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zurückLearn how to set up and operate a sound system that helps musicians deliver the best possible performances. In this book, Mike Sokol shares more than 25 years of experience in performance, recording and sound reinforcement, presenting never-before-published techniques for delivering the best possible sound in both live performance and recording studios. Understand selection and placement of speakers, amplifiers, microphones, pickups and other critical components. Discover what you need to know about effects, sound processing, monitors and mixing boards. Walk step-by-step through preparing for a performance, recording performances, even mastering and manufacturing cassettes and CDs for maximum sound quality. Quite simply, this is the book every sound engineer and acoustic musician has been waiting for.
For a one-/two- semester survey course in Introduction to Humanities.
Exceptionally student-friendly, extensively illustrated, and engagingly thought-provoking, this one-volume historical survey of the humanities is accessible-and inviting-to students with little background in the arts and humanities. Carefully balanced among the major arts, philosophy, and religion and finely focused on selected principal events, styles, movements, and figures, it brings the past to life by including authentic documents from daily life, comparative global perspectives, and examples from literature, philosophy, music-including the contributions of women and minority artists. A wealth of critical thinking, writing, and discussion activities helps students make aesthetic and philosophical judgments, synthesize and compare topics, and discover the humanities' rich connections to their own lives.
Black and white photography is the oldest and most enduring form of photography. It is also one of more popular forms of photography today. It is both a starting point for those new to photography who want to learn the nuts and bolts of taking pictures, as well as a specialized art form that enables shutterbugs to capture the emotions of their subjects-live or inanimate. Alpha Teach Yourself Black and White Photography in 24 Hours will be the aspiring hobbyist's or professional's best first book on photography, providing them with both the technical and creative skills needed to master the basics of photography and maximize the unique characteristics of black and white film.
For survey courses in American art that span ancient Indian cultures to the present.
American Encounters is a long-awaited dynamic new narrative of the history of American art that focuses on historical encounters among diverse cultures, upon broad structural transformations such as the rise of the middle classes and the emergence of consumer and mass culture, and on the fluid exchanges between "high" art and vernacular expression. The text emphasizes the intersections among cultures and populations, as well as the influences, borrowings, and appropriations that have enriched and vitalized our collective cultural heritage.
There was a readily perceived need for an up-to-date survey of American art that addressed the thematic, cultural, and historical concerns of the field in the 21st century. American Encounters offers a new narrative of American art organized around the theme of cross-cultural exchanges. It locates America at the cross-roads of cultural encounters between Asia, Africa, Europe, and the New World, for over five centuries. The authors do not treat traditions separately, rather they explore how peoples and cultures encounter and influence each other and then evolve based on an exchange of ideas, materials etc.
For undergraduate levels in survey of American art courses and introductory American studies courses.
Drawing on socio-economic and political studies as well as histories of religion, science, literature, and popular culture, this book explores the diverse, conflicted history of American art and architecture within the United States from the European voyages of discovery and colonial conquest to the present dawn of a new millennium. Thematically interrelating the visual arts to other material artifacts and cultural practices, the text examines how artists and architects produced artwork that visually expressed various social and political values.
This new edition of Architectural Drawing and Light Construction, a classic in the field, has been updated to include new methods, materials, and media. This text serves as an excellent introduction to the fields of architectural drawing and construction. It covers drafting and drawing principles, light frame construction principles, and the building design documentation process. The text covers both manual drawing techniques and the use of computer-aided design and drafting software to create drawings.
The text presents the concepts with easy-to-follow text and numerous illustrations to highlight and provide examples of key concepts.
Other features of this text include:For History of Architecture courses in departments of Art, Design, Art History and Architecture.
Moving back and forth between the long view of historical trends and close-ups on major works and crucial architectural themes, this insightful, lively and original modern survey reinvigorates conventional period and thematic structures of architectural history and revitalizes the canon of great buildings. Designed to help students understand and appreciate great architecture and its history, the lavishly illustrated text explains specific qualities of periods in depth and the complex illuminating differences between them in social, intellectual, and aesthetic terms. Exceptionally detailed coverage of the modern age (18th century to the present).
For courses in Renaissance Art.
Through close examination of Renaissance paintings, drawings, book illustrations, and other art works, Patricia Fortini Brown brings fourteenth and fifteenth century Venice alive. She explores the role of the guilds and the nobility, the unique island setting, the environment of the church and the private home, the political rivalries with other states, the taste for symbols and metaphors, the myriad qualities that made Venice distinct and its art unique. Carefully interweaving art-historical analysis of individual works (both famous and little-known) with rich contextual discussions, she reveals a culture of high beauty, artifice, and craftsmanship.
This book explores the role of the guilds and the nobility, the unique island setting, the environment of the church and the private home, the political rivalries with other states, the taste for symbols and metaphors, the myriad qualities that made Venice distinct and its art unique. Carefully interweaving art-historical analysis of individual works (both famous and little-known) with rich contextual discussions, it reveals a culture of high beauty, artifice, and craftsmanship.
For Non-Western Art, Humanities, or Culture and Religion courses.
Differing from the traditional Non-Western art study, this one-volume review is more systematic and detailed in the establishment of cultural and ideological contexts and provides a link between the philosophy behind the piece and its appearance or style. The text goes beyond the mere description of style to show how style works in concert with the cultural context to create meaning in art. The text also provides students with an efficient and workable educational tool with which to study art from nearly two thirds of the world.
For Non-Western Art, Humanities, or Culture and Religion courses.
This one-volume survey provides students with detailed and systematic coverage of Non-Western art via coverage of the cultural and ideological contexts in which art was created.
Michael Kampen-O'Riley created this text to serve as the market's first dedicated survey of Non-Western art. Rather than mere descriptions of the various styles, Kampen-O'Riley provides detailed analysis of each major style within its cultural context, through which students can derive the meaning of works of art in each style. The text also provides students with an efficient educational tool with which to study art from nearly two thirds of the world.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Exceptional in scholarship and pedagogically in tune with the needs of today's students-rich but never effete-Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is the art history text of choice for a new generation of teachers and students. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginning students in a positive and sympathetic manner to the works of all artists. This includes women and artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions in addition to those of Western Europe and the United States. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
Renowned for its authorship,scholarship and pedagogy, Art History has quickly become a leading title the art history market. Engaging and accessible, Stokstad's Art History gives students rich cultural and social contexts for art, along with eloquent explanations of art's formal qualities and particular terminology. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginners to the works of all artists in all media in a positive and sympathetic manner. Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
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For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORYthe choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art.
This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts.
Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape.
Art History Portable Edition offers exactly the same content as Art History, Fourth Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Portable editions:
0205790917 Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art Chapters 1-6
0205790925 Art History Portable Edition, Book 2: Medieval Art Chapters 7, 8, 14-17
0205790933 Art History Portable Edition, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One Chapters 8-13
0205790941 Art History Portable Edition, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art Chapters 17-22
020579095X Art History Portable Edition, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two Chapters 23-28
0205790968 Art History Portable Edition, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century Chapters 29-32
Portable Edition value packages Global Art History Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004601 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6
0205004628 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3
0205004644 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6
020500461X Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
0205004636 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3 with MyArtsLab
0205004652 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
Portable Edition value packages for Western Art Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004679 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6
0205004695 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2
0205004741 Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6
0205004687 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
0205004709 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2 with MyArtsLab Access Code
020500475X Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
Please visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/stokstad4e/ for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World
Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World
Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World-Part I can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World-Part I can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World
Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World
Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century can be used for such courses as:
Book 1: Art History: Ancient Art
Book 2: Art History: Medieval Art
Book 3: Art History: A View of the World, Part One: Asian, African, and Islamic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 4: Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art
Book 5: Art History: A View of the World, Part Two: Asian, African, and Oceanic Art and Art of the Americas
Book 6: Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORYthe choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art.
This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts.
Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape.
Art History Portable Edition offers exactly the same content as Art History, Fourth Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Portable editions:
0205790917 Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art Chapters 1-6
0205790925 Art History Portable Edition, Book 2: Medieval Art Chapters 7, 8, 14-17
0205790933 Art History Portable Edition, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One Chapters 8-13
0205790941 Art History Portable Edition, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art Chapters 17-22
020579095X Art History Portable Edition, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two Chapters 23-28
0205790968 Art History Portable Edition, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century Chapters 29-32
Portable Edition value packages Global Art History Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004601 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6
0205004628 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3
0205004644 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6
020500461X Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
0205004636 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3 with MyArtsLab
0205004652 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
Portable Edition value packages for Western Art Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004679 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6
0205004695 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2
0205004741 Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6
0205004687 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
0205004709 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2 with MyArtsLab Access Code
020500475X Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
Please visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/stokstad4e/ for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORYthe choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art.
This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts.
Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape.
Art History Portable Edition offers exactly the same content as Art History, Fourth Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Portable editions:
0205790917 Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art Chapters 1-6
0205790925 Art History Portable Edition, Book 2: Medieval Art Chapters 7, 8, 14-17
0205790933 Art History Portable Edition, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One Chapters 8-13
0205790941 Art History Portable Edition, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art Chapters 17-22
020579095X Art History Portable Edition, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two Chapters 23-28
0205790968 Art History Portable Edition, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century Chapters 29-32
Portable Edition value packages Global Art History Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004601 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6
0205004628 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3
0205004644 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6
020500461X Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
0205004636 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3 with MyArtsLab
0205004652 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
Portable Edition value packages for Western Art Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004679 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6
0205004695 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2
0205004741 Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6
0205004687 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
0205004709 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2 with MyArtsLab Access Code
020500475X Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
Please visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/stokstad4e/ for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORYthe choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art.
This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts.
Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape.
Art History Portable Edition offers exactly the same content as Art History, Fourth Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Portable editions:
0205790917 Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art Chapters 1-6
0205790925 Art History Portable Edition, Book 2: Medieval Art Chapters 7, 8, 14-17
0205790933 Art History Portable Edition, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One Chapters 8-13
0205790941 Art History Portable Edition, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art Chapters 17-22
020579095X Art History Portable Edition, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two Chapters 23-28
0205790968 Art History Portable Edition, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century Chapters 29-32
Portable Edition value packages Global Art History Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004601 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6
0205004628 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3
0205004644 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6
020500461X Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
0205004636 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3 with MyArtsLab
0205004652 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
Portable Edition value packages for Western Art Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004679 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6
0205004695 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2
0205004741 Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6
0205004687 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
0205004709 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2 with MyArtsLab Access Code
020500475X Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
Please visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/stokstad4e/ for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORYthe choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art.
This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts.
Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape.
Art History Portable Edition offers exactly the same content as Art History, Fourth Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Portable editions:
0205790917 Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art Chapters 1-6
0205790925 Art History Portable Edition, Book 2: Medieval Art Chapters 7, 8, 14-17
0205790933 Art History Portable Edition, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One Chapters 8-13
0205790941 Art History Portable Edition, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art Chapters 17-22
020579095X Art History Portable Edition, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two Chapters 23-28
0205790968 Art History Portable Edition, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century Chapters 29-32
Portable Edition value packages Global Art History Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004601 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6
0205004628 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3
0205004644 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6
020500461X Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
0205004636 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3 with MyArtsLab
0205004652 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
Portable Edition value packages for Western Art Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004679 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6
0205004695 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2
0205004741 Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6
0205004687 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
0205004709 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2 with MyArtsLab Access Code
020500475X Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
Please visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/stokstad4e/ for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORYthe choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art.
This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts.
Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape.
Art History Portable Edition offers exactly the same content as Art History, Fourth Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability. The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art. Each book is available individually, making them ideal for courses focused on individual periods.
Portable editions:
0205790917 Art History Portable Edition, Book 1: Ancient Art Chapters 1-6
0205790925 Art History Portable Edition, Book 2: Medieval Art Chapters 7, 8, 14-17
0205790933 Art History Portable Edition, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One Chapters 8-13
0205790941 Art History Portable Edition, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art Chapters 17-22
020579095X Art History Portable Edition, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two Chapters 23-28
0205790968 Art History Portable Edition, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century Chapters 29-32
Portable Edition value packages Global Art History Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004601 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6
0205004628 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3
0205004644 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6
020500461X Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3,4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
0205004636 Art History, Portable Editions Books 1,2,3 with MyArtsLab
0205004652 Art History, Portable Editions Books 4,5,6 with MyArtsLab
Portable Edition value packages for Western Art Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
0205004679 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6
0205004695 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2
0205004741 Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6
0205004687 Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
0205004709 First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2 with MyArtsLab Access Code
020500475X Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code
Please visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/stokstad4e/ for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Exceptional in scholarship and pedagogically in tune with the needs of today's students-rich but never effete-Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is the art history text of choice for a new generation of teachers and students. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginning students in a positive and sympathetic manner to the works of all artists. This includes women and artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions in addition to those of Western Europe and the United States. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Based on more than forty years that Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public, she found that the first goal of an introductory course should be to nurture an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. She firmly believes that students and lay readers can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.
Marilyn Stokstad offers students the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive western art history survey.
Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West contains chapters 1-8, 14-22 and 29-32 from Stokstad, Art History, 3/e, 2008.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/arthistory for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Volume I covers Prehistoric Art in Europe through Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe.
Based on more than forty years that Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public, she found that the first goal of an introductory course should be to nurture an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. She firmly believes that students and lay readers can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.
Marilyn Stokstad offers students the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive western art history survey.
Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West contains chapters 1-8, 14-22 and 29-32 from Stokstad, Art History, 3/e, 2008.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/arthistory for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Volume II covers Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe through The International Scene Since 1945.
Based on more than forty years that Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public, she found that the first goal of an introductory course should be to nurture an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. She firmly believes that students and lay readers can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.
Marilyn Stokstad offers students the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive western art history survey.
Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West contains chapters 1-8, 14-22 and 29-32 from Stokstad, Art History, 3/e, 2008.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/arthistory for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Based on more than forty years that Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public, she found that the first goal of an introductory course should be to nurture an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. She firmly believes that students and lay readers can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.
Marilyn Stokstad offers students the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive global art history survey.
Also available in a Western Art Versions:
Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West
Combined Volume
ISBN: 0132250675
Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West
Volume I
ISBN: 0131566105
Stokstad, Art History: A View of the West
Volume II
ISBN: 013156577X
Please visit www.prenhall.com/arthistory for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Exceptional in scholarship and pedagogically in tune with the needs of today's students-rich but never effete-Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is the art history text of choice for a new generation of teachers and students. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginning students in a positive and sympathetic manner to the works of all artists. This includes women and artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions in addition to those of Western Europe and the United States. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive art history survey text on the market. These hallmarks make ART HISTORYthe choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art.
This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition, and that they should foster an enthusiastic, as well as an educated, public for the visual arts.
Like its predecessors, this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population. Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape.
Also available in two volumes:
Stokstad, Art History, Volume 1; ISBN 0205744206 Chapters 1-17
Stokstad, Art History, Volume 2; ISBN 0205744214 Chapters 17-32
Portable editions:
Stokstad, Art History, Book 1: Ancient Art; ISBN 0205790917 Chapters 1-6
Stokstad, Art History, Book 2: Medieval Art; ISBN 0205790925 Chapters 7, 8, 14-17
Stokstad, Art History, Book 3: A View of the World, Part One; ISBN 0205790933 Chapters 8-13
Stokstad, Art History, Book 4: 14th - 17th Century Art; ISBN 0205790941 Chapters 17-22
Stokstad, Art History, Book 5: A View of the World, Part Two; ISBN 020579095X Chapters 23-28
Stokstad, Art History, Book 6: 18th - 21st Century; ISBN 0205790968 Chapters 29-32
Portable Edition value packages Global Art History Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
Books 1-6; ISBN XXX
Books 1-3; ISBN XXX
Books 4-6: ISBN XXX
Books 1-6 with MyArtsLab Access Code; ISBN XXX
Books 1-3 with MyArtsLab Access Code; ISBN XXX
Books 4-6 with MyArtsLab Access Code: ISBN XXX
Portable Edition value packages for Western Art Courses with and without MyArtsLab Access Code:
Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6: XXX
First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2: XXX
Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6: XXX
Comprehensive survey of Western Art; Books 1, 2, 4, 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code: XXX
First semester of Western Art Survey; Books 1 and 2 with MyArtsLab Access Code: XXX
Second semester of Western Art Survey; Books 4 and 6 with MyArtsLab Access Code: XXX
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0205795587 Art History, Volume 2, Books a la Carte Edition, 4/e
0205795617 Art History, Volume 2, Books a la Carte Plus MyArtsLab, 4/e
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0205001890 Art History, Volume 1, CourseSmart eTextbook, 4/e
0205001904 Art History, Volume 2, CourseSmart eTextbook, 4/e
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/arthistory4 moreinformation and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
Exceptional in scholarship and pedagogically in tune with today's students, this is the art history text of choice for a new generation of teachers and students. Presenting a broad view of art from prehistory through the Gothic Age, it sympathetically and positively introduces beginning students to the works of all artists. This includes women, artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions, as well as those of Western Europe and the United States. The new edition contains even more full-color reproductions, larger images, redrawn maps and timelines, and new photographs and higher quality images. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Exceptional in scholarship and pedagogically in tune with today's students - rich but never effete - this is the art history text of choice for a new generation of teachers and students. Presenting a broad view of art from the early Renaissance in Europe through the Avant Garde since 1945, it sympathetically and positively introduces beginning students to the works of all artists. This includes women, artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions, as well as those of Western Europe and the United States. The new edition contains even more full-color reproductions, larger images, redrawn maps and timelines, and new photographs and higher quality images. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Volume I covers Prehistoric Art in Europe through Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe.
Based on more than forty years that Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public, she found that the first goal of an introductory course should be to nurture an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. She firmly believes that students and lay readers can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.
Marilyn Stokstad offers students the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive global art history survey.
Also available in a Western Art Versions:
Stokstad, Art History: A View From the West
Combined Volume
ISBN: 0132250675
Stokstad, Art History: A View From the West
Volume I
ISBN: 0131566105
Stokstad, Art History: A View From the West
Volume II
ISBN: 013156577X
Please visit www.prenhall.com/arthistory for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Volume II covers Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe through The International Scene Since 1945.
Based on more than forty years that Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public, she found that the first goal of an introductory course should be to nurture an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. She firmly believes that students and lay readers can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.
Marilyn Stokstad offers students the most student-friendly, contextual, and inclusive global art history survey.
Also available in a Western Art Versions:
Stokstad, Art History: A View From the West
Combined Volume
ISBN: 0132250675
Stokstad, Art History: A View From the West
Volume I
ISBN: 0131566105
Stokstad, Art History: A View From the West
Volume II
ISBN: 013156577X
Please visit www.prenhall.com/arthistory for more information and to view a video from author, Marilyn Stokstad, to see a chapter from the book and an online demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Exceptional in scholarship and pedagogically in tune with the needs of today's students-rich but never effete-Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is the art history text of choice for a new generation of teachers and students. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginning students in a positive and sympathetic manner to the works of all artists. This includes women and artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions in addition to those of Western Europe and the United States. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey, Global Art History, and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
Exceptional in scholarship and pedagogically in tune with the needs of today's students-rich but never effete-Marilyn Stokstad's Art History is the art history text of choice for a new generation of teachers and students. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginning students in a positive and sympathetic manner to the works of all artists. This includes women and artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions in addition to those of Western Europe and the United States. Balancing both the traditions of art history and new trends of the present, Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
This undergraduate text covers the standard (old and new) methodological approaches to art history, in a clear, direct and understandable way.
For freshman/senior-level courses in Art History, Introduction to Humanities, Critical Theory in the Humanities, Theory and Methodology, and Art Appreciation.
Written in jargon-free, reader-friendly language, this is one of the first volumes to make art historical theory accessible to those at the introductory level.
For upper-level undergraduate courses in Italian Renaissance Art.
For upper-level undergraduate courses in Italian Renaissance Art.
"Art mattered in the Renaissance... People expected painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual art to have a meaningful effect on their lives," write the authors of this important new look at Italian Renaissance art.
A glance at the pages of Art in Renaissance Italy shows at once its freshness and breadth of approach, which includes thorough explanation into how and why works of art, buildings, prints, and other forms of visual production came to be. The authors also discuss how men and women of the Renaissance regarded art and artists, why works of Renaissance art look the way they do, and what this means to us. Unlike other books on the subject, this one covers not only Florence and Rome, but also Venice and the Veneto, Assisi, Siena, Milan, Pavia, Padua, Mantua, Verona, Ferrara, Urbino, and Naples-each governed in a distinctly different manner, every one with individual, political, and social structures that inevitably affected artistic styles. Spanning more than three centuries, the narrative brings to life the rich tapestry of Italian Renaissance society and the art that is its enduring legacy. Throughout, special features, including textual sources from the period and descriptions of social rituals, evoke and document the people and places of this dynamic age.
For introductory courses in art history that include a survey of Italian Renaissance art. It may also appeal to the general reader interested in art history, especially the Renaissance.
This text combines a discussion of history and art as it focuses on the smaller courts of Mantua, Ferrara, Naples, and Urbino that produced an extraordinary amount of great art. The book presents the work created there as the culmination of the desire of princes and dukes wishing to show the world their magnificence as rulers and their virtue as leaders of culture.
Highly illustrated, and part of the Perspectives series, this book discusses the art of Rome in the Renaissance in the context of its patronage. Suitable for undergraduates who have completed intoductory courses in art history, final year students, and specialised courses.
For undergraduate Foundation, Fine Arts, Illustration, and Graphic Design courses in Basic or Advanced Drawing.
More a "how-to-see-it" than a "how-to-do-it" book, The Art of Responsive Drawing, 6E explores the disguises and characteristics of shapes and forms in nature, and it examines the visual elements and the relational, moving, and emotive forces that constitute the language of drawing. Clear and objective, it offers an intensive examination of vital drawing processes and concepts, an in-depth analysis of exceptional drawings by old and contemporary artists, and suggested exercises to enhance students' grasp of important measurable and dynamic phenomena.
For one semester courses in Art Appreciation or Introduction to Art.
This best-selling exploration of traditional and contemporary art and artistic media focuses on art as seen from the artist's point of view, treating artistic techniques and introductory aesthetic principles. It is a clear, concise presentation with illustrations and a strong emphasis on the elements and media.
For one semester courses in Art Appreciation or Introduction to Art.
The Art of Seeing explores traditional and contemporary art and artistic media focusing on art as seen from the artist's point of view. The book introduces students to artistic techniques and introductory aesthetic principles. It provides clear, concise presentation, superb illustrations, and strong emphasis on the elements and media.
For one semester courses in Art Appreciation or Introduction to Art.
The Art of Seeing explores traditional and contemporary art and artistic media focusing on art as seen from the artist's point of view. The book introduces students to artistic techniques and introductory aesthetic principles. It provides clear, concise presentation, superb illustrations, and strong emphasis on the elements and media.
For one-semester Art History and Art Appreciation courses.
Authoritative and substantive-yet accessible-Art Past, Art Present, 6th edition looks at the historical and cultural contexts of art works and architecture around the world from prehistoric times to the 20th century.
The authors recognized the need for an easy-to-use format that is accessible for both teachers and students. Each topic in Art Past, Art Present is organized into two- and four-page units and provides a clear and concise treatment of a select number of artworks, making it easier for instructors to focus on what is important and for students to learn.
For one-semester Art History and Art Appreciation courses.
Authoritative and substantive-yet accessible-this text looks at the historical and cultural contexts of art works and architecture around the world from prehistoric times to the 20th century-with detailed and informative analyses of art, artists, patrons, and techniques. A unique chronological presentation in compact topical units offers an exceptionally easy-to-use format-with general period/style introductions followed by self-contained sections on a selected number of specific representative pieces. The global focus emphasizes the diversity and commonality of human experience.
For one-semester Art History and Art Appreciation courses.
Authoritative and substantive-yet accessible-Art Past, Art Present, 6th edition looks at the historical and cultural contexts of art works and architecture around the world from prehistoric times to the 20th century.
The authors recognized the need for an easy-to-use format that is accessible for both teachers and students. Each topic in Art Past, Art Present is organized into two- and four-page units and provides a clear and concise treatment of a select number of artworks, making it easier for instructors to focus on what is important and for students to learn.
For one-semester Art History and Art Appreciation courses.
Authoritative and substantive-yet accessible-Art Past, Art Present, 6th edition looks at the historical and cultural contexts of art works and architecture around the world from prehistoric times to the 20th century.
The authors recognized the need for an easy-to-use format that is accessible for both teachers and students. Each topic in Art Past, Art Present is organized into two- and four-page units and provides a clear and concise treatment of a select number of artworks, making it easier for instructors to focus on what is important and for students to learn.
For a one/two-semester, undergraduate-level course on Postwar Art.
Exceptionally comprehensive and authoritative, this extensively illustrated survey of art since 1940 stresses the individuality of the artists in relation to their political, social, and cultural contexts, and focuses on the meaning of the major works and innovations.
For a one/two-semester, undergraduate-level course on Postwar Art.
Exceptionally comprehensive and authoritative, this extensively illustrated survey of art since 1940 stresses the individuality of the artists in relation to their political, social, and cultural contexts, and focuses on the meaning of the major works and innovations.
ABOUT THE COVER:
The premise of this book is that artists use their art to think about their experience; it gives them a language in which to work out a way of existing in the world. The front and back of the cover are illustrated with some of the great artists featured in the book doing their work.
