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Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice

by: Ocvirk, Otto G.; Stinson, Robert E.; Wigg, Philip R.; Bone, Robert O.; Cayton, David L.

Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice

by: Ocvirk, Otto G.; Stinson, Robert E.; Wigg, Philip R.; Bone, Robert O.; Cayton, David L.

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9780072407006
ISBN 10:
007240700X
Edition: 9th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/01/2001
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

(28)

The Vocabulary of Introductory Terms

(2)

The Need and Search for Art

(5)

The Ingredients of Art

(11)

The Three Basic Components of a Work of Art

(1)

Subject

(1)

Form

(1)

Content

(4)

Savoring the Ingredients

(4)

The Ingredients Assembled

(8)

Two-Dimensional Media and Techniques

(2)

The Two-Dimensional Picture Plane

(1)

The Picture Frame

(2)

Positive and Negative Areas

(1)

The Art Elements

(1)

Form

(44)

The Vocabulary of Form

(1)

Form and Visual Ordering

(40)

The Seven Principles of Organization

(1)

Harmony (1)

(17)

Variety (2)

(1)

Balance (3)

(8)

Proportion (4)

(7)

Dominance (5)

(1)

Movement (6)

(2)

Economy (7)

(2)

Space: Result of Elements/Principles

(1)

Form Unity: A Summary

(1)

Line

(20)

The Vocabulary of Line

(1)

Line: The Elementary Means of Communication

(5)

The Physical Characteristics of Line

(3)

Measure

(1)

Type

(1)

Direction

(1)

Location

(1)

Character

(1)

The Expressive Properties of Line

(1)

Line and the Other Art Elements

(5)

Line and Shape

(2)

Line and Value

(1)

Line and Texture

(1)

Line and Color

(1)

The Spatial Characteristics of Line

(1)

Line and Representation

(4)

Shape

(22)

The Vocabulary of Shape

(1)

Introduction to Shape

(1)

The Definition of Shape

(3)

The Use of Shapes

100

(11)

Shape Dimensions

101

(1)

The Illusions of Two-Dimensional Shapes

101

(1)

The Illusions of Three-Dimensional Shapes

102

(4)

Shape and Principles of Design

106

(1)

Balance

106

(1)

Direction

107

(1)

Duration and Relative Dominance

108

(2)

Harmony and Variety

110

(1)

Shapes and the Space Concept

111

(1)

Shape and Content

111

(5)

Value

116

(16)

The Vocabulary of Value

118

(1)

Introduction to Value Relationships

119

(1)

Descriptive Uses of Value

120

(2)

Expressive Uses of Value

122

(5)

Chiaroscuro

123

(2)

Tenebrism

125

(1)

Printmaking Techniques and Value

125

(1)

Decorative Value

126

(1)

Compositional Functions of Value

127

(5)

Value Patterns

129

(2)

Open and Closed Compositions

131

(1)

Texture

132

(14)

The Vocabulary of Texture

134

(1)

Introduction to Texture

135

(1)

Texture and the Visual Arts

135

(2)

The Nature of Texture

137

(1)

Types of Texture

137

(5)

Actual Texture

137

(2)

Simulated Texture

139

(1)

Abstract Texture

140

(1)

Invented Texture

141

(1)

Texture and Pattern

142

(1)

Texture and Composition

143

(2)

Relative Dominance and Movement

143

(1)

Psychological Factors

144

(1)

Texture and Space

145

(1)

Texture and Art Media

145

(1)

Color

146

(34)

The Vocabulary of Color

148

(1)

The Characteristics of Color

149

(24)

Light: The Source of Color

149

(1)

Additive Color

150

(1)

Subtractive Color

151

(1)

Artist's Color Mixing

152

(1)

The Triadic Color System

153

(1)

Neutrals

153

(1)

The Physical Properties of Color

154

(1)

Hue

154

(1)

Value

155

(1)

Intensity

156

(2)

Developing Aesthetic Color Relationships

158

(1)

Complements and Split-Complements

159

(1)

Triads

159

(1)

Tetrads

160

(1)

Analogous and Monochromatic Colors

160

(1)

Warm and Cool Colors

161

(1)

Plastic Colors

161

(1)

Simultaneous Contrast

162

(3)

Color and Emotion

165

(2)

Psychological Application of Color

167

(1)

The Evolution of the Color Wheel

167

(1)

The Origins of Color Systems

168

(1)

The Discovery of Pigment Primaries

168

(1)

The First Triadic Color Wheel

168

(1)

American Educators

168

(1)

The Ostwald Color System

168

(1)

The Munsell Color System

169

(1)

The Subtractive Printing System (Process Color System)

169

(2)

Color Photography

171

(1)

Color Computer Printing

172

(1)

The Discovery of Light Primaries

173

(1)

The Role of Color in Composition

173

(2)

