Art Fundamentals with Core Concepts CD-ROM

by OCVIRK OTTO

• ISBN13: 9780072483512
• ISBN10: 0072483512
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-08
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The most widely used text for introductory art and design courses,Art Fundamentalsguides students through both the essential elements of art and the rich and varied history of their uses. This new edition expands the wealth of study materials available to students and faculty by offering a free student CD-ROM and a complete Online Learning Center. Together these new materials help reinforce the principles and elements of design with practical exercises, self-guided tutorials, and interactive examples - without detracting from the central appeal of the text:more color at a lower price.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	x
Introduction	2	(28)
The Vocabulary of Introductory Terms	4	(2)
The Need and Search for Art	6	(5)
The Ingredients of Art	11	(11)
The Three Basic Components of a Work of Art	12	(1)
Subject	12	(1)
Form	13	(1)
Content	14	(4)
Savoring the Ingredients	18	(4)
The Ingredients Assembled	22	(8)
Two-Dimensional Media and Techniques	24	(2)
The Two-Dimensional Picture Plane	26	(1)
The Picture Frame	26	(2)
Positive and Negative Areas	28	(1)
The Art Elements	29	(1)
Form	30	(44)
The Vocabulary of Form	32	(1)
Form and Visual Ordering	33	(40)
The Seven Principles of Organization	34	(1)
Harmony (1)	35	(17)
Variety (2)	52	(1)
Balance (3)	53	(8)
Proportion (4)	61	(7)
Dominance (5)	68	(1)
Movement (6)	69	(2)
Economy (7)	71	(2)
Space: Result of Elements/Principles	73	(1)
Form Unity: A Summary	73	(1)
Line	74	(20)
The Vocabulary of Line	76	(1)
Line: The Elementary Means of Communication	76	(5)
The Physical Characteristics of Line	81	(3)
Measure	81	(1)
Type	81	(1)
Direction	82	(1)
Location	82	(1)
Character	83	(1)
The Expressive Properties of Line	84	(1)
Line and the Other Art Elements	85	(5)
Line and Shape	85	(2)
Line and Value	87	(1)
Line and Texture	88	(1)
Line and Color	89	(1)
The Spatial Characteristics of Line	90	(1)
Line and Representation	90	(4)
Shape	94	(22)
The Vocabulary of Shape	96	(1)
Introduction to Shape	97	(1)
The Definition of Shape	97	(3)
The Use of Shapes	100	(11)
Shape Dimensions	101	(1)
The Illusions of Two-Dimensional Shapes	101	(1)
The Illusions of Three-Dimensional Shapes	102	(4)
Shape and Principles of Design	106	(1)
Balance	106	(1)
Direction	107	(1)
Duration and Relative Dominance	108	(2)
Harmony and Variety	110	(1)
Shapes and the Space Concept	111	(1)
Shape and Content	111	(5)
Value	116	(16)
The Vocabulary of Value	118	(1)
Introduction to Value Relationships	119	(1)
Descriptive Uses of Value	120	(2)
Expressive Uses of Value	122	(5)
Chiaroscuro	123	(2)
Tenebrism	125	(1)
Printmaking Techniques and Value	125	(1)
Decorative Value	126	(1)
Compositional Functions of Value	127	(5)
Value Patterns	129	(2)
Open and Closed Compositions	131	(1)
Texture	132	(14)
The Vocabulary of Texture	134	(1)
Introduction to Texture	135	(1)
Texture and the Visual Arts	135	(2)
The Nature of Texture	137	(1)
Types of Texture	137	(5)
Actual Texture	137	(2)
Simulated Texture	139	(1)
Abstract Texture	140	(1)
Invented Texture	141	(1)
Texture and Pattern	142	(1)
Texture and Composition	143	(2)
Relative Dominance and Movement	143	(1)
Psychological Factors	144	(1)
Texture and Space	145	(1)
Texture and Art Media	145	(1)
Color	146	(34)
The Vocabulary of Color	148	(1)
The Characteristics of Color	149	(24)
Light: The Source of Color	149	(1)
Additive Color	150	(1)
Subtractive Color	151	(1)
Artist's Color Mixing	152	(1)
The Triadic Color System	153	(1)
Neutrals	153	(1)
The Physical Properties of Color	154	(1)
Hue	154	(1)
Value	155	(1)
Intensity	156	(2)
Developing Aesthetic Color Relationships	158	(1)
Complements and Split-Complements	159	(1)
Triads	159	(1)
Tetrads	160	(1)
Analogous and Monochromatic Colors	160	(1)
Warm and Cool Colors	161	(1)
Plastic Colors	161	(1)
Simultaneous Contrast	162	(3)
Color and Emotion	165	(2)
Psychological Application of Color	167	(1)
The Evolution of the Color Wheel	167	(1)