FRONT COVER:
1. Yoko Ono in the first performance of Cut Piece, Yamaichi Hall, Kyoto, 1964
photo courtesy Lenono Photo Archive © Yoko Ono
2. Ann Hamilton wearing her 1984 # 13: Toothpick Suitchair
photo courtesy Ann Hamilton Studio
3. Josef Beuys lecturing with a blackboard, New York, 1974
photo photo by Peter Moore © Estate of Peter Moore/ VAGA, New York
4. Ilya Kabakov performing The Walk with Ilya Kabakov, Moscow, circa 1980
photo © Yuri Rost
5. Christo and Jeanne-Claude talking to workers at The Gates assembly plant in Queens, N.Y., February 2005 photo Wolfgang Volz
6. Jackson Pollock painting, East Hampton, N.Y., 1950
© The Pollock-Krasner Foundation ARS, NY and DACS, London 2010 , photo by Hans Namuth. Courtesy Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Photograph © Hans Namuth Estate
SPINE:
7 Cai Guo-Qiang in The Century with Mushroom Clouds-Projects for the 20th Century, 1996
Photograph by Hiro Ihara, courtesy of the artist
BACK COVER:
8. Roxy Paine welding Conjoined, Madison Park, N.Y.C., 2007
photo © Sofia M. Paine
9. Louise Bourgeois at home working on her mixed media sculpture Confrontation, New York, 1982
photo Inge Morath, courtesy Louise Bourgeois Studio/© Louise Bourgeois. DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2010
10. Andy Warhol during the filming of Lupe Velez (portrayed by Edie Sedgwick) in the home of Panna Grady at the Dakota apartment building, New York, 1965
photo © Nat Finkelstein
11. Kerry James Marshall drawing, Chicago, 2009
photo by J. Fineberg
12. David Smith welding, Bolton Landing, 1952
photo © John Stewart
13. Robert Arneson, modeling a self portrait, Benicia, California, 1978
Photo courtesy and © estate of Robert Arneson/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2010
This book provides over 200 ready-to-use art activities to keep each students absorbed in the world of color and design for the entire school year.
Marilyn Stokstads brief introduction is based on the belief that art books should nurture and grow the publics enthusiasm for the arts. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.
Drawing on 40 years of experience of presenting art to the public, Stokstad has produced a sensitive, engaging, and comprehensive book that looks at art in all of its diversity, from paintings and architecture to tapestries, jewelry and electronic art. The book includes art from all over the world and treats the subject within the essential contexts of history, geography, sociology, politics, religion, and other arts being made at the time.
A comprehensive, definitive, extensively illustrated introduction to the history of world art and architecture - from ancient to modern times - this bestselling, authoritative survey provides an understanding of art as art, and art achievements as a factor in human cultural history. Co-published with Harry N. Abrams Inc., the 4 color reproduction quality is better than ever.
For one/two-semester survey courses in Art History and World Art; courses in Art Appreciation and Studio or Design courses.
This text serves as a brief introduction to the history of art, reflecting new interests and issues, expanding the topic to include women and minorities, and showing media and techniques other than painting, sculpture, and architecture. Written without art historical or aesthetic jargon, Art: A Brief History is visually appealing as well as intellectually stimulating, and is aimed at the new generation of students and instructors.
For Art Appreciation, Art for Non-Majors, and Introduction to Art.
Introducing students to the theory, practice, and history of art-and emphasizing art's impact on everyday life-Artforms is known for its accurate color reproductions, clean design, and meticulous editing style. Newest co-author, Patrick Frank, brings expertise in Modern and contemporary art, Islamic art and architecture and Latin American art. The Seventh Edition now builds a bridge to the digital world with a CD-ROM containing feature artist interviews included free with each copy of the text.
For courses in Art Appreciation, Art courses for non-majors, and one-semester Introduction to Art classes.
This visually attractive text features elegant design, high quality reproductions, and a down-to-earth, jargon-free presentation. Introducing students to the theory, practice, and history of art-while emphasizing its impact on everyday life-this revised seventh edition now links the text to the new accompanying CD-ROM.
For courses in Art Appreciation, Art courses for non-majors, and one-semester Introduction to Art classes.
This visually attractive text features elegant design, high quality reproductions, and a down-to-earth, jargon-free presentation. Introducing students to the theory, practice, and history of art-while emphasizing its impact on everyday life-this revised seventh edition now links the text to the new accompanying CD-ROM.
A main text or supplement for courses in Art History or Art Appreciation.
Written by an eminent authority in the field, this text teaches the history of art through the history of the artist - exploring the broad range of artist-types, surveying the roles and social status of artists, and revealing how the various artistic roles are alive and active today.
Richly illustrated, beautifully designed, and engaging, this introduction to the humanities offers a thorough yet accessible integrated exploration of Western civilization's cultural heritage -- with an emphasis on cultural achievements in the arts of literature, philosophy, religion, painting, music, sculpture, and architecture. Multi-cultural in approach and organized chronologically from the Renaissance to the present, it provides an historical (political, economic, and social) and cultural framework to help students understand how cultural achievements emerged from a specific time and place and how, in some instances, they reflected non-Western influences.
For one-/two-semester courses in Introduction to Humanities and Cultural Studies. Volumes I and II contain literature selections at the end of each chapter. The Combined Volume does not contain literature selections.
This text is richly illustrated, beautifully designed, and engaging. It offers an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage. Students move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. Divided into 13 chapters, Volume I provides students with a historical political, economic, and social framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from prehistoric culture to the Renaissance time period. Timelines, maps, four-color and two-color illustrations, and a variety of unique "interrelationship" boxes help students make important interdisciplinary and cross-cultural connections, and help them relate the richness and meaning of the past to their own lives in the present.
Richly illustrated, beautifully designed, and engaging, this introduction to the humanities offers a thorough yet accessible integrated exploration of Western civilization's cultural heritage -- with an emphasis on cultural achievements in the arts of literature, philosophy, religion, painting, music, sculpture, and architecture. Multi-cultural in approach and organized chronologically from prehistory to the Renaissance, it provides an historical, (political, economic, socially) and cultural framework to help students understand how cultural achievements emerged from a specific time and place and how, in some instances, they reflected non-Western influences.
For one-/two-semester courses in Introduction to Humanities and Cultural Studies. Volumes I and II contain literature selections at the end of each chapter; the Combined volume does not contain literature selections.
This text is richly illustrated, beautifully designed, and engaging. It offers an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage. Students move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. Divided into 12 chapters, the text provides students with a historical political, economic, and social framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from the Early Renaissance in Italy to 20th-century America. Timelines, maps, four-color and two-color illustrations, and a variety of unique "interrelationship" boxes help students make important interdisciplinary and cross-cultural connections, and help them relate the richness and meaning of the past to their own lives in the present.
For one-/two-semester courses in Introduction to Humanities and Cultural Studies. Volumes I and II contain literature selections at the end of each chapter. The Combined Volume does not contain literature selections.
This text is richly illustrated, beautifully designed and engaging. It offers an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage. Students move chronologically through major periods and styles to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. In 24 chapters, the Combined Volume provides students with a historical political, economic, and social framework to contextualize these achievements within a specific time and place, from prehistoric culture to 20th Century America. Timelines, maps, four-color and two-color illustrations, and a variety of unique "interrelationship" boxes help students make important interdisciplinary and cross-cultural connections, and help them relate the richness and meaning of the past to their own lives in the present.
This collection of 24 recent, in-depth articles by noted international, ethnographic art historians and anthropologists is divided into six topical sections-Aesthetic Systems, The Artist as Individual, Art and Social Structure, Passages, Shelter as Symbol, and Continuity and Change in Fourth World Arts- each with its own introductory essay. The authors careful editing provides a well-balanced selection of artistic traditions from sub-Saharan Africa, the South Pacific, and the Native New World that covers a full spectrum of media from historical tradition to contemporary performance arts.
For use in any introductory course in humanities or interdisciplinary art appreciation. It is also an ideal guide for study-abroad programs.
The text is an introductory exploration of basic artistic concepts and terms to assist with "travel" to the arts in physical, imaginary, or cyber ways. In so doing it treats uniformly the arts of architecture, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, music, theatre, dance, and film.
For use in one-semester, introductory courses in humanities or interdisciplinary art appreciation, and for study-abroad programs.
This text is an introductory exploration of basic artistic concepts and terms to assist with "travel" to the arts in physical, imaginary, or cyber ways. In so doing it treats uniformly the arts of architecture, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, music, theatre, dance, and film. Part of the ArtBasics series. Provides students with high-quality books at an affordable cost.
For a course on Contemporary Art.
Offering a critical perspective-rather than a traditional survey, this provocative text explores the art of the last twenty years-the latter 1970s, the 1980s, and the first half of the 1990s-in both a thematic and chronological fashion. Using an engaging and approachable style-and an abundance of color illustrations, it takes a long look at dominant tendencies in contemporary art in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, and Russia-and provides a series of challenging view points on the most advanced art forms, themes, and issues.
For Art History style period courses on Baroque Art.
The first survey of the Baroque and Rococo periods to incorporate modern scholarship in a provocative and accessible way. Organized thematically, rather than strictly by dates and countries, it looks at art through the context of the church, monarchy, and the establishment of the academies.
Retaining the intelligence and freshness of H.W. Jansons classic original work, this highly esteemed, unsurpassed, introductory survey of the history of Western art from the ancient to the modern world is specifically written and designed to make art history accessible and enjoyable for students. Now with an exciting new design and a focus on art before 1520, the Sixth Edition enhances its narrative with boxed-off essays on the history of music and theatre, marginal historical/terminology notes, drawings, tables on historical events and personages, and explanation of artistic processes.
For undergraduate one-semester courses in Art History, Art Appreciation, and General Humanities.
Retaining the intelligence and freshness of H.W. Janson's classic original work, this unsurpassed introductory survey on the history of Western art from the ancient through modern worlds is specifically written and designed to make art history accessible and enjoyable for students. Now with a new Art History Interactive CD-ROM containing nearly 1000 images for study and presentation, and an exciting new design, the Sixth Edition enhances its narrative with in-margin coverage of historical/terminology notes, drawings, tables on historical events and personages, explanation of artistic processes, and boxes with history of music and theater topics.
A high quality, compact and easy to read book on the basic history of Western art from the ancient to the modern world. This intelligent and unsurpassed classic by Janson not only retains the freshness of the original classic but also is accompanied by an Art History CD that contains nearly 1000 outstanding colour images. A Basic History of Art lets art lovers see classic and contemporary art at their fingertips.
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 art-i.e., painting, sculpture, music, theater-with concisely defined key terms one should know, as well as a clear and insightful explanation of its process of creation.
An ideal supplemental text for any undergraduate course in humanities or Introduction to the Arts.
This practical beginner's guide to appreciating and experiencing culture provides a handy introduction to the world of art that teaches students how to observe, enjoy, and analyze the arts.
Professor Philip Bishop wrote this book because there was no concise handbook on the market covering the arts as a whole. His text provides a succinct and affordable guide to the arts and humanities geared to students who are starting from scratch in their study of the arts. Self-contained chapters provide an essential companion guide to understanding a specific discipline-including painting, sculpture, music, and theater-with a clear and insightful explanation of the discipline's process of creation.
An ideal supplemental text for any undergraduate course in Humanities or Introduction to the Arts.
This practical beginner's guide to appreciating and experiencing culture provides a handy introduction to the world of art that teaches students how to observe, enjoy, and analyze the arts.
Professor Philip Bishop wrote this book because there was no concise handbook on the market covering the arts as a whole. His text provides a succinct and affordable guide to the arts and humanities geared to students who are starting from scratch in their study of the arts. Self-contained chapters provide an essential companion guide to understanding a specific discipline-including painting, sculpture, music, and theater-with a clear and insightful explanation of the discipline's process of creation.
Now in its Fourth Edition, Born to Talk: An Introduction to Speech and Language Development traces development through real time with attention to how the various components of language are integrated in a single child's journey to adult language.
Suitable for majors and non-majors, undergraduate and graduate students alike, this text provides a comprehensive view of speech and language development written in a reader-friendly manner. In addition to a real-time presentation of speech and language development, the book contains information on theories of language development, cognitive development, the anatomy and physiology of speech, language diversity, and communication disorders. It also includes revised sections on African American English, Hispanic English, cultural diversity in the public schools, adolescent and adult language, and a much expanded section on fluency disorders.
Extensively illustrated in full colour throughout, this text explores the extraordinary world of Byzantium in all its grandeur and complexity, surveying Byzantine art within a broad cultural and historical context. For courses in Medieval Art. Part of the Prentice Hall Perspectives Series.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For courses in Far Eastern Art and survey courses in Chinese Art History.
This text discusses Chinese art within a variety of contexts-such as archaeological, cultural, historical, social, and ritual/religious. Organized both chronologically and thematically, it covers a full historical span-from the Neolithic era to contemporary art, and includes a wide range of media and settings for art-from elite to popular. An emphasis on the dynamic processes that effect the history of Chinese art: social, economic, political competition, urbanization, markets and tastes, and quests for cultural authority, allows specific works of art to be discussed in extensive detail, while setting them within larger explanatory narratives.
For introductory courses in Color and Color Theory in Art Design and in the studio curriculum.
This fourth edition text is a valuable introduction to the art and science of color use in all artistic media in both fine and applied arts. It provides a solid and thorough foundation in the aesthetic, science, psychology, and history of color, with extensive illustrations covering all media and historical periods to the present time.
