xxi
The Incan System of Record
Keeping 20
Pythagorean Theorem 148
The Epic 179
Pyramids 242
Warriors and Animal Symbols 454Other Renaissances 477
East Meets West 611
International Baseball 1094The Royal Road 102
The Jewish Diaspora 170
The Spread of Buddhism 197
Papermaking 203
Trade Networks: Silk Roads 204
A Road Paved with Gold: Aksum
to Rome 227
The Thousand and One Nights 276
The Bubonic Plague 400
Swahili 427
The Printing Press 484
Jesuit Missionaries 500
The Columbian Exchange 572
Tulip Mania 592
The French Revolution 644
Struggling Toward
Democracy 684
Revolutions in Technology 719Industrialization in Japan 732
The Women’s Movement 749
Western Views of the East 813
The Influenza Epidemic 853
Fascism in Argentina 914
The Atomic Bomb 946
Rock ‘n’ Roll 1094Cave Paintings 12
Greek Art and Architecture 140
Hindu and Buddhist Art 198
Olmec Sculpture 244
Russian Religious Art and
Architecture 312
Benin Bronzes 420
Maya Architecture 450
Renaissance Ideas Influence
Renaissance Art 478
Cultural Blending in Mughal India 522
Revolutions in Painting 702
Japanese Woodblock Printing 814
Propaganda 880
Photojournalism 1064
Chad Discovery 11
Iraq’s Ancient Treasures at Risk 23
Scorpion King 37
Buddhism in the West 71
Modern Marathons 133
Entertainment in India:
Bollywood 195
Bantu Languages: Swahili 223
Turkey 317
Acupuncture 325
Two Koreas 347
Epic Films 367
Shakespeare’s Popularity 483
Women Leaders of the Indian
Subcontinent 519
Trading Partners 535
Kabuki Theater 545
U.S. Democracy 617
Cybercafés 637
Left, Right, and Center 657
Congress of Vienna and the
United Nations 675
Child Labor Today 728
Communism Today 738Northern Ireland Today 755
Special Economic Zones 806
Tiananmen Square 883
A New War Crimes Tribunal 950
Vietnam Today 981
The Taliban 987
The Coldest War 999Renaissance Ideas
Influence Renaissance Art
The Renaissance in Italy produced extraordinary achievements inmany different forms of art, including painting, architecture,
sculpture, and drawing. These art forms were used by talented artists to express important ideas and attitudes of the age.
a depiction of the greatest Greek philosophers. The realism ofThe value of humanism is shown in Raphael’s School of Athens,
Renaissance art is seen in a portrait such asis an expression of the subject’s unique features and personality. the Mona Lisa, which
And Michelangelo’s ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.Davidshares stylistic qualities withRERenaissance art, go to SEARCH LINKSFor more onclasszone.com▲ DaPortraying Individuals VinciThe Mona Lisa(c. 1504–1506) is thought to be
a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, who, at 16, married Francescodel Giocondo, a wealthy merchant of Florence who
commissioned the portrait. Mona Lisa is a shortened formof Madonna Lisa (Madam, or My Lady, Lisa). Renaissance
artists showed individuals as they really looked.▼Renaissance SculptureClassical and
MichelangeloMichelangelo sculpted Influenced by classical statues,Davidfrom 1501 to- Michelangelo portrayed the biblical heroin the moments just before battle. David’s
posture is graceful, yet his figure also displaysstrength. The statue, which is 18 feet tall,
towers over the viewer.
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