Beginner's Guide to the Humanities, A

by Bishop, Philip E.

• ISBN13: 9780132213844
• ISBN10: 0132213842
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

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 discipliners"s process of creation.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Painting	1	(15)
How to Talk in Pictures	1	(1)
The World of Painting	2	(1)
A Real Encounter: The Sense of Abstraction	3	(2)
Extreme Art: The Symbolism of Dung	4	(1)
The Tool Kit: Painting	5	(3)
Imagery and Subject	5	(1)
Medium and Materials	5	(1)
Form and Composition	6	(1)
Color and Light	7	(1)
Pictorial Miscellany	8	(1)
The Experience: How to Look at a Picture	8	(1)
Style Guide: Types and Traditions	9	(2)
A Companion To Painting	11	(5)
Sculpture	16	(14)
Giving Shape to the World	16	(2)
A Real Encounter: A Shrine of Sorrow	18	(2)
Extreme Art: Bust in Blood	20	(1)
The Tool Kit: Sculpture	20	(2)
The Sculptural Process	20	(1)
Sculptural Types	21	(1)
Sculptural Materials	21	(1)
Form	21	(1)
Sculptural Subjects	22	(1)
Sculptural Miscellany	22	(1)
The Experience: Sizing Up a Sculpture	22	(1)
Style Guide: Sculptors---Greats Since the Greeks	23	(2)
A Companion To Sculpture	25	(5)
Architecture	30	(19)
Why Buildings Stand	30	(1)
What Buildings Mean	31	(2)
A Real Encounter: The Magic of Fallingwater	33	(1)
The Tool Kit: Architecture	34	(7)
Materials	34	(1)
Construction	35	(1)
The Arch	35	(1)
Sacred Building	36	(1)
The Temple	37	(1)
The Church	37	(1)
The Mosque	38	(1)
Architectural Decoration	38	(2)
Architectural Miscellany	40	(1)
The Experience: How to Be in a Building	41	(1)
Style Guide: Architecture in American Cities, c. 2000	42	(2)
A Companion To Architecture	44	(5)
Music	49	(16)
Music Class	49	(1)
The Essentials of Music	50	(2)
A Real Encounter: Four Seasons in a Gothic Light	52	(1)
The Tool Kit: Music, Technically Speaking	52	(7)
Musical Scales	52	(1)
Harmony	53	(1)
The Instruments	54	(1)
Dynamics	54	(1)
Vocal Forms	54	(2)
Instrumental Forms	56	(1)
Theatrical Forms	56	(1)
Music A to Z	56	(3)
The Experience: How To Listen---Really Listen	59	(1)
Style Guide: Musical Styles You're Most Likely to Hear	60	(1)
A Companion To Music	61	(4)
Theater	65	(17)
The Elements of Dram	65	(2)
Who Makes the Play?	67	(1)
A Real Encounter: An Angel over America	67	(2)
The Tool Kit: Theater	69	(3)
The Stage	69	(1)
The Set	69	(1)
Theater by Degree	70	(1)
A Theater Glossary	71	(1)
The Experience: Playing Along	72	(2)
Style Guide: A User's Guide to the Theater	74	(2)
Genres	74	(1)
Historical Types and Traditions	75	(1)
A Companion To Theater	76	(6)
Opera and Musical Theater	82	(15)
Opera---The Greatest Art?	82	(3)
The Voice Is the Thing	84	(1)
Operatic Voices	85	(1)
A Real Encounter: Opera's Unrepentant Sinner	85	(2)
Open for Debate: Operatic Remakes . . . or Rip-offs?	86	(1)
The Tool Kit: Opera	87	(2)
Opera by Degree	87	(1)
Opera Miscellany	87	(2)
The Experience: Stories in Song	89	(1)
Style Guide: Operatic Operators	90	(3)
A Companion To Opera And Musical Theater	93	(4)
Dance	97	(15)
The Poetry of Movement	97	(1)
Elements of Dance	98	(2)
A Real Encounter: The Continuity of Dance	100	(1)
The Tool Kit: Dance	101	(3)
Types of Dance	101	(1)
The Ballet Company	101	(1)
Dance Technique	102	(2)
Dance Miscellany	104	(1)
The Experience: Move to the Music	104	(1)
Style Guide: Great Names in Dance	105	(3)
Great Ballets	105	(1)
Choreographer and Company	106	(1)
Dancers of the Modern	107	(1)
A Companion To Ballet And Dance	108	(4)
The Printed Image: Prints, Photos, Digital Art	112	(18)
The Arts of Mechanical Reproducibility	112	(2)
Open for Debate: Falsifiable Photographs	114	(1)
The Tool Kit: Printmaking	114	(3)
Engraving	114	(2)
Relief	116	(1)
Other Processs	116	(1)
Printmaking Miscellany	117	(1)
The Tool Kit: Photography	117	(5)
The Film	117	(1)
The Camera	118	(1)
The Darkroom	119	(1)
Color Photography	120	(1)
Photographic Genres	121	(1)
Photographic Miscellany	121	(1)
The Tool Kit: Digital Images	122	(1)
The Experience: Pictures, Pictures Everywhere	122	(2)
Style Guide: Masters of the Printed Image	124	(1)
A Companion To The Printed Image	125	(5)
Literature	130	(11)
Literature as Species	130	(1)
A Real Encounter: Poetry as a Hunger	131	(1)
The Tool Kit: Poetry	132	(2)
Sound	133	(1)
Form	133	(1)
Meaning	134	(1)
Prose Fiction	134	(1)
Genre	134	(1)
Meaning	135	(1)
The Experience: The Power of Reading	135	(1)
Style Guide: Varieties of the Novel	136	(2)
A Companion To Literature	138	(3)
Movies	141	(15)
The Novel of the Twentieth Century	141	(1)
Who Makes a Movie?	142	(1)
A Real Encounter: A Shot Heard `Round the Film World	143	(1)
The Tool Kit: The Movies	144	(5)
Camera Work	144	(2)
The Story	146	(1)
Editing	146	(1)
Sound and Effects	147	(1)
Animation	148	(1)
Film Miscellany	148	(1)
The Experience: Watching While Thinking	149	(1)
Style Guide: Movie Genres	150	(2)
A Companion To The Movies	152	(4)
Encountering the Arts	156	(6)
Touring a City	156	(2)
Visiting a Museum	158	(2)
Attending a Performance	160	(2)
Index	162