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Beginner's Guide to the Humanities, A

ISBN: 9780130193742 | 0130193747
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
An ideal supplemental text for any undergraduate course in humanities, or Introduction to the Arts. Helping students learn how to observe, enjoy, think about and feel in response to the arts, this practical beginner's guide to appreciating and experiencing culture gives students a handy introduction to the world of arts that they can carry with them. Self-contained chapters provide an essential companion guide to understanding a specific arti.e., painting, sculpture, music, theaterwith concisely defined key terms one should know, as well as a clear and insightful explanation of its process of creation.
Painting
1(14)
How to Talk in Pictures
1(1)
The World of Painting
... MORE(1)
A Real Encounter: Diego's Dog
3(2)
Extreme Art: The Paintbrush as Naked Woman
4(1)
The Took Kit: Painting
5(4)
Medium
5(1)
Form
5(2)
Color
7(1)
Subject
8(1)
Pictorial Miscellany
8(1)
The Experience: How to Look at a Picture
9(1)
Style Guide: The Tradition
10(1)
Companion to Painting
11(4)
Sculpture
15(12)
Giving Shape to the World
15(2)
A Real Encounter: A Shrine of Sorrow
17(2)
Extreme Sculpture: Bust in Blood
18(1)
The Tool Kit: Sculpture
19(2)
The Sculptural Process
19(1)
Sculptural Types
20(1)
Sculptural Materials
20(1)
Form
20(1)
Sculptural Subjects
20(1)
Sculptural Miscellany
21(1)
The Experience: Sizing Up a Sculpture
21(1)
Style Guide: Sculptors---Greats Since the Greeks
22(1)
Companion to Sculpture
23(4)
Architecture
27(17)
Why Buildings Stand
27(1)
What Buildings Mean
28(2)
A Real Encounter: The Magic of Fallingwater
30(1)
The Tool Kit: Architecture
31(6)
Materials
31(1)
Methods of Construction
32(1)
The Arch
32(1)
The Classical Temple
33(1)
The Church
34(1)
Architectural Decoration
35(1)
Architectural Miscellany
36(1)
The Experience: How to be In a Building
37(1)
Style Guide: Architecture in American Cities, c. 2000
38(2)
Companion to Architecture
40(4)
Music
44(16)
Music Class
44(1)
The Essentials of Music
45(2)
A Real Encounter: Four Seasons in a Gothic Light
47(1)
The Tool Kit: Music, Technically Speaking
47(6)
Musical Scales
47(1)
Harmony
48(1)
The Instruments
49(1)
Dynamics
50(1)
Vocal Forms
50(1)
Instrumental Forms
50(1)
Theatrical Forms
51(1)
Music A to Z
51(2)
The Experience: How to Listen---Really Listen
53(1)
Style Guide: Musical Styles You're Most Likely to Hear
54(2)
Companion to Music
56(4)
Theater
60(16)
The Elements of Drama
60(1)
Who Makes the Play?
61(1)
A Real Encounter: An Angel over America
62(2)
The Tool Kit: Theater
64(3)
The Stage
64(1)
The Set
64(1)
Theater by Degree
65(1)
A Theater Glossary
66(1)
The Experience: Playing Along
67(2)
Style Guide: A User's Guide to the Theater
69(2)
Genres
69(1)
Historical Types (European only)
69(2)
Companion to Theater
71(5)
Opera and Musical Theater
76(15)
Opera---The Greatest Art?
76(3)
The Voice Is the Thing
78(1)
Operatic Voices
79(1)
A Real Encounter: Opera's Unrepentant Sinner
79(2)
Open for Debate: Operatic Re-makes...or Rip-offs?
80(1)
The Tool Kit: Opera
81(2)
Opera by Degree
81(1)
Opera Miscellany
81(2)
The Experience: Stories in Song
83(2)
Style Guide: Operatic Operators
85(2)
Companion to Opera and Musical Theater
87(4)
Dance
91(14)
The Poetry of Movement
91(1)
Elements of Dance
92(2)
A Real Encounter: The Continuity of Dance
94(1)
The Tool Kit: Dance
95(3)
Types of Dance
95(1)
The Ballet Company
95(1)
Dance Technique
96(2)
Dance Miscellany
98(1)
The Experience: Move to the Music
98(1)
Style Guide: Great Names in Dance
99(3)
Great Ballets
99(1)
Choreographer and Company
100(1)
Dancers of the Modern
101(1)
Companion to Dance
102(3)
The Printed Image: Prints, Photos, Digital Art
105(16)
The Arts of Mechanical Reproducibility
106(1)
Open for Debate: Falsifiable Photographs
107(1)
The Tool Kit: Printmaking
107(3)
Engraving
107(1)
Relief
108(1)
Other Processes
109(1)
Printmaking Miscellany
109(1)
The Tool Kit: Photography
110(4)
The Film
110(1)
The Camera
110(2)
The Darkroom
112(1)
Color Photography
112(1)
Photographic Genres
113(1)
Photographic Miscellany
113(1)
The Tool Kit: Digital Images
114(1)
The Experience: Pictures, Pictures Everywhere
115(1)
Style Guide: Masters of the Printed Image
116(1)
Companion to the Printed Image
117(4)
Movies
121(14)
The Novel of the Twentieth Century
121(1)
Who Makes a Movie?
122(1)
A Real Encounter: A Shot Heard `Round the Film World
123(1)
The Tool Kit: The Movies
124(4)
Camera Work
124(1)
The Shot (Continued)
125(1)
The Story
126(1)
Editing
126(1)
Sound and Effects
127(1)
Film Miscellany
128(1)
The Experience: Watching While Thinking
128(1)
Style Guide: Movie Genres
129(2)
Companion to Movies
131(4)
Encountering the Arts
135(6)
Touring a City
135(2)
Visiting a Museum
137(2)
Attending a Performance
139(2)
Index141

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