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Art: A Brief History Plus New Myartslab -- Access Card Package
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Art: A Brief History Plus New Myartslab -- Access Card Package Paperback - 2011

by Marilyn Stokstad; Michael Cothren


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  • Title Art: A Brief History Plus New Myartslab -- Access Card Package
  • Author Marilyn Stokstad; Michael Cothren
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: fifth
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pearson
  • Date 2011-12
  • ISBN 9780205237333 / 0205237339
  • Weight 4.15 lbs (1.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 9 x 1.1 in (27.69 x 22.86 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011025933
  • Dewey Decimal Code 700

About the author

Marilyn Stokstad, teacher, art historian, and museum curator, has been a leader in her field for decades and has served as president of the College Art Association and the International Center of Medieval Art. In 2002, she was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the National Women s Caucus for Art. In 1997, she was awarded the Governor s Arts Award as Kansas Art Educator of the Year and an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters by Carleton College. She is Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. She has also served in various leadership capacities at the University s Spencer Museum of Art and is Consultative Curator of Medieval Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri Michael W. Cothren is Professor of Art History at Swarthmore College, where he has also served as Art Department Chair, Coordinator of Medieval Studies, and Divisional Chair of the Humanities. Since arriving at Swarthmore in 1978, he has taught specialized courses on Medieval, Roman, and Islamic art and architecture, as well as seminars on theory and method, but he most enjoys teaching the survey to Swarthmore beginners. His research and publications focus on French Gothic art and architecture, most recently in a book on the stained glass of Beauvais Cathedral entitled "Picturing the Celestial City." Michael is consultative curator of medieval stained glass at the Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. He has served on the board of the International Center of Medieval Art and as President both of the American Committee of the International Corpus Vitrearum and of his local school board. When not teaching or engaged in art historical research, you can finding him hiking in the red rocks around Sedona, Arizona. "
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