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Humanities through The Arts

by: Martin, F. David; Jacobus, Lee A.

Humanities through The Arts

by: Martin, F. David; Jacobus, Lee A.

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9780072407099
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0072407093
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/22/2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Humanities through the Artsis intended for introductory-level, interdisciplinary courses offered across the curriculum in the Humanities, Philosophy, Art, English, Music, and Education departments. Arranged topically by art form from painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture to literature, music, theater, film, and dance. This beautifully illustrated text helps students learn how to actively engage a work of art. The new sixth edition retains the popular focus on the arts as an expression of cultural and personal values.

Preface

xvii

Part I Fundamentals

(68)

The Humanities: An Introduction

(18)

The Humanities: A Study of Values

(2)

Taste

(2)

Responses to Art

(6)

Perception Key: Echo of a Scream

(2)

Perception Key: Siqueiros and Blume

(2)

Perception Key: Guernica

(1)

Perception Key: Composition in White, Black, and Red

(1)

Structure and Artistic Form

(1)

Perception Key: The Eternal City

(1)

Perception

(2)

Perception Key: ``l(a''

(1)

Abstract Ideas and Concrete Images

(3)

Perception Key: ``Piano And Drums''

(1)

Perception Key: ``Africa''

(1)

Summary

(1)

Bibliography

(1)

Internet Resources

(1)

What Is a Work of Art?

(32)

Identifying Art Conceptually

(1)

Perception Key: Identifying a Work of Art

(1)

Identifying Art Perceptually

(1)

Artistic Form

(4)

Perception Key: Goya and Adams

(1)

Participation

(4)

Participation and Artistic Form

(2)

Content

(2)

Perception Key: Goya and Adams Revisited

(1)

Subject Matter

(1)

Subject Matter and Artistic Form

(1)

Participation, Artistic Form, and Content

(1)

Perception Key: Adams, Carter, and Goya

(1)

Artistic Form: Examples

(7)

Perception Key: Comic Strips and Lichtenstein's Transformations (Figures 2-7 through 2-16)

(1)

Perception Key: Comic Strip and Lichtenstein's Transformations, Pair 2

(2)

Perception Key: Comic Strips and Lichtenstein's Transformations, Pairs 3, 4, and 5

(1)

Perception Key: I Can See the Whole Room ... and There's Nobody In It! (Figure 2-7)

(1)

Subject Matter and Content

(5)

Perception Key: The Female Nude

(1)

Summary

(1)

Bibliography

(1)

Internet Resources

(1)

Being a Critic of the Arts

(16)

You Are Already an Art Critic

(1)

Participation and the Critic

(1)

Kinds of Criticism

(1)

Perception Key: Kinds of Criticism

(1)

Descriptive Criticism

(2)

Perception Key: Last Supper

(1)

Detail, Regional, and Structural Relationships

(1)

Perception Key: Detail, Regional, or Structural Dominance

(1)

Interpretive Criticism

(4)

Perception Key: Sullivan and Le Corbusier

(1)

Perception Key: Dickinson's Poem

(2)

Evaluative Criticism

(3)

Perception Key: Evaluative Criticism 1

(2)

Perception Key: Evaluative Criticism 2

(1)

Perception Key: Censorship

(1)

Summary

(1)

Bibliography

(1)

Internet Resources

(2)

Part II The Arts

(312)

Painting

(42)

Perception Key: Your Visual Powers

(2)

The Media of Painting

(1)

Tempera

(2)

Fresco

(1)

Oil

(3)

Watercolor

(1)

Acrylic

(1)

Other Media

(1)

Pigment and Binders

(1)

Elements of Painting

(1)

Line

(6)

Perception Key: Goya, Frankenthaler, and Cezanne

(1)

Perception Key: Fan K'uan

(1)

Color

(2)

Perception Key: Color and Light

(1)

Texture

(1)

Perception Key: Texture

(1)

Composition

(1)

Principles

(1)

Perception Key: Principles of Composition

(1)

Techniques

(1)

Space and Shapes

(2)

Perception Key: Composition

(1)

The Clarity of Painting

(1)

Perception Key: Mont Sainte-Victoire

(1)

The ``All-at-Onceness'' of Painting

(1)

Abstract Painting

(2)

Perception Key: Rothko and Music

(1)

Intensity and Restfulness

(1)

Perception Key: Rothko and O'Keeffe

(1)

Representational Painting

(1)

Comparisons of Paintings

(1)

Interpretation of the Madonna and Child

(7)

