Examines the history of sculpture, the artists who created major works of art, and their various styles and techniques through a collection of photographs and diagrams.
Presents a historical survey of art around the world, from its origins in the Stone Age through the late twentieth century, and includes color illustrations, as well as a CD-ROM with digital images, maps, and quizzes.
Presents a comprehensive art history text that describes the historical, social, economic, and cultural understanding of art, painting, sculpture, and architecture, and contains a CD-ROM.
Examines the important events, dates, and civilizations that shaped the late Middle Ages including William the Conqueror and the Norman Conquest, the Crusades, European trade routes, the Black Plague, and more.
Profiles the life and works of Marcus Garvey, the controversial leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association during the early twentieth century, and his attempts to organize the Pan-African movement, designed to create a separate nation in Africa.
Examines the plight of pre-Civil War African-Americans who were freemen, and describes the laws and restrictions placed upon them in the mid-seventeenth century and the roles they played in American society.
Examines the civil rights movement of the twentieth century, and discusses Jim Crow laws and segregation, desegregation of the schools, sit-in's and freedom rides, the march on Washington, and more.
Presents an introduction to the Statue of Liberty, in simple text with illustrations, explaining its history and how it came to stand in New York harbor.
Presents a complete biography of the works of author Eudora Welty and includes a concise chronology of her life, critical analysis of important themes, symbols, and ideas in her writings, and introduction by Harold Bloom.
