Reality Through the Arts

by Sporre, Dennis J.

• ISBN13: 9780134929439
• ISBN10: 0134929438
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

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 book also ties both artistic media and history to the theme of art as a reflection of human reality This examination focuses on the media of the arts, pictures, sculpture, music, theatre, cinema, dance, architecture, literature, the styles of the arts, ancient approaches, artistic reflections in the pre-modern world, as well as artistic styles in the emerging modern world and, the beginnings of modernism, pluralism in a post-modern age. For art enthusiasts and others interested exploring how artists express themselves.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Media of the Arts: What Artists Use to Express ldquo;Realityrdquo;

Two Dimensional Art: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography

Sculpture

Architecture

Music and Opera

Theatre

Cinema

Dance

Literature

The Styles of The Arts: How Artists Portray ldquo;Realityrdquo;

Ancient Approaches c. 30,000 to c. 480 B.C.E

Artistic Reflections in the Pre-Modern World c. 480 B.C.E to c. 1400 C.E

Artistic Styles in the Emerging Modern World c. 1400 to c. 1800

Artistry in an Age of Industry

The Arts in a Modern, Postmodern, and Pluralistic World 1900 to the Present

Notes

Glossary with Pronunciations

Bibliography

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