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Experiencing Art Around Us (with CD-ROM)

ISBN: 9780534641146 | 0534641148
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 3/4/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
Investigating the nature of art and the uses of art in society, EXPERIENCING ART AROUND US teaches students how to understand, critically judge, and experience art. This mainstream art appreciation text discusses the visual elements of art, such as line, light, color, and space, and the principles of design that all artists use; examines not only the traditional visual media of painting, sculpture, and architecture, but also more recent areas such as urban design and preservation, photography and film; and probes the cultural institutions that ... MORE
Prefacexv
I The Nature of Art
What Is Art?
1(23)
The Attraction of Art
... MORE		1(2)
Aesthetic Theories
3(5)
Aristotle
4(2)
Plato
6(1)
Yoruban Aesthetics
7(1)
Psychological Theories
8(1)
The Theory of the Artist as an Outsider
8(1)
Popular Theories
9(1)
Realism
9(1)
Artist at Work: Vincent van Gogh
10(5)
Realism in History
12(2)
Prettiness
14(1)
Theories Based on the Functions of Art
15(2)
Theories Based on Comparisons Between the Arts
17(2)
Symbolic Communication Theory
19(3)
At a Glance
22(1)
Interactive Learning
23(1)
Subjects and Their Uses in Art
24(35)
Iconography
24(1)
Significance
24(1)
Kinds of Subjects
25(2)
Narrative Art
27(2)
The Nude
29(4)
Religious Art
33(6)
Personification and Allegory
39(1)
Genre
40(2)
Portraiture
42(3)
Nature
45(3)
Still Life
48(1)
Protest Art
49(1)
Fantasy Art
50(1)
Abstract and Nonobjective Art
51(1)
Artist at Work: Hieronymous Bosch
52(3)
At a Glance
55(1)
Interactive Learning
56(1)
Critical Analysis: The Nature of Art
57(1)
Is It Art?
57(1)
The Subject
58(1)
II The Visual Elements
Line, Shape, and Mass
59(23)
Line
59(1)
General Characteristics
60(3)
Quality
60(1)
Movement
60(1)
Direction
60(3)
Specialized Lines
63(8)
Contour Lines
63(1)
Architectural and Sculptural Lines
64(1)
Drapery Folds
64(1)
Hatching
65(1)
Calligraphic Lines
65(2)
Implied Lines
67(1)
Figural Movement Lines
68(2)
Compositional Lines
70(1)
Shape and Mass
71(3)
Shape
71(1)
Mass
72(1)
Kinds of Shapes and Masses
73(1)
The Format
74(3)
Figure--Ground Relationship
77(1)
Artist at Work: Helen Frankenthaler
78(3)
At a Glance
81(1)
Interactive Learning
81(1)
Light and Color
82(25)
Light
82(1)
Value
83(1)
Light Source
83(4)
Chiaroscuro
87(2)
Modeling
88(1)
Cast Shadows
88(1)
Tenebrism
89(1)
Reflected Light
89(1)
Color
89(1)
The Spectrum
89(1)
The Color Wheel
90(3)
Complementary Colors
93(1)
Analogous Colors
93(1)
Values of Color
94(1)
Intensity
95(1)
Contrasts
96(1)
The Psychology of Color
97(1)
Artist at Work: Josef Albers
98(5)
Color in Modern Art
103(2)
At a Glance
105(1)
Interactive Learning
106(1)
Surface and Space
107(17)
Different Realities
107(1)
Texture
107(3)
The Illusion of Space
110(1)
Space and Time
111(1)
Space in Different Cultures
112(1)
Methods of Spatial Projection
113(8)
Overlapping and Positioning
113(1)
Diminishing Size
114(1)
Linear Perspective
115(3)
Foreshortening
118(1)
Chiaroscuro
118(1)
Atmospheric Perspective
119(1)
Warm--Cool Color Contrasts
120(1)
Space in Modern Art
121(1)
Artist at Work: Pablo Picasso
122(1)
At a Glance
123(1)
Interactive Learning
123(1)
Principles of Design
124(19)
Design
124(1)
Unity
124(1)
Principles of Design
125(1)
Dominance
125(1)
Consistency With Variety
126(2)
Rhythm
128(1)
Proportions
129(1)