Color Balance

175

(5)

Color and Harmony

175

(2)

Color and Variety

177

(3)

Space

180

(40)

The Vocabulary of Space

182

(1)

Introduction to Space

183

(1)

Spatial Perception

183

(1)

Major Types of Space

183

(2)

Decorative Space

183

(1)

Plastic Space

183

(1)

Divisions of Plastic Space

184

(1)

Shallow Space

184

(1)

Deep and Infinite Space

184

(1)

Spatial Indicators

185

(21)

Sharp and Diminishing Detail

185

(1)

Size

186

(1)

Position

186

(1)

Overlapping

187

(1)

Transparency

187

(1)

Interpenetration

188

(1)

Fractional Representation

188

(1)

Converging Parallels

189

(1)

Linear Perspective

190

(2)

Major Systems of Linear Perspective

192

(7)

Perspective Concepts Applied

199

(3)

The Disadvantages of Linear Perspective

202

(2)

Other Projection Systems

204

(2)

Intuitive Space

206

(1)

The Spatial Properties of the Elements

206

(5)

Line and Space

206

(2)

Shape and Space

208

(1)

Value and Space

208

(1)

Texture and Space

209

(1)

Color and Space

210

(1)

Recent Concepts of Space

211

(1)

The Search for a New Spatial Dimension

211

(9)

Plastic Images

213

(1)

Pictorial Representations of Movement in Time

213

(2)

Motion Pictures

215

(3)

Television

218

(1)

The Computer and Art

218

(1)

Multimedia

219

(1)

The Art of the Third Dimension

220

(28)

The Vocabulary of the Third Dimension

222

(1)

Basic Concepts of Three-Dimensional Art

223

(7)

Sculpture

224

(1)

Other Areas of Three-Dimensional Art

225

(2)

Architecture

227

(1)

Metalwork

228

(1)

Glass Design

228

(1)

Ceramics

228

(2)

Fiberwork

230

(1)

Product Design

230

(1)

The Components of Three-Dimensional Art

230

(18)

Materials and Techniques

230

(1)

Subtraction

231

(1)

Manipulation

231

(1)

Addition

232

(1)

Substitution

232

(1)

The Elements of Three-Dimensional Form

233

(1)

Shape

233

(2)

Value

235

(1)

Space

236

(2)

Texture

238

(1)

Line

238

(1)

Color

239

(1)

Time (The Fourth Dimension)

240

(1)

Principles of Three-Dimensional Order

240

(1)

Harmony and Variety

241

(1)

Balance

242

(1)

Proportion

243

(1)

Economy

243

(1)

Movement

244

(1)

Installations

245

(3)

Content and Style

248

(83)

Introduction to Content and Style

250

(1)

Nineteenth-Century Art

250

(18)

Neoclassicism (c. 1750--1820)

251

(1)

Romantic Art

252

(3)

Beginning of Photography

255

(1)

Realism

256

(2)

Technological Developments in Photography

258

(1)

Impressionism

259

(4)

Post-Impressionism

263

(4)

Photographic Trends

267

(1)

Early Twentieth-Century Art

268

(26)

Expressionism

268

(1)

French Expressionism: The Fauves

269

(1)

German Expressionism

270

(2)

Sculpture in the Early 1900s

272

(2)

Expressionism in the United States

274

(1)

Expressionism in Mexico

274

(1)

Color Photography and Other New Trends

274

(1)

Cubism

275

(3)

Futurism

278

(2)

Abstract Art

280

(1)

Abstract Art in Europe

280

(2)

Abstract Art in the United States

282

(1)

Abstract Sculpture

283

(1)

Abstract and Realist Photography

283

(3)

Fantastic Art

286

(1)

Dadaism

287

(1)

Individual Fantasists

288

(1)

Surrealist Painting

289

(2)

Surrealist Sculpture

291

(1)

Surrealism and Photography

292

(2)

Late Twentieth-Century Art

294

(37)

Abstract-Expressionist Painting

294

(5)

Abstract-Expressionist Sculpture

299

(4)

Abstract-Expressionism and Photography

303

(1)

Kinetic Sculpture

304

(1)

Pop Art and Assemblage

305

(5)

Happenings and Performance or Action Art

310

(1)

Op Art

310

(2)

Minimalism

312

(3)

Environmental Art and Installations

315

(4)

Postmodernism

319

(2)

New Realism (Photorealism)

321

(1)

Process and Conceptual Art

322

(2)

Neo-Expressionism

324

(1)

Feminist Art

325

(2)

Other Trends: Neo-Abstraction, Film Stills, New New Painting

327

(1)

Neo-Abstraction

327

(3)

Film Stills

330

(1)

New New Painting

330

(1)

Chronological Outline of Western Art

331

(5)

Glossary

336

(7)

Bibliography

343

(2)

Index

345

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