For any foundation design, design theory, composition, or color theory course.
Color Workbook presents a wide-ranging overview of color theory and design combined with student activities that reinforce color concepts through hands-on experience. The formal and content-oriented approach to color covered in the workbooks allows students to use color both technically and as an expressive tool.
As an artist and an art educator, Becky Koenig teaches color theory and applies these color concepts in her painting practice. This text conveys the history, theoretical concepts and use of color in art and design, through a variety of color systems, rather than a singular viewpoint. The workbook covers the expanding field of electronic color and discusses color in terms of art history and contemporary art. It includes a variety of student activities that have proved successful in the classroom.
@SUMMARY= Calligraphy, that beautiful script lettering that seems like art, has increased in popularity over the last several years. From brides who want to address their wedding invitations to do-it-yourselfers who want to prepare certificates or make a family tree, calligraphy books and classes are hot! Whether you want to address thank you notes, or are interested in the latest craze-Japanese Calligraphy-The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Calligraphy is the fun and easy-to-use resource. Featuring an oversize, lay-flat format with space for practicing and copying, this book offers the best advice in techniques, equipment and style and contains 6 full calligraphy fonts and 10 specific projects.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Cartooning will teach readers how to draw every kind of cartoon imaginable-from the simplest comic cartoons to elaborate animation figures. Off course, like any Complete Idiot's Guide®, the book will cover all of the tools readers will need to get started, as well as those that they may use once they get past the basics. But this book won't stop with giving readers what they need to render their cartoons, but will show them how to bring life to their figures by introducing them to stylistic elements of the various genres of cartooning-comic strips, gag cartoons, animation, and editorial cartoons.
For undergraduate/graduate courses in Contemporary Art, Art Criticism, and Art History; also appropriate for studio courses.
This text gathers together the seminal moments in the international art scene of the last few years, placing them in the context of the critical and public understanding of the works, and brings into play the remarkable growth of contemporary art museums across the United States, Europe, and globally. Contemporary Art describes the latest trends and tendencies in art, calling upon international exhibitions, curatorial projects, and the growth of new technology, and showing the rapidly evolving experiment that is the visual arts of our time.
For any introductory course in Humanities or Interdisciplinary Arts Appreciation.
This text presents an overview of the arts in the Western tradition within the contexts of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics surrounding them. It is an historical introduction to the humanities yielding a basic familiarity with major styles and their implications, as well as a sense of the historical development of individual arts media.
For any introductory course in Humanities or Interdisciplinary Arts Appreciation.
This text chronologically introduces the arts of Western tradition: architecture, literature, visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, in a contextual overview of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics surrounding them. Additional material encompassing modern artistic movements and achievements-young contemporary realist painters, ethnic and social alternative theatre, and performance art-broadens the scope of coverage. Sporre provides students of the humanities with a basic familiarity and understanding of major styles, historical significance, and an extended relationship with art encountered beyond the classroom. Integrates feature boxes on non-western art and culture appropriate to the time period being studied in each chapter.
For any introductory course in Humanities or Interdisciplinary Arts Appreciation.
This text presents an overview of the arts in the Western tradition; in the contexts of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics surrounding them. It is an historical introduction to the humanities yielding a basic familiarity with major styles and their implications as well as a sense of the historical development of individual arts media.
For an undergraduate introductory-level course covering the History of Western Art or Visual Studies.
Demonstrating that art history has significant connections to real life, this active and engaging survey introduces students to the complexity of issues and approaches that characterize the study of Western art history today. With readings from a diverse panel of informed and passionate writers, the anthology offers a unique multi-perspective approach-covering everything from the power of images to shape the way we know things, to the political and policy debates about the place of the arts in our society. Critical Perspectives helps students become active participants in a lively analysis of ideas and in the actual process of scholarship-engaging them in directed discussions and critical analysis-and clearly demonstrates that art history is a dynamic field of study, not a static set of facts or a universally agreed upon set of interpretations.
Appropriate for use in critique at any level-from the beginner to the advanced student.
Its uniqueness and universal application in visual arts curriculum make The Critique Handbook an excellent introduction for beginners and a valuable resource for more experienced students.
This text was written to address an existing gap in the literature pertaining to the study of art. Although the critique is central to all art programs, there have been no textbooks or comprehensive guides that deal with this important instructional tool. The Critique Handbook fills the need for such a book.
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"The Critique Handbook is a well organized and useful text. Most immediately useful - and inventive - are the exercises toward the back of the book."
Stu Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor of Art
Seton Hill University
Appropriate for use in critique at any level-from the beginner to the advanced student.
This unique textbook is an invaluable tool for students in any art course requiring critiques. The Critique Handbook is an excellent resource both for beginners and more experienced students.
This text was written to address an existing gap in text offerings for art students. Although the critique is central to all art programs, there have been no textbooks or comprehensive guides to help students navigate the critique process. The Critique Handbook fills the need for such a book.
An exploration of fundamental design phenomena and compositional concepts found in old and contemporary works of art of every era, style, or purpose.
For one semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
Discovering the Humanities helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Pearson Prentice Hall is proud to offer Discovering the Humanities-the new brief version of The Humanities: Culture, Continuity, and Change adapted by author Henry Sayre himself. The use of Discovering the Humanities offers added flexibility in teaching the Humanities course, allowing instructors to supplement the text with additional readers or other material of their choice. Discovering the Humanities continues to help students see the big picture and make important connections through Henry Sayre's captivating narrative that has made the comprehensive text successful at schools across the nation.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes Discovering the Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library and MyHumanitiesKit.
"I think it is the best one-volume book I have reviewed and am anxious to use it next fall!"
- Tiffany Engel, Tulsa Community College
"This text is a very well researched and clearly written introduction to world culture."
- Michael Fremont Redfield, Saddleback College
"The book is well written. The tone is active and engaging for college-level reading."
- Aditi Samarth, Richland College
Documentary Media: History, Theory, Practice facilitates the study of documentary media, its changing forms, and diverse social functions. Fox provides balanced and accessible coverage of the historical, critical, and the practical aspects of documentary media without mandating specialized skills sets in students or access to costly technology.
For practitioners and students alike, Documentary Media lays out fundamental concepts and production processes needed to contribute to the contemporary production of non-fiction media in the digital age. Each chapter engages students by challenging traditional assumptions about documentary form and function, posing critical and creative questions, and offering historical and contemporary examples. Additionally, each chapter closes with an "Into Practice" section that assists readers in applying the chapter's concepts. Fox aims to help the student establish a complete treatment, aesthetic plan, and pre-production strategy for their own documentary project.
For art departments offering freshman-level courses in Basic Drawing, sophomore courses in Drawing II, junior courses in Drawing III and Figure Drawing.
This text addresses the needs of the absolute beginner in drawing - but will continue to serve students as they progress toward more sophisticated matters of technique, style, expression, and art-historical knowledge.
For an undergraduate course in Drawing I, Drawing Concepts or Creative Drawing.
Incorporating over 400 professional art pieces, student drawings, and illustration throughout, this student-friendly instructional text covers all aspects of drawing from the Renaissance to present day-from basic skills and formal elements to introductory figure drawing and the advanced concepts of contemporary drawing. Teaching students on all drawing levels how to combine their critical thinking skills with intuition and technical knowledge to create a visual language through drawing, it covers key drawing techniques, the function of drawing, and the concepts associated with good drawing. It incorporates an abundance of student examples and drawing exercises in each chapter to reinforce concepts and hone newly acquired skills, and includes historical profiles of artists throughout with discussions on their unique direction, style, and use of drawing.
For undergraduate courses in Drawing I, Drawing Concepts, or Creative Drawing.
This student-friendly instructional text covers all aspects of drawing from basic skills and formal elements to introductory figure drawing and the advanced concepts of contemporary drawing.
Having taught Drawing I for over a decade years, Sandy Brooke wrote this book to help students better understand the process, concepts, and techniques of drawing. Teaching students of all levels how to combine their critical thinking skills with intuition and technical knowledge to create a visual language through drawing, the text covers key drawing techniques, the function of drawing, and the concepts associated with successful drawing
For Freshman-/Sophomore-level courses in Drawing.
Progressing logically from the fundamentals of drawing to its more specific aspects-this text addresses the options, challenges, and methodologies of drawings subjects such as still life, figure, landscape, and envisioned images. The text approaches the teaching of drawing in the same way artists approach the creating of drawings: by proceeding from the general to the specific and presenting a work in an organized and economical manner.
For undergraduate courses in Drawing and Figure Drawing.
This highly readable text is designed to address the needs of under-graduate drawing students from beginning through advanced levels. Arranged in three sections that reflect the essential aspects of the process of drawing, it addresses spatial and compositional organization, strategies for depicting three-dimensional form and light, and it features an extended look at the way subject matter and form interact to produce content. This text combines comprehensive coverage of traditional approaches to observational drawing with advanced theory based on the premise that drawing is an art form in its own right.
For one or two-semester introductory drawing classes.
Drawing: Structure and Vision is the drawing book that introduces students to a full range of skills and concepts, connecting the most exciting trends in contemporary practice to structures and methods inherited from the greatest drawing traditions of art history.
The authors' many years of experience as teachers convinced them of the need for a practical book that will empower students with the full range of skills in drawing while acquainting them with the expressive excitement possible in the art form. It is the authors' belief that drawing has its own particular language rooted in direct tactile experience of media and personal investigation of the visible world.
Appropriate for all beginning and intermediate courses in Art, Basic Drawing, Figure Drawing, or Life Drawing.
Providing a concise but comprehensive survey of all matters pertaining to drawing the human figure, this well-illustrated and accurate guide demonstrates the interplay of structure, anatomy, design, and expression in sound figure drawing. This text shows how the integration of these four factors is essential in drawing the figure in a compelling and lucid manner.
Appropriate for all beginning and intermediate courses in Art, Basic Drawing, Figure Drawing, or Life Drawing.
Providing a concise but comprehensive survey of all matters pertaining to drawing the human figure, this well-illustrated and accurate guide demonstrates the interplay of structure, anatomy, design, and expression in sound figure drawing; and shows how the integration of these four factors is essential in drawing the figure in a compelling and lucid manner.
For freshman and sophomore courses in Art History Survey (1 or 2 semesters) and Introduction to Art.
Designed as a comprehensive supplement to Janson's History of Art, Sixth Edition, Hartt's Art, Fourth Edition, Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Eleventh Edition, and Stokstad's Art History (Revised) - but also appropriate as a stand-alone brief reference text - this handbook defines the most common terms used in discussing the history of visual arts, relating them to specific works illustrated in these standard texts.
For freshman and sophomore courses in Art History Survey (1 or 2 semesters) and Art Appreciation.
Designed as a comprehensive supplement to Janson's History of Art, Sixth Edition, Hartt's Art, Fourth Edition, Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Eleventh Edition, and Stokstad's Art History, Second Edition - but also appropriate as a stand-alone brief reference text - this handbook defines the most common terms used in discussing the history of visual arts, relating them to specific works illustrated in these standard texts.
For sophomore/junior/senior-level courses on Spanish Arts, Baroque Arts, and Art and Culture of Europe.
This well-illustrated text examines international painting in Spain-in historical context from the reign of the Habsburg King Philip II to the death of Goya-unique in its approach; it goes beyond the existing studies of Golden Age painting to cover political, social, and religious contexts and art by non-Spanish masters working for the Habsburgs and Bourbons. It reveals the extraordinary depth and breadth of painting in Spain during this period and questions the usual interpretations of high Spanish culture.
Packed full of illustrations and part of the Perspectives series, this survey of Gothic art in Europe takes a fresh look at the meaning of the term Gothic and examines the art of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in terms of the way it is seen.
This book presents the task of creating that all-important portfolio for today's print and interactive design fields in a manageable series of steps.
Graphic Design Portfolio Strategies for Print and Digital Media serves as a sourcebook for graphic design students who are planning the design of their portfolio for applications to graduate schools, grants, scholarships, employment opportunities, and fellowships. Strategies in design principles are illustrated with examples of successful portfolios from design students along with tips and insights from top professionals in the field.
Addressing the concerns of students transitioning into their design profession, Portfolio Laboratory for Graphic Design takes a thoughtful approach to the choices at every step of the portfolio design process, including selecting appropriate work, deciding among various printing and binding methods, establishing a web presence, and giving the entire presentation a unique and personal quality.
This book would be appropriate for any senior level class in portfolio development, while also being useful for new professionals considering the next stage in their career.
For freshman/sophomore-level courses in (Introduction to) Greek Art, Greek Archaeology, and Greek Civilization, found in both Art History and Classics Departments.
Greek Art and Architecture explores the development of Greek art across three centuries. This extensively illustrated and clearly written text is accessible to introductory-level students. The major categories of Greek Art and architecture- including sculpture, vasepainting, wallpainting, and metalwork in a historical, social, and archaeological context, are explored.
For freshman/sophomore-level courses in (Introduction to) Greek Art, Greek Archaeology, and Greek Civilization, found in both Art History and Classics Departments.
