gardner's art through the ages fred s kleiner

The icon was appropriated from a hand-engraved coin by Dexamenos, a 5th-century Greek coinmaker, which is featured in the book. The 1st edition’s dark teal canvas wrapping the hardback cover is embossed by a small golden oval containing a flying heron, a large local bird of the Midwest. We know not to judge books by their covers, but at first glance, the differences between these books are drastic. Is this price gap between editions worth it for professors and students if the gap between editions is only two or three years? Let’s compare the 1st and 16th editions of “Gardner’s Art Through the Ages” to find what nearly a century has done to the style, structure, and communication code of this historical textbook to learn whether all the re-editioning racket is worth the publisher’s time and students’ often borrowed money. Finding the latest editions in used condition can be a frustrating experience and whether new or used…expensive, typically costing students more than a hundred dollars per textbook.

Re-editioning textbooks is a typical practice in the publishing industry, sending professors and students always searching for the most up-to-date edition before the start of a semester, providing the latest and greatest information available for coursework. Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell The Racketįor most students’ first college-level Art History class, “Gardner’s Art Through the Ages” is the required textbook purchase, now in its 16th edition since first being published in 1926.

“Who controls the past controls the future.

Gardner's art through the ages fred s kleiner