Perception Key: Coppo, Cimabue, and Giotto

(6)

Perception Key: Giotto and Parmigianino

104

(1)

Determining the Subject Matter of a Painting

105

(2)

Perception Key: Frankenthaler

105

(2)

Interpretation of the Self: Frida Kahlo, Romaine Brooks, and Rembrandt van Rijn

107

(3)

Perception Key: Three Self-Portraits

108

(2)

Some Painting Styles of the Twentieth Century

110

(1)

Summary

111

(1)

Bibliography

111

(1)

Internet Resources

112

(1)

Sculpture

113

(40)

Sculpture and Touch

113

(1)

Perception Key: Experiment with Touch

113

(1)

Sculpture and Density

114

(1)

Sensory Interconnections

114

(1)

Sculpture and Painting Compared

115

(3)

Perception Key: Rothko and Arp

116

(2)

Sunken-Relief Sculpture

118

(1)

Low-Relief Sculpture

118

(2)

High-Relief Sculpture

120

(1)

Sculpture in the Round

120

(4)

Perception Key: Pieta

122

(2)

Sculpture and Architecture Compared

124

(1)

Sensory Space

125

(1)

Sculpture and the Human Body

126

(1)

Perception Key: Exercise in Drawing and Modeling

127

(1)

Sculpture in the Round and the Human Body

127

(2)

Perception Key: Aphrodite and Venus

128

(1)

Perception Key: David, Pieta, and Aphrodite

129

(1)

Techniques of Sculpture

129

(4)

Contemporary Sculpture

133

(1)

Truth to Materials

133

(2)

Perception Key: Truth to Materials

133

(2)

Space Sculpture

135

(4)

Perception Key: Reclining Figure, Pelagos, and Brussels Construction

136

(3)

Protest against Technology

139

(2)

Accommodation with Technology

141

(1)

Machine Sculpture

142

(1)

Perception Key: Two Lines --- Temporal I and Homage to New York

143

(1)

Earth Sculpture

143

(2)

Perception Key: Earth Sculpture

144

(1)

Sculpture in Public Places

145

(5)

Perception Key: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Tilted Arc, and the Vietnam Women's Memorial

148

(2)

Summary

150

(1)

Bibliography

150

(1)

Internet Resources

151

(2)

Architecture

153

(49)

Centered Space

153

(2)

Space and Architecture

155

(1)

Chartres

155

(3)

Living Space

158

(1)

Perception Key: Buildings

158

(1)

Four Necessities of Architecture

159

(1)

Technical Requirements of Architecture

160

(2)

Perception Key: Parthenon and Chartres

160

(2)

Functional Requirements of Architecture

162

(3)

Perception Key: Form, Function, Content, and Space

162

(2)

Perception Key: Guggenheim Museum

164

(1)

Spatial Requirements of Architecture

165

(1)

Revelatory Requirements of Architecture

165

(4)

Perception Key: September 11, 2001

166

(2)

Perception Key: Values and Architecture

168

(1)

Earth-Rooted Architecture

169

(1)

Site

169

(1)

Gravity

170

(2)

Raw Materials

172

(1)

Perception Key: Architecture and Materials

173

(1)

Centrality

173

(4)

Sky-Oriented Architecture

177

(4)

Perception Key: Sagrada Familia

181

(1)

Axis Mundi

181

(2)

Defiance of Gravity

183

(2)

Perception Key: Architectural Centrality

184

(1)

Integration of Light

185

(2)

Earth-Resting Architecture

187

(1)

Earth-Dominating Architecture

188

(4)

Perception Key: Palazzo Farnese

188

(1)

Perception Key: The National Gallery and the New East Wing

189

(1)

Perception Key: Earth-Dominating Architecture

190

(2)

Combinations of Types

192

(4)

Perception Key: The Palazzo Farnese and the Long Island Federal Courthouse

192

(3)

Perception Key: Gehry and Eisenman

195

(1)

Urban Planning

196

(3)

Perception Key: City Planning

196

(3)

Perception Key: Three Urban Views

199

(1)

Summary

199

(1)

Bibliography

200

(1)

Internet Resources

201

(1)

Literature

202

(31)

Perception Key: Dylan Thomas

204

(1)

Perception Key: ``The Lotus Eaters''

204

(2)

Literary Structures

206

(1)

The Narrative and the Narrator

206

(2)

Perception Key: ``Piano''

207

(1)

Perception Key: ``Paralytic''

208

(1)

The Episodic Narrative

208

(1)

The Organic Narrative

209

(1)

Perception Key: ``Piano'' and ``Paralytic''

210

(1)

The Quest Narrative

210

(2)

Perception Key: The Quest Narrative

211

(1)

The Lyric

212

(6)

Perception Key: ``When I Have Fears . . .''