Extensively illustrated and clearly written to be accessible to introductory-level students, this text examines the major categories of Greek architecture, sculpture, vasepainting, wallpainting, and metalwork in a historical, social, and archaeological context. Focusing on form, function, and history of style, it explores art and artifacts chronologically from the Early Bronze through the Hellenistic eras (ca. 3000 to ca. 30 BC)-and by medium. Throughout, it blends factual information with stimulating interpretation and juxtaposes long-standing notions with the latest archaeological discoveries and hypotheses.
For courses in Fine Arts, Basic Art and Design, and Architecture.
Developed in response to the needs of students engaged in the study of art, design, and architecture, this primer is succinct, lightweight, and thorough in its lexical entries. Its simplicity, size, and scope make it a reference that has use and appeal across a number of visual arts disciplines. Part of theArtBasics series, designed to provide students with high quality books at an affordable cost.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
The definitive survey of the Western Art tradition-the standard against which all other art history surveys are measured-this classic text uses an exceptional art program, impeccable scholarship, rich color, accurate illustrations printed in five colors, and student-friendly pedagogy to introduce readers to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With an effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, it presents art as a succession of styles-from Prehistory through the 1990s-and enlarges students' capacity to appreciate individual works of art in and of themselves, not merely to accumulate data about them.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
The definitive survey of the Western Art tradition-the standard against which all other art history surveys are measured-this classic text uses an exceptional art program, impeccable scholarship, rich color, accurate illustrations printed in five colors, and student-friendly pedagogy to introduce readers to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With an effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, it presents art as a succession of styles-from Prehistory through the 1990s-and enlarges students' capacity to appreciate individual works of art in and of themselves, not merely to accumulate data about them.
For two-semester courses in Art History Survey and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
The definitive survey of the Western Art tradition-the standard against which all other art history surveys are measured-this classic text uses an exceptional art program, impeccable scholarship, rich color, accurate illustrations printed in five colors, and student-friendly pedagogy to introduce readers to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With an effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, it presents art as a succession of styles-from Prehistory through the 1990s-and enlarges students' capacity to appreciate individual works of art in and of themselves, not merely to accumulate data about them.
This comprehensive survey of African art discusses the art from the perspective of art history, unlike most account that tend to focus on a more anthropological interpretation. A History of Art in Africa shows how African art has developed from beliefs, traditions, and cultural and historical influences. The book challenges current perceptions of African art and presents it as conceptual and intentional in its own right, rather than as intuitive or primal impulses, as it has been previously perceived. The text covers the entire continent of Africa, including Egypt, and incorporates the influences of Islamic and Christian religious artistic traditions as well.
This ground-breaking and comprehensive survey text approaches African art from an art-historical perspective more than an anthropological perspective. A History of Art in Africa shows how African art has developed from beliefs, traditions, and cultural and historical influences. The text challenges current perceptions of African art and presents it as conceptual and intentional in its own right, rather than as intuitive or primal impulses, as it has been previously perceived. The text covers the entire continent of Africa, including Egypt, and incorporates the influences of Islamic and Christian religious artistic traditions as well. A discussion of contemporary African art includes the works of diaspora artists.
This classic book uses an exceptional art program, featuring impeccable accurate five-color illustrations, to introduce readers to the vast world of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With its effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, this book presents art as a succession of stylesfrom Prehistory through the Middle Agesand enlarges the readers' capacity to appreciate works of art individually. Written more than 40 years ago, this book has been constantly reworked to respond to the needs of this ever-changing field.
KEY TOPICS: This Volume contains Chs. 1-11 of the Combined volume, focusing on the art of the Ancient World through the Middle Ages: Prehistoric Art; Egyptian Art; Ancient Near Eastern Art; Aegean Art; Greek Art; Etruscan Art; Roman Art; Early Christian and Byzantine Art; Early Medieval Art; Romanesque Art; and Gothic Art.
This classic book uses an exceptional art program, featuring impeccable accurate five-color illustrations, to introduce readers to the vast world of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With its effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, this book presents art as a succession of stylesfrom the Renaissance through the 20th centuryand enlarges the readers' capacity to appreciate works of art individually. Written more than 40 years ago, this book has been constantly reworked to respond to the needs of this ever-changing field.
KEY TOPICS: This Volume contains Chs. 12-28 of the Combined volume, focusing on the art of the Renaissance Through the Rococo and the Modern World: The Early Renaissance in Italy; The High Renaissance in Italy; The Late Renaissance in Italy; ¿Late Gothic¿ Painting, Sculpture, and the Graphic Arts; The Renaissance in the North; The Baroque in Italy and Spain; The Baroque in Flanders and Holland; The Baroque in France and England; The Rococo; Neoclassicism and Romanticism; Realism and Impressionism; Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; Twentieth-Century Painting; Twentieth-Century Sculpture; Twentieth-Century Architecture; Twentieth-Century Photography; and Postmodernism.
For two-semester survey courses in Art History and for Introductory Art courses taught from a historical perspective.
The definitive survey of the Western Art tradition-the standard by which all other art history surveys are measured-this classic text uses an exceptional art program, impeccable scholarship, rich color, accurate five-color illustrations, and student-friendly pedagogy to introduce readers to the vast world of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. With its effectively written, balanced, and interesting narrative, it presents art as a succession of styles-from Prehistory through the 20th century-and enlarges students' capacity to appreciate works of art individually, not merely to accumulate data about them.
This classic art survey employs an exceptional art program, impeccable scholarship and a student friendly pedagogy to introduce readers to the vast world of western painting, sculpture and architecture, photography and minor arts. New features include an upgraded CD-ROM with 1,000 images, new extend captions with quotes from art historians, and a starter kit.
This classic art survey employs an exceptional art program impeccable scholarship and a student friendly pedagogy to introduce readers to the vast world of western painting, sculpture and architecture, photography and the minor arts. New features include an upgraded CD-ROM with 1,000 images, new extend captions and a starter kit.
Covers Himalayan areas--Ladakh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal. New chronologies in Stone age and Bronze Age, China, Korea, and Japan.
For Freshman/Senior-level courses covering all Asian Art including China, Japan, SE Asia, and India.
This extensively-illustrated, comprehensive survey history of ALL of Far Eastern art - from 5000 B.C. to A.D. 1860 - follows a chronological, geographical/cultural, medium organization throughout.
Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture and architecture in Italyfrom c. 1200 AD to c. 1594 AD, this book focuses on the works of art, their creators and the circumstances affecting their creation. The book is organized, first of all, chronologically, with individual chapters dedicated to developments in different areas or cities, such as Florence, Tuscany, Rome, Veniceand Northern Italy. There is a strong emphasis on understanding the works of individual artist as examples of their specific approach and style.
David G. Wilkins has maintained Hartts distinctive voice and formalist approach while adding contextual detail that will enrich the readers understanding and reflect the latest thinking in the field.
Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from c.1200 AD to c. 1594 AD, this text focuses on the works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation. The text is organised chronologically, with individual chapters dedicated to developments in different areas or cities, such as Florence, Tuscany, Rome, Venice, and North Italy. There is a strong emphasis on understanding the works of individual artists as examples of their specific approach and style.
For sophmore/senior courses on Italian Renaissance Art.
Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from c. 1200 A.D. to c. 1594 A. D., this volume focuses on the works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation.
For survey courses in Italian Renaissance art.
A broad survey of art and architecture in Italy between c. 1250 and 1600, this book approaches the works from the point of view of the artist as individual creator and as an expression of the city within which the artist was working.
When Frederick Hartt's History of Italian Renaissance Art was first published more than forty years ago, it was a remarkable achievement. A large volume with dozens of color plates, it presented the story of Italian Renaissance art as it was appreciated and understood by one of the great scholars and teachers of the period. Professor Hartt revised and expanded the book twice before his death in 1991. In 1993, David G. Wilkins was invited to continue this process; the fourth edition was published in 1994. The fifth edition (2003) had color illustrations throughout the text and included new works chosen to enrich the story Professor Hartt had laid out more than thirty years earlier.
Wilkins has maintained the integrity of the story that Hartt first told so enthusiastically. The basic organization of his text has been retained, and the great majority of the works illustrated are those he originally chose. Throughout the years, new works have been added due to the advice of thoughtful reviewers, students, and colleagues.
This is the only reliable logically organized with well chosen illustrations available. It includes painting, sculpture and architecture as well as treatment of the minor arts.
Published jointly by Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., this second edition of the comprehensive history of Japanese art from 10,500 B.C.E. now extends beyond 1945, tying together more closely the development of all the media within a well-articulated historical and social context.
Long considered the survey of modern art, this engrossing and liberally illustrated text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Retaining its encyclopedic nature and chronological approach, it now comes thoroughly reworked by Michael Bird, an experienced art history editor and writer, with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative.
For undergraduate course in Modern Art, Origins of Modernism, Art Since 1945, Contemporary Art and other course focusing on art in the 20th century.
Long considered the survey of modern art, this engrossing and liberally illustrated text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Retaining its encyclopedic nature and chronological approach, it now comes thoroughly reworked by Marla Prather, a leading 20th-century art curator at the National Gallery of Art, with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative.
For undergraduate courses in Modern Art, Origins of Modernism, Art Since 1945, Contemporary Art and other courses focusing on art in the 20th century.
Long considered the survey of modern art, this engrossing and liberally illustrated text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Retaining its comprehensive nature and chronological approach, it now comes thoroughly reworked by Elizabeth Mansfield, an experienced art historian and writer, with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative.
Long considered the survey of modern art, this engrossing and liberally illustrated text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Retaining its comprehensive nature and chronological approach, it now comes thoroughly reworked by Elizabeth Mansfield, an experienced art historian and writer, with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative.
For undergraduate Modern Design and Industrial Design History and Theory courses.
Filling the gap for an extensively illustrated history of modern design, this introduction provides a balanced chronological survey of decorative arts, industrial design and graphic design from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the appreciation of design as a creative activity, as well as an enterprise conditioned by economic, technological and social history, Raizman includes the study of products and furnishing designed for mass consumption, and examines the social context for the democratization of culture.
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For undergraduate Modern Design and Industrial Design History and Theory courses.
Filling the gap for an extensively illustrated history of modern design, this introduction provides a balanced chronological survey of decorative arts, industrial design and graphic design from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the appreciation of design as a creative activity, as well as an enterprise conditioned by economic, technological and social history, Raizman includes the study of products and furnishing designed for mass consumption, and examines the social context for the democratization of culture.
For undergraduate courses in Introduction to the Humanities, Introduction to Literature, Introduction to Philosophy, and Western Civilization.
This supplementary dictionary of key terms and concepts provides the fundamental historical, philosophical, and critical vocabulary necessary for a complete understanding of interdisciplinary humanities. Its clearly written definitions offer students the background and introduction of ideas that relate to class themes.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.prenhall.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
For two semester/quarter courses on Introduction to the Humanities or Cultural Studies.
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Henry Sayre took the introduction to the humanities course as a sophomore and was inspired to devote his life to the study of the humanities. He has always wanted to write a book that passes along the important and compelling stories of the humanities. Henry believes that students learn best by remembering stories, not by memorizing facts. What makes The Humanities special is that it tells the stories and captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity.
Please visit www.pearsonhighered.com/thehumanities for more information and to view a video from author Henry Sayre, take a tour of a chapter from the book and see a demo of the Prentice Hall Digital Arts Library.
This book covers two dimensional design (basic design fundamentals) and is geared toward first-year undergraduates in fine art and design. A comprehensive, well illustrated introduction to the basic principles underlying all of the two-dimensional arts, this book covers the elements and principles of two-dimensional design.
For courses teaching basic design principles and fundamentals to first-year undergraduates in fine art, design and illustration.
A comprehensive, well illustrated introduction to the basic principles underlying all of the two-dimensional arts. This book not only covers the elements and principles of two-dimensional design, as the book's interior was designed to reflect those principles.
Unique in approach, this is the first introduction to digital photography written specifically for beginning photographers. Using a photographer's perspective, it shows users how digital photography relates to traditional photography, how it can improve traditional picture-making, and how it diverges from traditional photography to open up new avenues for creative growth. This book would be ideal for both amateurs and professional photographers.
For courses in Nonwestern Art, Islamic Art or supplement to the Western Art Survey.
Focusing on select examples of Italian art spanning roughly four hundred years, Italian Renaissance Art: A Sourcebook explores contextual, explanatory information that is rarely part of general surveys of the period. Artists' chronologies are at the core of this text providing overviews of artists' careers with timelines of their activities and commentary on significant works. The book also uniquely incorporates numerous drawings, diagrams, and line arts as a means of allowing the reader to develop a fuller idea of the art of the period, Supporting the artists' chronologies are chapters devoted to historical notes and a glossary of terms, and concluding chapters offer in-depth information on select examples of Renaissance patrons and cities.