Golden Section Ratios
130(1)
Scale
131(3)
Balance
134(2)
Symmetrical Balance
135(1)
Artist at Work: Michelangelo
136(3)
Asymmetrical Balance
138(1)
At a Glance
139(1)
Interactive Learning
140(1)
Critical Analysis: The Visual Elements
141(1)
Line and Shape
141(1)
Value and Color
141(1)
Texture and Space
142(1)
Principles of Design
142(1)
III The Visual Arts
Drawing
143(20)
The Basic Art
144(1)
A Definition
144(2)
Functions of Drawing
146(5)
Drawings as Studies
147(1)
Drawings as Final Works
148(3)
The Support
151(1)
Drawing Tools
151(1)
Artist at Work: Vija Celmins
152(9)
Metalpoint
154(1)
Pen and Ink
154(2)
Chalk
156(1)
Pastels
156(2)
Brush and Ink
158(1)
Charcoal
159(1)
Pencils
159(1)
Modern Inventions
160(1)
At a Glance
161(1)
Interactive Learning
162(1)
Printmaking
163(20)
The Nature of Printmaking
164(1)
Relief
165(6)
Woodcut
166(1)
Colored Woodcuts
166(2)
Linocut
168(2)
Wood Engraving
170(1)
Intaglio
171(6)
Engraving
171(1)
Drypoint
172(1)
Etching
173(1)
Aquatint
174(3)
Lithography
177(1)
Screen Printing
178(1)
Contemporary Printmaking
179(1)
Artist at Work: Jasper Johns
180(2)
At a Glance
182(1)
Interactive Learning
182(1)
Painting
183(22)
Vehicles and Supports
183(1)
Encaustic
184(2)
Mural and Fresco
186(3)
Egg Tempera
189(3)
Artist at Work: Susan Rothenberg
192(2)
Oil Painting
194(2)
Acrylic
196(1)
Watercolor
196(2)
Gouache
198(1)
Collage
199(1)
Mixed Media
200(1)
Video Art
200(2)
Digital Art
202(2)
At a Glance
204(1)
Interactive Learning
204(1)
Photography
205(19)
Realism in the Nineteenth Century
206(5)
Documentary Realism in the Twentieth Century
211(3)
Fabrication and Manipulation in Early Photography
214(2)
Artist at Work: Carrie Mae Weems
216(2)
Modern Challenges to Realism
218(2)
Creative Possibilities
220(3)
At a Glance
223(1)
Interactive Learning
223(1)
Film
224(16)
The Modern Medium
224(1)
The Nature of Film
224(2)
A Composite Art
226(4)
Artist at Work: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
230(3)
The Language of Film
233(1)
Editing
234(4)
Film Style
238(1)
At a Glance
239(1)
Interactive Learning
239(1)
Sculpture
240(23)
The Nature of Sculpture
240(1)
The Visual Elements in Sculpture
240(2)
A Public Art
242(3)
Imagery
245(2)
Types of Sculpture
247(3)
Traditional Materials and Techniques
250(3)
Modern Trends
253(3)
New Materials
253(2)
Mixed Media
255(1)
Artist at Work: Petah Coyne
256(6)
New Techniques
259(3)
At a Glance
262(1)
Interactive Learning
262(1)
Applications of Design
263(29)
Glassmaking
263(3)
Medieval Stained Glass
263(1)
Tiffany Glass
264(1)
Art Glass
265(1)
The Nature of Craft
266(1)
Fiber Arts
267(4)
Basket Weaving
267(1)
Needlework
268(2)
Tapestry
270(1)
Modern Fiber Art
270(1)
Metalwork
271(1)
Ceramics
272(4)
The Arts and Crafts Movement
276(2)
Industrial Design
278(3)
Graphic Design
281(1)
Typography
282(2)
Artist at Work: Jelly Helm
284(2)
Product Packaging
286(1)
Print Media and Video
286(2)
Posters
288(3)
At a Glance
291(1)
Interactive Learning
291(1)
Architecture
292(31)
The Experience of Architecture
294(1)
A Social Art
295(1)
Vitruvius
296(3)
Proportions
299(3)
Traditional Materials and Construction Techniques
302(5)
Solid Wall Construction
302(1)
Post-and-Lintel System
302(1)
The Classical Orders
302(2)
Arches and Vaults
304(2)
Domes
306(1)
Modern Architectural Techniques
307(3)
Steel Cage and Curtain Wall Construction
307(1)
Reinforced Concrete
308(1)
Cantilevering
309(1)
Suspension
309(1)
Artist at Work: Zaha Hadid
310(2)
Computer-Aided Planning
312(1)
Urban Environment
312(1)
