Gardner's Art Through the Ages - A Global History (13th, 09) by Kleiner, Fred S [Hardcover (2008)]
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
Gardner's Art Through the Ages - A Global History (13th, 09) by Kleiner, Fred S [Hardcover (2008)] Details
Gardner's Art Through the Ages - A Global History (13th, 09) by Kleiner, Fred S [Hardcover (2008)] Read more
Related
- Keith Haring
- The Best Color Paintings of Childe Hassam
- Algebra and Trigonometry
- Childe Hassam: Impressionist In The West
- The Arts of China, Fourth edition. Expanded and Revised (An Ahmanson Murphy Fine Arts Book)
- The Arts of China, 5th Revised & enlarged Edition
- Student Companion for Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters
- Wood's Communication in Our Lives (Student Companion) Second Edition
- Keith Haring: Future Primeval
- John Frederick Kensett, Childe Hassam, Marsden Hartley
Reviews
This review is from the perspective of an AP Art History study group for which my daughter is a peer facilitator. This volume and its companion are among several resources the group is using. Gardner's 13th edition is our course spine.First, the positives. Working through the study guide does help the students break down and digest Gardner's very dense text. The Short Answer and Summary Chart sections are good review tools. The self quizzes contain several means of self-assessment, including short text, multiple choice, pictorial (including side-by-side), and essay prompts. There are answer keys for the quizzes in the back of the book (though not for the other exercises). The order of study guide material mostly matches the order of textbook topics. The essay questions provide good inspiration for group discussion (as well as essay writing).Now, the negatives. While evidently edited for the 13th edition of Gardner's Art Through the Ages, this study guide and its companion (Vol. II) aren't a perfect match. The essay prompts sometimes ramble. A few of the images in the quizzes are too poorly reproduced to be useful. We found occasional references that are hard or impossible to find in the text, some mismatch of emphasis, and many grammar and spelling mistakes. Some errors are due to the publisher (e.g. a duplicate Summary Chart in the wrong chapter). One gets the impression that this was a rush job with little proof-reading. It is odd that former co-author Christin Mamiya's name appears in the title of the study guide, when the 13th edition of Gardner's introduced Kleiner as its sole author. (In fact, the publisher boasted of the edition's single author, single voice approach, which continues in the 14th edition.)Despite the negatives, I'm very grateful this study guide was available. Overall, this has been an excellent time saver: there's no way I could have developed better review material on my own, given the time I have available! For that reason, I would certainly purchase both volumes again.A final note for those studying AP Art History: these study guides don't mesh perfectly with the AP approach, but they are not intended to. These are not APAH prep books. Used within a comprehensive APAH syllabus, though, they are a worthwhile supplement.