Easy-to-find information and a highly accessible format encourage the cross-reading of sections, emphasizing the many interconnections among artists and patrons within a historical context. Such a layered presentation of information allows readers to construct a dynamic picture of the period and inspires an active role in looking at and thinking about Italian Renaissance art.
A supplemental text for an Art History Survey or a stand-alone resource handbook.
Unique in content and format, this text provides contextual, explanatory information rarely made part of general or survey texts on Italian Renaissance Art. It pulls together in one volume overviews of significant artists' careers with time-lines of their activities and commentary on important works. This format makes information easy to find and cross-reference, and helps students clearly see many interconnections among artists, patrons, and historical events of the period.
For undergraduate one-semester courses in Art History or Art Appreciation
Basic History of Art provides students and instructors with a beautifully illustrated and masterfully concise introduction to the Western tradition of art history. The Eighth Edition builds on the best of this tradition with the contributions of several scholars who made many critical improvements to the book. Now available with MyArtKit, Pearson Prentice Hall's new dynamic online teaching and learning resource.
For courses in the History of Art.
Rewritten and reorganized, this new edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative online supplements, including MyArtsLab and the Prentice Hall Digital Art Library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Eighth Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson's lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organization along the lines established by Janson, with separate chapters on the Northern European Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance, and Baroque art, with stylistic divisions for key periods of the modern era. Also embedded in this edition is the narrative of how art has changed over time in the cultures that Europe has claimed as its patrimony.
Rewritten and reorganized, this new edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative online supplements, including digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Eighth Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson's lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organization along the lines established by Janson, with separate chapters on the Northern European Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance, and Baroque art, with stylistic divisions for key periods of the modern era. Also embedded in this edition is the narrative of how art has changed over time in the cultures that Europe has claimed as its patrimony.
For courses in the History of Art.
Rewritten and reorganized, this new edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative online supplements, including digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Eighth Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson's lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organization along the lines established by Janson, with separate chapters on the Northern European Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance, and Baroque art, with stylistic divisions for key periods of the modern era. Also embedded in this edition is the narrative of how art has changed over time in the cultures that Europe has claimed as its patrimony.
For courses in the History of Art.
Completely rewritten and reorganized, this groundbreaking edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
The Portable Edition of Janson's History of Art, Seventh Edition features four lightweight, paperback books packaged together along with optional access to a powerful student website, www.myartkit.com, making the text more student friendly than ever. Janson's History of Art is still available in the original hardcover edition and in Volume I and Volume II splits. The Portable Edition is comprised of four books each representing a major period of art history:
Book 1: Ancient Art includes chapters 1-7
Book 2: Medieval Art includes chapters 8-13
Book 3: The Renaissance Art Through the Rococo includes chapters 13-22
Book 4: The Modern World includes chapters 23-30.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Seventh Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Seventh Edition introduces the authorship of six distinguished specialists narrating the history of art for today's students. The contribution of multiple authors allows an expert's understanding to permeate each and every part of the text with a currency in art historical thinking and an enhanced discussion of context. The result is a complete rewriting and a weaving together of expert knowledge into a meaningful and powerful presentation of Western art.
For courses in the History of Art.
Completely rewritten and reorganized, this groundbreaking edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
The Portable Edition of Janson's History of Art, Seventh Edition features four lightweight, paperback books packaged together along with optional access to a powerful student website, www.myartkit.com, making the text more student friendly than ever. Janson's History of Art is still available in the original hardcover edition and in Volume I and Volume II splits. The Portable Edition is comprised of four books each representing a major period of art history:
Book 1: Ancient Art includes chapters 1-7
Book 2: Medieval Art includes chapters 8-13
Book 3: The Renaissance Art Through the Rococo includes chapters 13-22
Book 4: The Modern World includes chapters 23-30.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Seventh Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Seventh Edition introduces the authorship of six distinguished specialists narrating the history of art for today's students. The contribution of multiple authors allows an expert's understanding to permeate each and every part of the text with a currency in art historical thinking and an enhanced discussion of context. The result is a complete rewriting and a weaving together of expert knowledge into a meaningful and powerful presentation of Western art.
For courses in the History of Art.
Completely rewritten and reorganized, this groundbreaking edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
The Portable Edition of Janson's History of Art, Seventh Edition features four lightweight, paperback books packaged together along with optional access to a powerful student website, www.myartkit.com, making the text more student friendly than ever. Janson's History of Art is still available in the original hardcover edition and in Volume I and Volume II splits. The Portable Edition is comprised of four books each representing a major period of art history:
Book 1: Ancient Art includes chapters 1-7
Book 2: Medieval Art includes chapters 8-13
Book 3: The Renaissance Art Through the Rococo includes chapters 13-22
Book 4: The Modern World includes chapters 23-30.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Seventh Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Seventh Edition introduces the authorship of six distinguished specialists narrating the history of art for today's students. The contribution of multiple authors allows an expert's understanding to permeate each and every part of the text with a currency in art historical thinking and an enhanced discussion of context. The result is a complete rewriting and a weaving together of expert knowledge into a meaningful and powerful presentation of Western art.
For courses in the History of Art.
Completely rewritten and reorganized, this groundbreaking edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
The Portable Edition of Janson's History of Art, Seventh Edition features four lightweight, paperback books packaged together along with optional access to a powerful student website, www.myartkit.com, making the text more student friendly than ever. Janson's History of Art is still available in the original hardcover edition and in Volume I and Volume II splits. The Portable Edition is comprised of four books each representing a major period of art history:
Book 1: Ancient Art includes chapters 1-7
Book 2: Medieval Art includes chapters 8-13
Book 3: The Renaissance Art Through the Rococo includes chapters 13-22
Book 4: The Modern World includes chapters 23-30.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Seventh Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Seventh Edition introduces the authorship of six distinguished specialists narrating the history of art for today's students. The contribution of multiple authors allows an expert's understanding to permeate each and every part of the text with a currency in art historical thinking and an enhanced discussion of context. The result is a complete rewriting and a weaving together of expert knowledge into a meaningful and powerful presentation of Western art.
I am delighted that you have chosen to divide the chapters among specialists, as no single art historian can have the level of expertise required to thoroughly update a survey art today The new edition of Janson offers a fine introduction to the history of Western Art
Michael Amy, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jansons classic book was first published in the 1960s. It is the father of all art history books. Providing a survey of Western art from ancient times to the present day, it has been loved by generations of art enthusiasts. But times have changed and it was time for the book to change too. This new 7th edition is an art history book for the twenty-first century.
The qualities associated with the book remain the same. It is as beautiful as its always been in fact every single image in the book has been replaced to ensure that the most recent, best quality representation of a particular work of art is used - and the quality of the writing is still of the highest standard. The major change is that six new authors have been selected to work on this edition, each a leading authority in his or her field. This will ensure that this book will continue to be respected and treasured by art lovers everywhere.
For courses in the History of Art.
Completely rewritten and reorganized, this groundbreaking edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Seventh Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Seventh Edition introduces the authorship of six distinguished specialists narrating the history of art for today's students. The contribution of multiple authors allows an expert's understanding to permeate each and every part of the text with a currency in art historical thinking and an enhanced discussion of context. The result is a complete rewriting and a weaving together of expert knowledge into a meaningful and powerful presentation of Western art.
For courses in the History of Art.
Completely rewritten and reorganized, this groundbreaking edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Seventh Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Seventh Edition introduces the authorship of six distinguished specialists narrating the history of art for today's students. The contribution of multiple authors allows an expert's understanding to permeate each and every part of the text with a currency in art historical thinking and an enhanced discussion of context. The result is a complete rewriting and a weaving together of expert knowledge into a meaningful and powerful presentation of Western art.
Anne D'Alleva presents art history students with a clear and accessible introduction to the critical theories behind art historical practice. In outlining some of the most current and widely used theoretical perspectives, she helps the reader to understand the ideas that have shaped art history over the centuries.
In chapter one D'Alleva defines theory and explores how the tough but rewarding work of engaging with it enhances our understanding of art and helps to develop lines of questioning to guide research. In the core of the book, chapters Two through Five, she presents detailed discussions of various theoretical approaches, taking specific examples and showing how a particular approach is applied to them. Finally, in Chapter six she gives practical pointers to writing research papers and theses.
D'Alleva's experience as an art historian informs this crisply written and invaluable manual for the art history student.
For one or two semester Introductory Art History Survey courses.
This handbook is designed to accompany the major textbooks used in the art history survey, presenting various methods for analysis of art as well as extensive tips on writing about art.
Professor Anne D'Alleva created this handbook to accompany the major textbooks used in art history survey courses. Because the main survey texts focus on the artworks themselves, she saw the need for a complementary handbook that introduces students to the methodologies of art history in an open, accessible way. Look! discusses basic art historical practices, such as visual and contextual analysis, and provides guidelines for writing papers and taking examinations in art history. It provides a short history of the discipline and provides links to related academic disciplines to provide students with a sense of intellectual context for their work.
For Introductory Art History Surveys.
Look! is designed as a handbook to accompany the major textbooks used in the art history survey. Written in a casual, personable, and unassuming style, it introduces students to the basic methods of art history and the visual and contextual analysis of works of art, and teaches them how to use these types of analysis in writing papers and examinations.
For one or two semester Introductory Art History Survey courses.
This handbook is designed to accompany the major textbooks used in the art history survey, presenting various methods for analysis of art as well as extensive tips on writing about art.
Professor Anne D'Alleva created this handbook to accompany the major textbooks used in art history survey courses. Because the main survey texts focus on the artworks themselves, she saw the need for a complementary handbook that introduces students to the methodologies of art history in an open, accessible way. Look! discusses basic art historical practices, such as visual and contextual analysis, and provides guidelines for writing papers and taking examinations in art history. It provides a short history of the discipline and provides links to related academic disciplines to provide students with a sense of intellectual context for their work.
For one-quarter/semester Introductory Art Appreciation courses.
Laurie Schneider Adams helps students understand that art is an integral part of everyday life. She asks students to consider how art is created and defined using the words of contemporary artists themselves. The Making and Meaning of Art teaches students that art is not only located in museums, but is also relevant to their own lives.
Published jointly by Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams Inc. Broad in scope, this volume discusses the arts of the church - architecture, sculpture, manuscript illumination, and sumptuary arts - in Italy, Byzantium, Germany, and France from the 4th to the 14th centuries - including Early Christian, Byzantine, Pre-Romanesque Hiberno-Saxon, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art.
This chronologically organized and comprehensive anthology of readings tells the whole story of art in America from 1900 to the present. It focuses on the themes, issues, and controversies that occurred throughout the century-using selections that are contemporary with the art-by artists, critics, exhibition organizers, poets, politicians, and other writers on culture. This guide is intended to complement/supplement college textbooks on 20th century American art.
This is a beautifully illustrated book exploring the development of modern European andAmerican painting, sculpture, architecture, and conceptual artfrom Post-Impressionism through the most recent developments in the 1990s. It avoids the typical encyclopedic approach of surveys in favor of examining selected but highly representative works in greater depth and from an enlarged spectrum of critical discourse.
Organized along chronological lines, topics in the book explore the ideas, forms, events, artists, and workswith each chapter devoted to a style, movement, or decadefrom Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh through Minimalism and the general reaction known as Post-Modernism.
This work is ideal for readers with a general interest in art and its history.
For one-semester/quarter, freshman/junior-level courses in Modern Art, Contemporary Art, 20th-Century Art.
Richly illustrated and clearly focused, this text surveys the genesis, development, and culmination of modern European/American painting, sculpture, architecture, and conceptual art-from Post-Impressionism through the most recent developments in the 1990s. Organized along chronological lines, it explores the ideas, forms, events, artists, and works-with each chapter devoted to a style, movement, or decade-from Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh through Minimalism and the general reaction known as Post-Modernism. Ideal for students with a general interest in art, it avoids the typical encyclopedic approach of surveys in favor of examining selected but highly representative works in greater depth and from an enlarged spectrum of critical discourse.
This book presents 44 hands-on art projects are included, relating to eight different world cultures (Turkey, Ireland, the Hopi, the Maya, Mali, India, Tibetand China). Projects in painting, jewelry, ceramics, costume, architecture, sculpture, metal work and collage are detailed, illustrated and supported by prints of actual museum pieces in full color and a photos of completed student art projects.
For undergraduate-level courses in Music Theory for the non-music major.
This text/workbook is designed for students who are not necessarily planning to make music a career, but who wish to understand how the music they hear every day in the mass media works. It is written in a simple and straightforward manner, using the piano keyboard as a starting point for developing notational and analytic skills. The book covers the materials essential for the understanding of any kind of music, and applies those materials to the development of creative and analytical skills.
This much-needed survey explores the history of nineteenth-century European art and visual culture. Focusing primarily on painting and sculpture, it places these two art forms within the larger context of visual cultureincluding photography, graphic design, architecture, and decorative arts. In turn, all are treated within a broad historical framework to show the connections between visual cultural production and the political, social, and economic order of the time.
Offers a concise introduction to the indigenous visual traditions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Basic points of history, society, and religion provide the context for aesthetic consideration of each culture and work of art. Succeds in building a foundation for understanding art and architecture.