213

(1)

Perception Key: ``Pied Beauty''

214

(1)

Perception Key: ``A Noiseless Patient Spider''

215

(2)

Perception Key: Varieties of Lyric

217

(1)

Literary Details

218

(1)

Image

218

(2)

Perception Key: Conrad's Youth

218

(2)

Perception Key: John Donne

220

(1)

Perception Key: ``The Retired Official Yuan's High Pavilion''

220

(1)

Metaphor

220

(3)

Perception Key: Shakespeare's 73rd Sonnet

221

(2)

Symbol

223

(3)

Perception Key: ``The Sick Rose''

224

(1)

Perception Key: Crime and Punishment

225

(1)

Diction

226

(4)

Perception Key: ``Upon Julia's Clothes''

227

(1)

Perception Key: The Gettysburg Address and Diction

228

(2)

Perception Key: Psalm 23

230

(1)

Summary

230

(1)

Bibliography

231

(1)

Internet Resources

232

(1)

Drama

233

(27)

Imitation and Realism

233

(3)

Aristotle and the Elements of Drama

236

(1)

Perception Key: Shakespeare and Arthur Miller

236

(1)

Soliloquy and Monologue

237

(1)

Perception Key: The Soliloquy

237

(1)

An Alternative Theory

238

(1)

Perception Key: Hegel

238

(1)

Archetypal Patterns

238

(2)

Perception Key: Archetypes

240

(1)

Genres of Drama: Tragedy

240

(1)

The Tragic Stage

241

(1)

Perception Key: The Proscenium Stage

242

(1)

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

242

(4)

Perception Key: Drama and Music

243

(2)

Perception Key: Tragedy

245

(1)

Comedy: Old and New

246

(3)

Perception Key: Type Characters

247

(2)

Perception Key: Old and New Comedy

249

(1)

Tragicomedy: The Mixed Genre

249

(1)

A Play for Study: The Rising of the Moon

250

(5)

Perception Key: The Rising of the Moon

255

(1)

Experimental Drama

255

(3)

Perception Key: Experimental Drama

258

(1)

Summary

258

(1)

Bibliography

258

(1)

Internet Resources

259

(1)

Music

260

(34)

Hearing and Listening

260

(1)

Perception Key: Hearing and Listening

261

(1)

The Elements of Music

261

(2)

Tone

263

(1)

Consonance

263

(1)

Dissonance

263

(1)

Rhythm

264

(1)

Tempo

264

(1)

Melodic Material: Melody, Theme, and Motive

264

(1)

Counterpoint

265

(1)

Harmony

265

(1)

Dynamics

266

(1)

Contrast

266

(1)

The Subject Matter of Music

267

(1)

Feelings

268

(2)

Two Theories: Formalism and Expressionism

270

(1)

Sound

271

(1)

Perception Key: The Subject Matter of Music

272

(1)

Tonal Center

272

(2)

Perception Key: ``Swing Low, Sweet Chariot''

274

(1)

Musical Structures

274

(1)

Theme and Variations

274

(1)

Rondo

275

(1)

Fugue

275

(1)

Sonata Form

276

(1)

Perception Key: Sonata Form

277

(1)

Fantasia

277

(1)

The Symphony

278

(3)

Perception Key: The Symphony

281

(1)

Beethoven's Symphony in Eb Major, No. 3, Eroica

281

(2)

Listening Key: The Symphony

283

(8)

Perception Key: Movement I

285

(2)

Perception Key: Movement II

287

(1)

Perception Key: Movement III

288

(2)

Perception Key: Movement IV

290

(1)

Perception Key: The Eroica

290

(1)

Summary

291

(1)

Bibliography

292

(1)

Internet Resources

293

(1)

Dance

294

(26)

Subject Matter of Dance

294

(2)

Perception Key: Feeling and Dance

295

(1)

Perception Key: Body Language and States of Mind

296

(1)

Form

296

(1)

Dance and Ritual

297

(1)

Indian Dance

298

(1)

The Zuni Rain Dance

299

(1)

Perception Key: Dance and Contemporary Rituals

300

(1)

Social Dance

300

(1)

Country and Folk Dance

301

(1)