The Origins of Color Systems	168	(1)
The Discovery of Pigment Primaries	168	(1)
The First Triadic Color Wheel	168	(1)
American Educators	168	(1)
The Ostwald Color System	168	(1)
The Munsell Color System	169	(1)
The Subtractive Printing System (Process Color System)	169	(2)
Color Photography	171	(1)
Color Computer Printing	172	(1)
The Discovery of Light Primaries	173	(1)
The Role of Color in Composition	173	(2)
Color Balance	175	(5)
Color and Harmony	175	(2)
Color and Variety	177	(3)
Space	180	(40)
The Vocabulary of Space	182	(1)
Introduction to Space	183	(1)
Spatial Perception	183	(1)
Major Types of Space	183	(2)
Decorative Space	183	(1)
Plastic Space	183	(1)
Divisions of Plastic Space	184	(1)
Shallow Space	184	(1)
Deep and Infinite Space	184	(1)
Spatial Indicators	185	(21)
Sharp and Diminishing Detail	185	(1)
Size	186	(1)
Position	186	(1)
Overlapping	187	(1)
Transparency	187	(1)
Interpenetration	188	(1)
Fractional Representation	188	(1)
Converging Parallels	189	(1)
Linear Perspective	190	(2)
Major Systems of Linear Perspective	192	(7)
Perspective Concepts Applied	199	(3)
The Disadvantages of Linear Perspective	202	(2)
Other Projection Systems	204	(2)
Intuitive Space	206	(1)
The Spatial Properties of the Elements	206	(5)
Line and Space	206	(2)
Shape and Space	208	(1)
Value and Space	208	(1)
Texture and Space	209	(1)
Color and Space	210	(1)
Recent Concepts of Space	211	(1)
The Search for a New Spatial Dimension	211	(9)
Plastic Images	213	(1)
Pictorial Representations of Movement in Time	213	(2)
Motion Pictures	215	(3)
Television	218	(1)
The Computer and Art	218	(1)
Multimedia	219	(1)
The Art of the Third Dimension	220	(28)
The Vocabulary of the Third Dimension	222	(1)
Basic Concepts of Three-Dimensional Art	223	(7)
Sculpture	224	(1)
Other Areas of Three-Dimensional Art	225	(2)
Architecture	227	(1)
Metalwork	228	(1)
Glass Design	228	(1)
Ceramics	228	(2)
Fiberwork	230	(1)
Product Design	230	(1)
The Components of Three-Dimensional Art	230	(18)
Materials and Techniques	230	(1)
Subtraction	231	(1)
Manipulation	231	(1)
Addition	232	(1)
Substitution	232	(1)
The Elements of Three-Dimensional Form	233	(1)
Shape	233	(2)
Value	235	(1)
Space	236	(2)
Texture	238	(1)
Line	238	(1)
Color	239	(1)
Time (The Fourth Dimension)	240	(1)
Principles of Three-Dimensional Order	240	(1)
Harmony and Variety	241	(1)
Balance	242	(1)
Proportion	243	(1)
Economy	243	(1)
Movement	244	(1)
Installations	245	(3)
Content and Style	248	(83)
Introduction to Content and Style	250	(1)
Nineteenth-Century Art	250	(18)
Neoclassicism (c. 1750--1820)	251	(1)
Romantic Art	252	(3)
Beginning of Photography	255	(1)
Realism	256	(2)
Technological Developments in Photography	258	(1)
Impressionism	259	(4)
Post-Impressionism	263	(4)
Photographic Trends	267	(1)
Early Twentieth-Century Art	268	(26)
Expressionism	268	(1)
French Expressionism: The Fauves	269	(1)
German Expressionism	270	(2)
Sculpture in the Early 1900s	272	(2)
Expressionism in the United States	274	(1)
Expressionism in Mexico	274	(1)
Color Photography and Other New Trends	274	(1)
Cubism	275	(3)
Futurism	278	(2)
Abstract Art	280	(1)
Abstract Art in Europe	280	(2)
Abstract Art in the United States	282	(1)
Abstract Sculpture	283	(1)
Abstract and Realist Photography	283	(3)
Fantastic Art	286	(1)
Dadaism	287	(1)
Individual Fantasists	288	(1)
Surrealist Painting	289	(2)
Surrealist Sculpture	291	(1)
Surrealism and Photography	292	(2)
Late Twentieth-Century Art	294	(37)
Abstract-Expressionist Painting	294	(5)
Abstract-Expressionist Sculpture	299	(4)
Abstract-Expressionism and Photography	303	(1)
Kinetic Sculpture	304	(1)
Pop Art and Assemblage	305	(5)
Happenings and Performance or Action Art	310	(1)
Op Art	310	(2)
Minimalism	312	(3)
Environmental Art and Installations	315	(4)
Postmodernism	319	(2)
New Realism (Photorealism)	321	(1)
Process and Conceptual Art	322	(2)
Neo-Expressionism	324	(1)
Feminist Art	325	(2)
Other Trends: Neo-Abstraction, Film Stills, New New Painting	327	(1)
Neo-Abstraction	327	(3)
Film Stills	330	(1)
New New Painting	330	(1)
Chronological Outline of Western Art	331	(5)
Glossary	336	(7)
Bibliography	343	(2)
Index	345