The Automobile and American Cities
313(2)
Suburban American Housing
315(1)
Historic Preservation
316(2)
At a Glance
318(1)
Interactive Learning
318(1)
Critical Analysis: The Visual Arts
319(4)
IV History of World Art
The Ancient and Medieval World
323(45)
Stone Age Art
323(3)
Sumerian Art
326(1)
Egyptian Art
327(3)
Early Chinese Art
330(1)
Minoan Art
331(3)
Greek Art
334(4)
Artist at Work: Phidias
338(3)
Roman Art
341(5)
Art of the Chinese Empire
346(1)
The Medieval World
347(1)
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
347(3)
Buddhist Art
350(2)
Romanesque Art
352(2)
Islamic Art
354(2)
Gothic Art
356(4)
Artist at Work: The Architect in the Middle Ages
360(2)
Hindu Art in Southeast Asia
362(3)
Interactive Learning
365(1)
Timeline: The Ancient and Medieval World
366(2)
Expanding Horizons of World Art
368(47)
Early Renaissance Art
368(3)
Eastern Landscape Art
371(2)
Northern Renaissance Art
373(1)
Italian Renaissance Architecture and Sculpture
374(2)
Late-Fifteenth-Century Painting: Botticelli
376(1)
Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec Art
377(2)
West African Art
379(1)
Italian High Renaissance Art
380(4)
Artist at Work: Leonardo da Vinci
384(3)
Michelangelo
387(2)
Northern High Renaissance Art
389(1)
Spanish Late Renaissance Art: El Greco
389(1)
The Classic House, West and East
390(2)
Baroque Painting
392(2)
Artist at Work: Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
394(3)
Baroque Sculpture
397(1)
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Painting
398(2)
Baroque Architecture
400(2)
Rococo Art
402(2)
Neoclassical Art
404(3)
Romanticism
407(4)
Realism
411(2)
Interactive Learning
413(1)
Timeline: Expanding Horizons of World Art
414(1)
The Early Modern World: 1860 to 1940
415(29)
Late-Nineteenth-Century Painting
415(1)
Impressionism
416(1)
Japanese Art of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
417(1)
Post-Impressionism
418(4)
Post-Impressionist Sculpture: Rodin
422(1)
Late-Nineteenth-Century Architecture
422(2)
Early-Twentieth-Century Architecture
424(2)
Gaudi
424(1)
Wright
425(1)
Artist at Work: Frank Lloyd Wright
426(2)
Early-Twentieth-Century Painting
428(1)
Expressionism
428(2)
Cubism
430(2)
African Art
432(2)
Dada and Surrealism
434(2)
Futurism
436(1)
Constructivism
436(1)
De Stijl: Mondrian
437(1)
Sculpture: Brancusi
438(1)
The Bauhaus
438(2)
Mexican Murals
440(1)
1930s Art
440(2)
Interactive Learning
442(1)
Timeline: Art of the Modern World
443(1)
The Modern World: Since 1940
444(25)
Abstract Expressionism
444(2)
Artist at Work: Jackson Pollock
446(2)
The International Style and Le Corbusier
448(2)
The 1960s: Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art
450(3)
The 1970s: Photo-Realism, Feminism, and Other Trends
453(5)
The 1980s: Post-Modernism
458(3)
The 1990s and Beyond
461(5)
Interactive Learning
466(1)
Critical Analysis: History of World Art
467(1)
French Impressionism and Mary Cassatt (1845--1926)
467(2)
V The Art World
The Art World
469(22)
The Art Market
470(1)
The Institution of Art
471(1)
The Critics
471(1)
Art Galleries
472(2)
Alternatives to the Gallery System
474(2)
Artist at Work: Jeff Koons
476(2)
Collectors
478(1)
Patrons
479(2)
Auction Houses
481(1)
Museums
482(7)
Functions of a Museum
483(1)
The Structure of an Art Museum
484(2)
Conservation
486(1)
Forgeries and Fakes
486(2)
Experiencing Art in a Museum
488(1)
Interactive Learning
489(2)
Notes491(2)
Glossary493(10)
Bibliography503(4)
Index507

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