Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages is a reference book on art history, with the 2004 edition by Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya. The 2001 edition was awarded both The McGuffey award for longevity^[1] and the Texty award for current editions^[2] by the Text and Academic Authors Association. No other book has received both awards in the same year.

The first edition published in 1926 was written by Helen Gardner. It, like all following editions, was organized chronologically beginning with "The Birth of Art" in the Upper Paleolithic and progressing to its contemporary period.

Gardner's initial edition was notable in that along with canon of European art, it examined the art of other cultures. This broader view has influenced artists like Roy Lichtenstein as a student^[3] with its coverage not only of China, Japan, and Africa, but The Americas and the South Pacific as well. It continues to be a required text for American art students to this day^[4].

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Text

• Kleiner, Fred and Mamiya, Christin. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Wadsworth Publishing; 12th edition 2004. ISBN 0-15-505090-7

Footnotes

1. ^  2001: San Antonio, Past McGuffey Winners, Text and Academic Authors Association.
2. ^  2001: San Antonio, Past Texty Winners, Text and Academic Authors Association.
3. ^  Grace Glueck, Lichtenstein meets the American Indian, International Herald Tribune, January 10 2006.
4. ^  Required text, History of Art, Wittenberg University.