Reality Through the Arts
ISBN: 9780205660483 | 0205660487
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/22/2009
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Reality Through the Artsprovides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines.Two Dimensional Art; Sculpture; Architecture; Music and Opera; Literature; Theatre; Cinema; Dance.For all readers who appreciate and want to become more knowledgeable about the arts in general.
| Map | p. 10 |
| Preface | p. 12 |
| Faculty And Student Resources | p. 13 |
| Introduction | p. 14 |
| Using this Book | p. 14 |
| Organization | p. 14 |
| Pronouncing Names And Terms | p. 18 |
| The Companion Website And Accompanying Music CD | p. 18 |
| Putting this Study in Context | p. 19 |
| Reality Through The Arts | p. 19 |
| The Arts A... MORE | p. 19 |
| What Are Art's Main Concerns? | p. 21 |
| Creativity | p. 21 |
| Aesthetic Communication | p. 21 |
| Symbols | p. 22 |
| Fine and Applied Art | p. 22 |
| What Are Art's Purposes And Functions? | p. 23 |
| Purposes | p. 23 |
| Functions | p. 23 |
| How Should We Perceive And Respond? | p. 25 |
| Applying Critical Skills | p. 25 |
| Approaches To Criticism | p. 27 |
| Formal Criticism | p. 27 |
| Contextual Criticism | p. 29 |
| Making Judgments | p. 29 |
| Artisanship | p. 29 |
| Communication | p. 29 |
| Style | p. 30 |
| How Can We Analyze Style? | p. 30 |
| Style And Culture | p. 33 |
| How Does A Style Get Its Name? | p. 33 |
| Thinking Critically | p. 36 |
| The Media Of The Arts | |
| What Artists Use to Express ldquo;Realityrdquo; | p. 37 |
| Two-Dimensional Art | |
| Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography | p. 38 |
| Formal and Technical Qualities | p. 38 |
| Media | p. 38 |
| Drawing | p. 38 |
| Dry Media | p. 39 |
| Wet Media | p. 40 |
| Painting | p. 41 |
| Mixed Media | p. 43 |
| Printmaking | p. 43 |
| Relief Printing | p. 44 |
| Intaglio | p. 44 |
| Planographic Processes | p. 46 |
| Photography | p. 48 |
| Photography And Art | p. 48 |
| Documentary Photography | p. 50 |
| Photographic Techniques | p. 51 |
| Profile Pablo Picasso | p. 53 |
| Composition | p. 53 |
| Elements | p. 53 |
| Line | p. 53 |
| Form | p. 56 |
| Color | p. 56 |
| Mass | p. 57 |
| Texture | p. 57 |
| Principles | p. 58 |
| Repetition | p. 58 |
| Balance | p. 59 |
| Unity | p. 59 |
| Focal Areas | p. 59 |
| Other Factors | p. 60 |
| Perspective | p. 60 |
| Chiaroscuro | p. 60 |
| Content | p. 62 |
| Painting & Human Reality | |
| Gericault, The Raft of the ldquo;Medusardquo; | p. 61 |
| Sense Stimuli | p. 62 |
| Contrasts | p. 62 |
| Dynamics | p. 64 |
| Trompe Lrsquo;Oeil | p. 65 |
| Juxtaposition | p. 65 |
| Focus | p. 66 |
| Sample Outline and Critical Analysis | p. 67 |
| Cyber Study | p. 67 |
| Important Terms | p. 67 |
| Sculpture | p. 68 |
| Formal and Technical Qualities | p. 68 |
| Dimensionality | p. 68 |
| Full-Round | p. 68 |
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