The Matrix of Western Culture Perspectives on History the Arts and Ideas edition by Arthur Wenk Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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Art, music, literature, philosophy, science, history how do they all fit together?
The Matrix of Western Culture presents a framework for seeing the "big picture." Imagine a grid with these cultural categories on one axis and time, marked in centuries, on the other. The interior of the matrix comprises a representative repertoire described in a series of brief, readable essays.
Well-read adults will, over the years, have encountered individual works in each of the categories that make up the matrix. Many readers will share my interest in organizing this knowledge into a coherent framework. The Matrix of Western Culture offers an accessible overview that one can keep in mind all at once.
The Matrix of Western Culture Perspectives on History the Arts and Ideas edition by Arthur Wenk Politics Social Sciences eBooks
Wenk says, “Imagine a grid with time on one axis and six categories of culture—Art, Literature, Music, Philosophy & Theology, Science & Mathematics, History & Social Sciences—on the other." He goes on to fill the cells of that grid, roughly a century at a time, with carefully chosen representative works from the six categories. The result is an extraordinary map of the history of ideas. In each time period, we get a sense of how the various cultural goings-on were related to each other. For they were related, far more strongly than ours are in the 21st century. Read this book—it’s a very enjoyable read—and you will have learnt a great deal about the history of western culture.Product details
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The Matrix of Western Culture Perspectives on History the Arts and Ideas edition by Arthur Wenk Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
This interesting book looks at the history of Western culture by focusing on specific works in different areas, such as music, art, literature, and mathematics, in each time period. It provides plenty of detailed information without getting bogged down. Overall, it's pretty good. However, I did detect a few inaccuracies, such as occasionally overstating the opposition of religion to science and reason.
Full disclosure I received a free copy of this book through StoryCartel in exchange for this review.
According to his bio, Arthur Wenk has been a jack-of-all trades in the academic world. He has been a musicologist, calculus teacher, and psychotherapist. He has written several books and public lectures ranging from a detective book series featuring a musicologist sleuth, to lectures on graphing calculators and parenting.
His current project is very intriguing to me. This is a book looking at the different periods in history, and highlighting major cultural contributions for each period. He highlights the music, art, mathematics, and literature for each era, and includes a perspective, drawing these cultural contributions to the mindset of the people at the time.
Wenk’s beginning in Ancient history is obviously broader, as it would be difficult to break Ancient Greece or Rome into eras for a project like this. As he moves closer to modern times however, he begins to break the chapters up into centuries. One of the aspects he looks at is the connection of the many forms of art within an era; as he states it, the way artists speak to each other within the century. This is an interesting perspective and gives you another way to look at the contributions of history.
At the end of the book, he includes pictures of major pieces from each period discussed, as well as a copy of the matrix he used to outline this book. These are great additions to help you visualize what you are reading, though I think it might be better served to include the pictures with the chapters. All in all this book was both informative and interesting, and I believe it could be a useful tool for individual research. I would definitely recommend this book to someone wanting to learn about the different centuries of the past.
I received a free copy of this book from Story Cartel in exchange for my review.
Wenk says, “Imagine a grid with time on one axis and six categories of culture—Art, Literature, Music, Philosophy & Theology, Science & Mathematics, History & Social Sciences—on the other." He goes on to fill the cells of that grid, roughly a century at a time, with carefully chosen representative works from the six categories. The result is an extraordinary map of the history of ideas. In each time period, we get a sense of how the various cultural goings-on were related to each other. For they were related, far more strongly than ours are in the 21st century. Read this book—it’s a very enjoyable read—and you will have learnt a great deal about the history of western culture.
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