gardner's initial edition was notable in that along with canon of European art, it examined the art of other cultures. This broader view has influenced artists like Roy Lichtenstein as a student^[3] with its coverage not only of China, Japan, and Africa, but The Americas and the South Pacific as well. It continues to be a required text for American art students to this day^[4].

Drawing Upon Art: Workbook for Gardner's Art Through The Ages by LG Williams
This companion workbook, Drawing Upon Art by LG Williams, helps students not only to retain key information presented in each chapter of the textbook, but also grasp the material with a higher, critical level of understanding. Learning through practical engagement insures comprehension of key art historical ideas and concepts. Designed specifically to bring students in direct contact with landmarks achievements, Drawing Upon Art also ensures instructors that students directly experience for themselves history's most advanced and creative visual art problems and developments. [5]

Contents 1 See also 2 References 2.1 Text 2.2 Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Drawing Upon Art

[edit] References

[edit] Text

• Kleiner, Fred and Mamiya, Christin. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Wadsworth Publishing; 12th edition 2004. ISBN 0-15-505090-7
• Williams, LG, "Drawing Upon Art: Workbook For Gardner's Art Through The Ages". Wadsworth Publishing, 2nd Edition. ISBN 0495572365 ISBN 9780495572367

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^  2001: San Antonio, Past McGuffey Winners, Text and Academic Authors Association.
2. ^  2001: San Antonio, Past Texty Winners, Text and Academic Authors Association.
3. ^  Grace Glueck, Lichtenstein meets the American Indian, International Herald Tribune, January 10 2006.
4. ^  Required text, History of Art, Wittenberg University.
5. Wadsworth Publishing

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