I will be taking on a semester-long freshman art history class next year and would like to find an interesting text for my students with a lot of pictures. I would like for the text to be manageable for students who are not interested in art history. It would also be nice if the book covers both western and non-western art. I was told that the books that I found - Discovering Art History ($64.95) and Art in Focus ($89.62) are too expensive. Any ideas?
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Art History Text Help - Please
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Posted 4 weeks ago #
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Check out "The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern" (Paperback) by Carol Strickland. It's $15.61 on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Mona-Lisa-Prehistoric-Post-Modern/dp/0740768727
I used this in a high-school art class I taught, and it was well-received. Lots of color photos of artwork. Egyptian, pre-Columbian, and African art are featured along with Western art.
Paperback has the advantage of cheapness but will not last as long as a hardback in a high-school classroom.
Posted 2 weeks ago #
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