A substantial and important publication for those who appreciate visual expressions and the language of artespecially as it pertains to key areas of Non-Western cultures.
For courses in Northern Renaissance Art, and Introduction to Dutch/German Art.
The only comprehensive survey available for the study of Northern Renaissance Art, this text presents stylistic and iconographical themes, art historical scholarship, and valuable analyses for todays students. The coverage and rich color capture the author's lasting excitement for the period and its artists.
Comprehensive survey and topical essays on the arts in northern Europe from the 14th through 16th centuries.
This Online Course Pack of Art History Combined, revised Combined (0131455273) plus access to a Pearson Education Online Study Guide.
Renowned for its authorship,scholarship and pedagogy, Art History has quickly become a leading title the art history market. Engaging and accessible, Stokstad's Art History gives students rich cultural and social contexts for art, along with eloquent explanations of art's formal qualities and particular terminology. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginners to the works of all artists in all media in a positive and sympathetic manner. Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
This Online Course Pack of Art History Combined, revised Combined (0131455273) plus access to a Pearson Education Online Study Guide.
Renowned for its authorship,scholarship and pedagogy, Art History has quickly become a leading title the art history market. Engaging and accessible, Stokstad's Art History gives students rich cultural and social contexts for art, along with eloquent explanations of art's formal qualities and particular terminology. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginners to the works of all artists in all media in a positive and sympathetic manner. Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
This Online Course Pack of Art History Combined, revised Combined (0131455273) plus access to a Pearson Education Online Study Guide.
Renowned for its authorship,scholarship and pedagogy, Art History has quickly become a leading title the art history market. Engaging and accessible, Stokstad's Art History gives students rich cultural and social contexts for art, along with eloquent explanations of art's formal qualities and particular terminology. Presenting a broad view of art through the centuries, it introduces beginners to the works of all artists in all media in a positive and sympathetic manner. Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.
This Online Course pack consists of Janson's History of Art:Western Tradition, 7/e by Davies/Denny/Hofrichter/Jacobs/Roberts/Simon (ISBN: 9780131934559); MyArtKit Student Access Code Card (for valuepacks), 1/e (ISBN: 9780136055266)
Part of the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series, this gold standard of parties texts has been updated to include an examination of the parties stances on current issues, research on party activists, coverage of the 2002 and 2004 elections, and much more.
Party Politics in America analyzes three primary components of parties-party organization, party in the electorate, party in government-and the interaction of these components, especially during election campaigns. Originally written by Frank Sorauf and now authored by Majorie Hershey, the book integrates academic research with contemporary and historical examples to bring to life the fascinating story of how parties have helped to shape our political system.
For freshman/sophomore-level course in Humanities.
Designed for students who have little or no knowledge of the arts, this well-illustrated, basic handbook of terms and concepts helps develop discriminating artistic perception for approaching, analyzing, and evaluating works of art.
For freshman/sophomore-level course in Humanities.
Designed for students who have little or no knowledge of the arts, this well-illustrated, basic handbook of terms and concepts helps develop discriminating artistic perception for approaching, analyzing, and evaluating works of art.
For introductory and advanced courses in Perspective Drawing, and Structural Drawing. It is of particular value in courses for illustrators and industrial and graphic designers, as well as architects and interior designers.
Provides a concise, systematic, and comprehensive introduction to perspective drawing that motivates students with challenging workbook assignments and examples of practical applications of the concepts presented.
Appropriate for introductory and advanced courses in Perspective Drawing, and Structural Drawing. It is of particular value in courses for illustrators and industrial and graphic designers, as well as architects and interior designers.
Provides a concise, systematic, and comprehensive introduction to perspective drawing that motivates students with challenging workbook assignments and examples of practical applications of the concepts presented.
Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate level college courses in education, elementary education, art education, philosophy, and various courses in the humanities.
The primary aim of the text is to raise the questions and issues which should be of importance to art teachers by relating the practices and concerns of art teaching to some of the main problems of philosophy.
For introductory and advanced courses in Photography.
This best-selling introductory photography text teaches students how to use the medium confidently and effectively by emphasizing both technique and visual awareness. Comprehensive in scope, this bookfeatures superb instructional illustrations and examples in its clear presentation of both black and white and color photography. London offers extensive coverage of digital imaging and the latest technological developments, such as Web page design and formatting photos on CD-ROMs.
For introductory and advanced courses in Photography.
This best-selling, comprehensive book-featuring superb instructional illustrations-is the cutting-edge photography text on the market offering absolute clarity in it's presentation of black and white as well as color photography. It also offers extensive coverage of digital imaging-with the latest technological developments, such as Web page design and formatting photos on CD-ROMs.
For use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate Art History courses in Criticism and Theory of Contemporary Art, as well as Critical Methods of Contemporary Art Writing.
Exploring the relationship between contemporary art, culture, and society, this book offers students a guide to the general structure and focus of Postmodern critical discourse, preparing them to understand the origins, theories, and interrelated ideas of Postmodern art and art criticism within a broader social and political context. Insightful and enlightening, it organizes material into six groups of essays-each centering around a specific idea/issue and delineating the main philosophical, theoretical, and critical approaches that have shaped criticism in the Postmodern period.
Unique features: criticism as a sequential process; forming an interpretation; separating interpretation from judging; critical errors; the critics ethics; criteria for judging greatness.
For courses in Art Appreciation, Art courses for non-majors, and one-semester Introduction to Art classes.
From the First Edition in 1972, ARTFORMS has been as visually exciting as the individual works of art that are reproduced in it. ARTFORMS grew out of a desire to introduce art through an engaging visual experience. It is written and designed to help readers build an informed foundation for individual understanding and enjoyment of art. By introducing art theory, practice, and history in a single volume, this book aims to draw students into a new or expanded awareness of the visual arts. The goal is to engage readers in the process of realizing their own innate creativity. In the new, Eighth Edition, the title has been modified to Prebles' ARTFORMS, acknowledging the pioneering contribution of the original authors, Duane and Sarah Preble, to the study of art. Their vision and spirit have touched hundreds of thousands of students who have studied ARTFORMS.
For one-semester courses in Art Appreciation and Introduction to Art classes.
Artforms grew out of a desire to introduce art through an engaging visual experience. It is written and designed to help readers build an informed foundation for individual understanding and enjoyment of art. By introducing art theory, practice, and history in a single volume, this book aims to draw students into a new or expanded awareness of the visual arts.
Prebles' Artforms continues to lead the field with its steadfast focus on contemporary art, global artists, and cutting edge technology for the art appreciation classroom.
We form Art. Art forms us.
The title of this book has a dual meaning. Besides the expected discussion of the various forms of art, the title also reflects the fact that art does indeed help to form us as people. As we create forms, we are in turn formed by what we have created. Several years ago, the title was changed to Prebles' Artforms, acknowledging the pioneering contribution of the original authors, Duane and Sarah Preble, to the study of art. Their vision and spirit have touched hundreds of thousands of students who have studied this book.
Artforms grew out of a desire to introduce art through an engaging visual experience, and to expose students to a culturally diverse canon of work. It is written and designed to help readers build an informed foundation for individual understanding and enjoyment of art. By introducing art theory, practice, and history in a single volume, this book aims to draw students into a new or expanded awareness of the visual arts.
Beyond fostering appreciation of major works of art, this book's primary concern is to open students' eyes and minds to the richness of the visual arts as unique forms of human communication and to convey the idea that the arts enrich life best when we experience, understand, and enjoy them as integral parts of the process of living.
For one-semester courses in Art Appreciation and Introduction to Art classes.
Artforms grew out of a desire to introduce art through an engaging visual experience. It is written and designed to help readers build an informed foundation for individual understanding and enjoyment of art. By introducing art theory, practice, and history in a single volume, this book aims to draw students into a new or expanded awareness of the visual arts.
Printmaking; a Complete Guide to Materials and Process covers fundamental techniques updating traditional approaches to incorporate new materials and current practices in the contemporary print studio, with special attention to safety. In addition to technical information, this book explores the processes and functions of print media that inform the very strategy of art-making. It considers the "how" and the "why" of printmaking as an artistic practice. Works illustrated in this book offer innovative examples from across the globe that position print at the cutting edge of contemporary art.
A supplement to upper-level undergraduate courses in Nineteenth-Century European Art.
This chronological anthology of recent critical scholarship on 19th-century European art represents a wide range of current methodologies and issues.
For Introduction to the Humanities and General Humanities courses.
This introductory exploration of basic artistic concepts and terms applies them to a skeletal multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural history of artistic styles. It treats all the arts-painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, music, theatre, dance, film, architecture, literature-uniformly, and uses a common outline to reinforce the relationship of terms and concepts to the perceptual process. The text also ties both artistic media and history to the theme of art as a reflection of human reality.
For One-Semester Introduction to the Humanities and General Humanities courses.
Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, cinema, and literature.
Reality Through the Arts is a brief text ideal for the one-semester introduction to humanities course. This is a successful text because of its unique organization, which makes it an excellent alternative to the standard chronological organization found in most other humanities text. Part I, "The Media of the Arts," offers independent chapters on two dimensional art (drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography), sculpture, architecture, music, theatre, cinema, dance and literature. Part II, "The Styles of the Arts," is a brief chronology, focusing on styles rather than encyclopedic detail. The book is written at a level for students with little or no background in the arts and draws on author Dennis Sporre's nearly 50 years experience with the arts in the classroom and around the world.
For Introduction to the Humanities and General Humanities courses.
An introductory exploration of basic artistic concepts and terms applied to a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural history of artistic styles. This text treats all the arts-painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, music, theatre, dance, film, architecture, literature-uniformly, as it ties both artistic media and history to the theme of art as a reflection of human reality.
For courses in Renaissance Art.
This text offers an incisive and original account of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Florentine art in its social, cultural, political, geographic, economic and religious settings. Ranging in scope from monumental and public artworks to the intimacy of the domestic interior, it explores artistic patronage and the working conditions of artists in a way that is fully accessible to the inexperienced reader.
This book covers the social, political, economic and cultural events which occurred in Renaissance Florence at the time major works in the visual arts were being produced. It will complement Cole's Virtue and Magnificence and Partridge's Art of Renaissance Rome.
This text offers an incisive and original account of fourteenth and fifteenth-century Florentine art in its social, cultural, political, geographic, economic and religious settings. Ranging in scope from monumental and public artworks to the intimacy of the domestic interior, it explores artistic patronage and the working conditions of artists in a way that is fully accessible to the inexperienced reader.
A survey of aesthetic and art critical stances accepted in the past 25 years, this book presents a brief summary of the historical background of nonformalist criticism as well as a broad spectrum of postmodernist critical sensibilities.
For courses in Roman Art and Archaeology, Roman Art and Architecture, Classical Art, and Etruscan and Roman Art.
As instructors in the field, Andrew and Nancy Ramage recognized the need for a book on Roman Art that focused on the needs of students. The text deals comprehensively with the architecture, sculpture, painting, mosaics, and the decorative arts of both the Romans and the Etruscans places them in their proper historical context. It explains the social, economic, political, and religious background that shaped the creation, development and lifespan of these buildings and objects.
For freshman/senior-level courses in Roman Art, Etruscan and Roman Art, Greek and Roman Art, The Roman World, Roman Civilization, Roman History.
Ideal for students who are studying Roman art for the first time, this exceptionally well-illustrated text explores Roman art in the traditional historical manner-with a focus on painting, sculpture, architecture, and minor arts. It assumes no prior acquaintance with the classical world, and explains the necessary linguistic, historical, religious, social, and political background needed to fully understand Roman art.
Ideal for students who are studying Roman art for the first time, this book focuses on painting, sculpture, architecture and minor arts. It assumes no prior acquaintance with the classical world, and explains the necessary linguistic, historical, religious, social, and political background needed to fully understand Roman art.
KEY TOPICS: The authors present the history of Roman Art from the following time periods: Etruscan Forerunners 100-200 BC.; The Roman Republic 509-27 BC.; Augustus and the Imperial Idea 27 BC-AD 14; The Julio-Claudians AD 14-68; The Flavians: Savior to Despot AD 69-98; Trajan; Optimus Princeps AD 98-117; Hadrian and the Classical Revival AD 117-138; The Antonines AD 138-193; The Severans AD 193-235; The Soldier Emperors AD 235-284; The Tetrarchs AD
Presents the Romanesque period, from 1050 to 1200 A.D., through an entirely new approach; including discussions of issues important to the period. Among these are society, the role of women, patronage, and the development of institutions such as the monastery and the university. This approach serves to enliven a period in art and culture that had been previously burdened by reference as the Dark Ages.
For use in an undergraduate or graduate course in African Art; also suitable as a supplementary reading for art history surveys.
Lavishly illustrated, this historically grounded text draws together key traditions from West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa to present an informative and captivating survey of the most important royal arts in the great sub-Saharan African kingdoms. Exploring the diverse ways that African rulers employed art and architecture to define individual and state identity, it provides an overview of the major themes in royal African art and discusses what these arts reveal about the nature of kingship.