The Court Dance

301

(1)

Perception Key: Social Dance

302

(1)

Ballet

302

(2)

Perception Key: Narrative and Bodily Movement

304

(1)

Swan Lake

304

(3)

Perception Key: Swan Lake

307

(1)

Modern Dance

307

(3)

Perception Key: Pretext and Movement

309

(1)

Alvin Ailey's Revelations

310

(2)

Perception Key: Revelations

312

(1)

Martha Graham

312

(1)

Pilobolus Dance Company

313

(1)

Mark Morris Dance Group

313

(1)

Twyla Tharp

314

(3)

Perception Key: Dance and Television

317

(1)

Summary

317

(1)

Bibliography

317

(1)

Internet Resources

318

(2)

Film

320

(33)

The Subject Matter of Film

320

(1)

Directing and Editing

321

(3)

Perception Key: Techniques of Directing and Editing

324

(1)

The Participative Experience and Film

324

(2)

Perception Key: Film, Drama, Television, and Participation

325

(1)

The Film Image

326

(5)

Perception Key: Godard's Weekend

326

(3)

Perception Key: Still Frames and Photography

329

(2)

Camera Point of View

331

(3)

Perception Key: Camera Vision

332

(1)

Perception Key: Technique and Film

333

(1)

Audience Response to Film

334

(1)

Sound

334

(2)

Perception Key: Sight and Sound

336

(1)

Image and Action

336

(1)

Film Structure

337

(3)

Filmic Meanings

340

(1)

Perception Key: Gesture

340

(1)

The Context of Film History

341

(1)

Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather

342

(1)

The Narrative Structure of The Godfather, Parts I and II

342

(2)

Coppola's Images

344

(1)

Coppola's Use of Sound

345

(1)

The Power of The Godfather

345

(1)

James Cameron's Titanic

345

(3)

Perception Key: Titanic

347

(1)

Experimentation

348

(2)

Perception Key: Make a Film

350

(1)

Summary

350

(1)

Bibliography

351

(1)

Internet Resources

352

(1)

Photography

353

(28)

The Camera before Photography

353

(1)

The Power of Representation

353

(6)

Perception Key: Execution of Lady Jane Grey

354

(3)

Perception Key: Photography and Art

357

(2)

Photography and Painting: The Pictorialists

359

(3)

Perception Key: Pictorialism and Sentimentality

362

(1)

Straight Photography

362

(1)

Stieglitz: Pioneer of Straight Photography

363

(1)

Perception Key: The Steerage

363

(1)

The F/64 Group

364

(3)

Perception Key: O'Sullivan and Adams

366

(1)

The Documentarists

367

(5)

Perception Key: The Documentary Photographers

370

(2)

The Snapshot

372

(4)

Perception Key: Art and Censorship

376

(1)

Color Photography

376

(2)

Perception Key: The Modern Eve

378

(1)

Summary

378

(1)

Bibliography

379

(1)

Internet Resources

379

(2)

Part III Interrelationships

381

(2)

The Interrelationships of the Arts

383

(21)

Appropriation

383

(2)

Perception Key: Opera

384

(1)

Perception Key: Architecture

385

(1)

Synthesis

385

(3)

Perception Key: Cage, Cunningham, and Rauschenberg

385

(1)

Perception Key: Music and Poetry

386

(1)

Perception Key: Literature

386

(1)

Perception Key: Painting and Sculpture

387

(1)

Interpretation

388

(1)

Film Interprets Literature: Howards End

388

(3)

Perception Key: Howards End

391

(1)

Music Interprets Drama: The Marriage of Figaro

391

(3)

Perception Key: Beaumarchais' and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

394

(1)

Poetry Interprets Painting: The Starry Night

394

(3)

Perception Key: Fagles' and Sexton's ``The Starry Night''

397

(1)

Sculpture Interprets Poetry: Apollo and Daphne

397

(2)

Perception Key: Ovid's The Metamorphoses and Bernini's Apollo and Daphne

399

(1)

Painting Interprets Dance and Music: The Dance and Music

399

(3)

Perception Key: Painting and the Interpretation of The Dance and Music

401

(1)

Perception Key: Death in Venice: Three Versions

401

(1)

Summary

402

(1)

Bibliography

403

(1)

Internet Resources

403

(1)

Is It Art or Something Like It?

404

(41)

Perception Key: Theories

406

(1)

Illustration

407

(1)

Realism

407

(1)

Perception Key: Woman with a Purse

408

(1)

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