Humanities: the Evolution of Values
Lee A. Jacobus
McGraw-Hill 1986
Humanities: The Evolution of Values is a values-based historical survey using a case-study rather than an encyclopedic approach to the arts. Each important period in art history is treated in detail to give a full understanding of its artistic styles and the values revealed by them.
The purpose of this book is to provide information “of” rather than “about” works of art. Background information, even dates and names, is treated as less important than an immediate critical involvement with important works of painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, photography, film, music, and dance. Not all these art forms are discussed in every chapter, but each chapter does present an analysis of the major artistic achievements of a culture or historical era.
I assume that art reveals values and that one can become more sensitive to values through a scrupulous study of the arts.

Humanities: the Evolution of Values
Mcgraw-hill
Preface

 Part One Humanities: the Beginnings 1

 Chapter 1 the Impulse to Art 7
 Chapter 2 Pyramid Builders 19
 Chapter 3 the Celts and Stone Age Europe 41

Part Two the Classical World 54

 Chapter 4 Greek Humanism 61
 Chapter 5 the Roman Empire: Extending Greek Values 87

Part Three the Orient and Islam 118

 Chapter 6 India 123
 Chapter 7 China 139
 Chapter 8 Islam 159

Part Four Medieval Europe 176
 Chapter 9 Early Christianity: Expression of Spiritual Values 181
 Chapter 10 the Great Age of Devotion: 1000 to 1400 203
Part Five the Renaissance: Humanism and Individualism 232

 Chapter 11 the Italian Renaissance:
 the Rise of Humanism, 1375 to 1500 237
 Chapter 12 the Renaissance in the North:
 Reformation and Expansion, 1430 to 1600 263
 Chapter 13 the Age of Genius: 1475 to 1600 291

Part Six the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 324

 Chapter 14 the Seventeenth Century: a New Synthesis 333
 Chapter 15 the Decline of the Aristocracy: 1700 to 1798 371

Part Seven the Nineteenth Century 406

Chapter 16 the Romantic Temper: 1789 to 1848 413
 Chapter 17 Realism and Reform: 1848 to 1900 451

Part Eight the Twentieth Century 494

Chapter 18 Generations of War
       And the Crisis in Values: 1900 to 1945 503
Chapter 19 an Uneasy Peace: 1945 to the Present 553

 Glossary
 Acknowledgments for Quoted Material
 Index

UMANITIES: THE EVOLUTION OF VALUES
McGraw Hill 1986

 

A STUDY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

FROM THE CAVE PAINTINGS TO THE

PRESENT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE

WAYS IN WHICH HUMAN VALUES

DEVELOP AND CHANGE.

 

 

PREFACE


 PART ONE HUMANITIES: THE BEGINNINGS 1


 CHAPTER 1 THE IMPULSE TO ART 7
 CHAPTER 2 PYRAMID BUILDERS 19
 CHAPTER 3 THE CELTS AND STONE AGE EUROPE 41

 

PART TWO THE CLASSICAL WORLD 54


 CHAPTER 4 GREEK HUMANISM 61
 CHAPTER 5 THE ROMAN EMPIRE: EXTENDING GREEK VALUES 87

 

PART THREE THE ORIENT AND ISLAM 118


 CHAPTER 6 INDIA 123
 CHAPTER 7 CHINA 139
 CHAPTER 8 ISLAM 159

 

PART FOUR MEDIEVAL EUROPE 176
 CHAPTER 9 EARLY CHRISTIANITY: EXPRESSION OF SPIRITUAL VALUES 181
 CHAPTER 10 THE GREAT AGE OF DEVOTION: 1000 TO 1400 203

PART FIVE THE RENAISSANCE: HUMANISM AND INDIVIDUALISM 232


 CHAPTER 11 THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE:
 THE RISE OF HUMANISM, 1375 TO 1500 237
 CHAPTER 12 THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH:
 REFORMATION AND EXPANSION, 1430 TO 1600 263
 CHAPTER 13 THE AGE OF GENIUS: 1475 TO 1600 291

 

PART SIX THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 324


 CHAPTER 14 THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: A NEW SYNTHESIS 333
 CHAPTER 15 THE DECLINE OF THE ARISTOCRACY: 1700 TO 1798 371

 

PART SEVEN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 406


CHAPTER 16 THE ROMANTIC TEMPER: 1789 TO 1848 413
 CHAPTER 17 REALISM AND REFORM: 1848 TO 1900 451

 

PART EIGHT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 494


CHAPTER 18 GENERATIONS OF WAR
       AND THE CRISIS IN VALUES: 1900 TO 1945 503
CHAPTER 19 AN UNEASY PEACE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT 553


 GLOSSARY
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR QUOTED MATERIAL
 INDEX