This book is a short primer in each of the major science content areas that preservice and inservice elementary and middle school teachers are expected to know.
As a quick reference to science concepts, events, influence, and chronology, this book is an invaluable resource for the classroom teacher who needs an overview for planning, as well as help in answering student questions. Based broadly on the national standards, it gives the teacher general scientific information to cover most state's standards. It also provides a strong overview of science and technology related to the social context that allows the teacher to better understand the science contribution to important events and inventions, identify significant trends in human history, and help in the teacher's understanding of science concepts and events. Moreover, it saves professors of methods courses from having to re-teach science concepts content so they can remain focused on the methods.
For courses in 17th Century and Baroque Art.
Written by a leading scholar, Seventeenth Century Art: Architecture, 2/e is the only text on the market that introduces students to the three major art forms-painting, sculpture and architecture, across six countries. The text engagingly and effectively combines analytical discussions with an expansive collection of vivid, illuminating illustrations that teach students the major developments of art, painting, and architecture that emerged from seventeenth-century Western Europe, as well as the socio-political and cultural background of the period.
A Short Course in Digital Photography is designed to fit introductory, one-semester courses devoted to digital photography only; this book will NOT contain any coverage of film cameras or film. The strength of this, along with the other London/Stone texts, is that this book pays attention to teaching students how to compose great photographs while supplying accessible technical information.
For one-semester introductory courses in photography.
This easy-to-use, inexpensive text introduces students to the fundamentals of photography and suggests ways in which they might create photographs that have meaning. Oriented toward traditional black and white photography, the book also explores digital techniques and web photography resources, equipment, cameras and camera accessories, the exposure and development of film, and the making and finishing of prints. All aspects of the process are explained and illustrated clearly in two-page spreads, each of which addresses a self-contained topic.
For art courses where there is a writing component.
This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing.
This brief tabbed handbook reference includes clear, easy-to-understand coverage of grammar and punctuation. Expanded web coverage. Online supplements for document/web design, public writing, WAC and oral presentation.
This remarkable text is broad in scope, providing a magnificent overview of medieval painting, sculpture, and architecture-in Italy, Byzantium, Germany, and France from the 4th to the 14th centuries-including Early Christian, Byzantine, Pre-Romanesque Hiberno-Saxon, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art. It explores familiar masterpieces such as the Bayeux Tapestry, the Book of Kells, Giotto's frescoes, and many less familiar treasures.
For courses in Introduction to Art History and Art Appreciation from a historical perspective.
Renowned not only as the best concise introduction to art history, but also as a classic of art historical literature, this text reflects the vast knowledge, insights, and expertise of one of this century's greatest art historians and thinkers. Extensively illustrated, it treats the history of art - both chronologically and geographically - as a continuous unfolding story.
The World of Theatre is the first introduction to theatre text to truly focus on diversity and globalism, integrating coverage of multicultural, international and experimental theatre throughout the text.
Theatre is presented as a global and multicultural form that reflects both traditional and evolving world views. While the American commercial theatre and European forms are central to the text, alternative theatres are placed side by side for comparison and contrast in each chapter, thus avoiding the sense of "otherness" created by devoting separate chapters to diversity and departures from the western tradition. This text sets itself apart form the competition in asserting that theatre is a multifaceted and evolving form, which must be studied in all its variety in order to be fully understood. Reflecting the changing, increasingly diverse student population as no other text does, The World of Theatre will foster new interest in the course and help increase enrollments in the department.
Collection of provocative essays that introduce students to the best and most recent criticism of post modern art (1960-1990)
For an undergraduate course in Art History. Ideal as a reference or supplement.
Providing students with the tools they need to launch a successful study of art history, this clearly written introductory guide offers a concise, accessible introduction to the methodology of art history and an overview of writing in the discipline. Nurturing critical thinking skills, it encourages students to ponder the "givens" in the subject, teaches them how to ask questions and how to answer them, and prompts them to seek new insights through their readings, discussions, and written work.
For undergraduate courses in Art History. Ideal as a reference or supplement.
Designed to provide students with the tools necessary to launch a successful study of art history, this succinct and accessible guide offers a practical introduction to the methodology of art history and an overview of writing in the discipline. Helping students to think as art historians, this Third Edition teaches how to ask questions and how to answer them, and challenges students to seek new insights through their readings, discussions, and written work. Parts of the Art Basics series provide students with high quality books at an affordable cost.
Varieties is a classic text on the functions, styles and structure of the major visual art forms. It is reputed to be the best book on the theory and practice of art criticism for undergraduates.
Varieties is a classic text on the functions, styles and structure of the major visual art forms. It is reputed to be the best book on the theory and practice of art criticism for undergraduates.
For courses in Art History or Art Appreciation.
A comprehensive anthology of well-known readings in art history and art criticism which explore thematic, historical, cultural and formal issues from a variety of critical perspectives. Formerly titled Writings About Art.
For introductory college-level courses in art history that include a survey of Italian Renaissance art. It may also appeal to the general reader interested in art history, especially the Renaissance.
This text combines a discussion of history and art as it focuses on the smaller courts of Mantua, Ferrara, Naples, and Urbino that produced an extraordinary amount of great art. The book presents the work created there as the culmination of the desire of princes and dukes wishing to show the world their magnificence as rulers and their virtue as leaders of culture.
Appropriate for courses in Modern Art Survey.
In this lucid and coherent history of the century of modernism, renowned art writer Edward Lucie-Smith approaches his material in an innovative way. Rather than presenting 20th-century visual arts as merely a succession of various styles, he goes beyond to examine the historical, social, and intellectual contexts that have surrounded and supported individual creativity.
For a one/two-semester undergraduate Art History survey course.
Hailed as the most up-to-date and comprehensive contextual text published in a single volume, this enlightening survey presents art history as an essential part of the development of humankind. Encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, it covers painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture and photography-spanning from the primitive art of hunters some 30,000 years ago to high-tech video art of the 1990s-and comes beautifully and generously illustrated with over 1,370 photographs, architectural plans, and color maps.
For one/two semester undergraduate Art History survey courses.
Hailed as the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey published in a single volume, this new edition is an authoritative, balanced, and enlightened account of the history of art. It presents art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas-spanning from the primitive art of hunters 30,000 years ago to the most controversial art forms of today. The text is beautifully and generously illustrated with over 1400 superb photographs, including architectural plans and color maps.
This new edition is an authoritative and provides a balanced account of the history of art. It presents art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas-spanning from the primitive art of hunters 30,000 years ago to the most controversial art forms of today.
For one/two semester undergraduate Art History survey courses.
Hailed as the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey published in a single volume, this new edition is an authoritative, balanced, and enlightened account of the history of art. It presents art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas-spanning from the primitive art of hunters 30,000 years ago to the most controversial art forms of today. The text is beautifully and generously illustrated with over 1,400 superb photographs, including architectural plans and color maps.
This Revised Seventh Edition expands the original coverage by embracing new developments in archeology and art historical research and, in particular, contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the authors' discussion of the art world over the past two decades, providing a new perspective on the latest developments shaping our cultural history.
Wendy Slatkin offers readers a unique and absorbing anthology of thirty edited, excerpted texts by women painters and sculptors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These selected segments distill the essence of the authors' attitudes towards their creative activities, both visual and literary, and their identities as women in a given historical contenxt.
For two-semester undergraduate courses in Art History Survey, and courses in Women in/and Art in departments of Art/Art History and Womens Studies.
This text introduces students to the most recent and extensive scholarly research on women artists, and to gender issues relevant to the topics addressed in most survey of art history courses. Organized chronologically covering primarily western civilizations and the roles women have played in their visual cultures, it highlights contributions from Antiquity to the present. Attention is also paid to other roles for womensuch as patrons, critics, and viewersalong with the ways in which women have been represented in imagery in different periods.
Created for Art/Ceramic and Studio Foundations courses at the undergraduate level. Written by a world-renowned ceramist and leading expert in the field, this introductory book describes the initial processes of handbuilding, wheel throwing, plaster mold making, decoration, glaze application and firing techniques in a simple, easy-to-follow narrative. Strictly for the beginning ceramic student, it offers rich pictorial guidance throughout, both inspiring and instructing students with 500 full color photographs of processes and clayworks. It includes a pictorial timeline of ceramic art history; and exposes students to a gallery of ceramic art, from traditional to avant garde.
For courses in Art Appreciation.
A captivating exploration of the history of art in the West and throughout the world, this lively narrative encourages students to develop an appreciation for a diverse range of works of art. Author Henry M. Sayre attempts to demystify the creation of art, allowing students to see it as critical thinking and problem solving that has relevance to their lives as students and thinkers. Further enhanced with a FREE CD-ROM and an interactive WWW site, the text presents art as a rich array of materials and aesthetic elements combined with the inner workings of the human spirit, passion, emotion, and creativity.
For courses in Art Appreciation.
A captivating exploration of the history of art in the West and throughout the world, this lively narrative encourages students to develop an appreciation for a diverse range of works of art. Author Henry M. Sayre attempts to demystify the creation of art, allowing students to see it as critical thinking and problem solving that has relevance to their lives as students and thinkers. Further enhanced with a FREE CD-ROM and an interactive WWW site, the text presents art as a rich array of materials and aesthetic elements combined with the inner workings of the human spirit, passion, emotion, and creativity.
For one semester courses in Art Appreciation.
This text provides students with a wonderfully written introduction to art that emphasizes critical thinking and visual literacy.
Henry M. Sayre wrote A World of Art because he saw a need for an art appreciation text that was more inclusive of women artists, ethnic minorities and art from around the globe. The author provides students with an understanding of formal elements, artistic mediums, and art history.
For courses in Art Appreciation.
A World of Art teaches students how artists create by helping them understand that creativity starts with critical thinking. By guiding students through a rich array of aesthetic elements and artistic media, along with an overview of art history, this text encourages students to develop an appreciation for a diverse range of art. Author Henry M. Sayre demystifies the creative process by showing how artists use critical thinking and problem solving to create great works of art. Studying art also requires critical thinking and problem solving, and this text shows students how to use these skills to understand and explore the world of art.
A companion anthology for introductory/intermediate-level courses in Creative Writing (Fiction and Poetry), and for courses in Introduction to Literature, Literature and the Humanities, and Twentieth Century Literature.
Compiled by the editors of the award-winning Clackamas Literary Review, this anthology of twenty short stories and fifty poems gives students of writing and literature the opportunity to read from a broad range of styles, perspectives, and generations spanning the last century. Unique in both approach and content, the anthology 1) is not separated by genre, as are most literature anthologies available today (but rather loosely comingles poems and stories according to gradually developing themes; 2) places canonized writing, and some lesser known yet accomplished writing, together under the same cover; and 3) is unencumbered by apparatus, to give instructors the freedom to use their own pedagogical approaches to teach the stories and poems.
For courses in History of Art and Art Appreciation as well as a supplement in Art studio courses and in Writing Across the Curriculum courses. This new edition continues to prepare students to describe and interpret art. Designed as a supplement to Art History survey and period texts, the book features a step-by-step approach to writing, from choosing a work to write about to preparing the final essay. For beginners as well as more advanced students.
For one/two-semester courses in Art History Survey and Art Appreciation, as well as a supplement in Art Studio and Writing Across the Curriculum courses.
This straightforward guide prepares students to describe, interpret, and write about works of art in meaningful and lasting terms. Designed as a supplement to Art History survey and period texts, this efficient book features a step-by-step approach to writing-from choosing a work to write about, to essay organization, to research techniques, to footnote form, to preparing the final essay. For beginners as well as more advanced students.
For one/two-semester courses in Art History Survey and Art Appreciation, as well as a supplement in Studio Art and Writing Across the Curriculum courses.
This straightforward guide prepares students to describe, interpret, and write about works of art in meaningful and lasting terms. Designed as a supplement to Art History survey and period texts, this efficient book features a step-by-step approach to writing-from choosing a work to write about, to essay organization, to research techniques, to footnote form, to preparing the final essay. For beginners as well as more advanced students.
For one/two-semester courses in Art History Survey and Art Appreciation, as well as a supplement in Art Studio and Writing Across the Curriculum courses.
This straightforward guide prepares students to describe, interpret, and write about works of art in meaningful and lasting terms. Designed as a supplement to Art History survey and period texts, this efficient book features a step-by-step approach to writing-from choosing a work to write about, to essay organization, to research techniques, to footnote form, to preparing the final essay. For beginners as well as more advanced students.
A supplement for Introductory Humanities courses, as well as for Introductory Literature and Art History courses.
This brief, practical guide to writing papers in humanities courses provides students with guidance in analyzing and interpreting works of art, literature, and music. The first half of the book covers general issues in writing about the humanities disciplines, including how to respond to, interpret, and evaluate different types of artworks. The second half focuses more specifically on writing in literature and the arts as well as the particulars of writing with, and documenting, sources. An appendix covers writing essay examinations. Sample papers are included.