Interdisciplinary in approach and topical in focus, the sixth edition ofThe Humanistic Traditioncontinues to bring to life humankind's creative legacy. With more than 800 illustrations and some 150 literary sources in accessible translations, this widely acclaimed humanities survey takes a global perspective that is at once selective and engaging, and helps students better understand the relationship between world cultures. Available in multiple formats,The Humanistic Traditionexamines the political, economic, and social contexts out of which history's most memorable achievements emerged.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Book 4: Faith, Reason, and Power in the Early Modern World
20 The Catholic Reformation and the Baroque Style
Looking Ahead
The Catholic Reformation
Catholicism's Global Reach
Literature and the Catholic Reformation
The Visual Arts and the Catholic Reformation
The Baroque Style
Baroque Music
Looking Back
21 Absolute Power and the Aristocratic Style
Looking Ahead
The Aristocratic Style in Europe
Music and Dance at the Court of Louis XIV
Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Absolute Power and the Aristocratic Style Beyond Europe
Absolute Power and the Aristocratic Style in China
Absolute Power and the Aristocratic Style in Japan
Looking Back
22 The Baroque in the Protestant North
Looking Ahead
The Rise of the English Commonwealth
The King James Bible
English Literature of the Seventeenth Century
The London of Christopher Wren
Protestant Devotionalism in the Netherlands
The Music of the Protestant North
Looking Back
23 The Scientific Revolution and the New Learning
Looking Ahead
The Scientific Revolution
The New Learning
Newton's Scientific Synthesis
The Impact of the Scientific Revolution on Art
Baroque Instrumental Music
Looking Back
24 The Enlightenment: The Promise of Reason
Looking Ahead
Liberty and Political Theory
The Birth of Economic Theory
The Philosophes
The Crusade for Progress
Enlightenment Literature
Looking Back
25 The Limits of Reason
Looking Ahead
The Industrial Revolution
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Satire: Weapon of the Enlightenment
Rousseau's Revolt against Reason
Kant's Mind/World Revolution
The Revolutions of the Late Eighteenth Century
Looking Back
26 Eighteenth-Century Art, Music, and Society
Looking Ahead
The Rococo Style
Eighteenth-Century Genre Painting
Eighteenth-Century Neoclassicism
Eighteenth-Century Western Music
Looking Back
