Art In Focus, Student Edition

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780026624084
• ISBN10: 0026624087
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

THE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ART PROGRAM AVAILABLE!2006 copyright now available!Completely redesigned,Art in Focusis filled with colorful reproductions, photographs, graphics, and student artwork, all designed to challenge, surprise, and inspire your students to create and appreciate art.Your students expect something a little different from art class. The 2000 edition ofArt In Focusoffers the kind of inspiration and challenge your students expect. It is filled with more colorful reproductions, photos, and graphics than ever before. It uses both words and graphics to highlight relevant art topics. It integrates technology resources. It even features student artwork, so your students can see that talent can be celebrated and acknowledged at any age.

Table of Contents

UNIT 1 Creating and Understanding Art
Art and You	4	(20)
Exploring Art	6	(11)
Understanding Art	17	(7)
Developing a Visual Vocabulary	24	(26)
The Elements of Art	26	(14)
The Principles of Art	40	(10)
Still Life Emphasizing Line, Shape, and Color	48	(2)
Creating Art: Media and Processes	50	(34)
Drawing and Painting	52	(7)
Printmaking, Photography, Video, and Digital Media	59	(7)
Sculpture	66	(7)
Architecture	73	(11)
Relif Sculpture	80	(2)
Whimsical Sandwich Painting	82	(2)
Art Criticism and Aesthetics	84	(20)
Art Criticism: A Search for Aesthetic Qualities	86	(5)
Using Aesthetics and Art Criticism	91	(13)
Painting a Representational Still Life	102	(2)
Art History	104	(22)
Art History: A Search for Information	106	(10)
Using Art History	116	(10)
Painting an Abstract Still Life	121	(1)
Creating an Expressive Collage	122	(4)
UNIT 2 Art of Early Civilizations
Art of Earliest Times	126	(20)
Prehistoric Art in Western Europe	128	(7)
Art of the Fertile Crescent	135	(11)
Contour Drawing of an Animal in Motion	143	(1)
Modeling an Animal in Clay	144	(2)
The Art of Ancient Egypt	146	(20)
The Growth of Egyptian Civilization	148	(7)
Egyptian Sculpture and Painting	155	(11)
Designing and Painting a Sarcophagus Cover	162	(4)
UNIT 3 Art of Rising Civilizations
Greek Art	166	(24)
The Birthplace of Western Civilization	168	(9)
The Evolution of Greek Sculpture	177	(13)
Drawing Features of Greek Architecture	187	(1)
Painting Using Analogous Colors	188	(2)
Roman Art	190	(22)
The Rising Power of Rome	192	(8)
Roman Buildings and Monuments	200	(12)
Relief of a Roman Structure	208	(4)
UNIT 4 Art of Asia, the Americas, and Africa
The Art of India, China, and Japan	212	(32)
The Art of India	214	(8)
The Art of China	222	(10)
The Art of Japan	232	(12)
Creating Visual Symbols	241	(1)
Negative Shape Painting	242	(2)
The Native Arts of the Americas	244	(20)
Native American Art	246	(8)
Art in Mexico and in Central and South America	254	(10)
Abstract Ink Drawing of an Insect, Fish, or Other Animal	262	(2)
The Arts of Africa	264	(22)
Art of African Kingdoms	266	(7)
African Sculture	273	(13)
Creating a Papier-Mache Ceremonial Mask	282	(4)
UNIT 5 Art in Quest of Salvation
Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art	286	(22)
Early Christian and Byzantine Art	288	(9)
Islamic Art	297	(11)
Byzantine-Style Self-Portrait	305	(1)
Creating a Word Design	306	(2)
Early Medieval and Romanesque Art	308	(22)
The Early Medieval Period	310	(8)
The Romanesque Period	318	(12)
Woodblock Print of an Imaginary Creature	328	(2)
Gothic Art	330	(22)
Emergence of the Gothic Style	332	(6)
Gothic Sculpture and Illustrated Books	338	(6)
Italian Church Painting	344	(8)
Drawing a Landscape Tympanum	347	(1)
Carving a Tympanum Landscape Relief	348	(4)
UNIT 6 Art of an Emerging Modern Europe
The Italian Renaissance	352	(26)
The Emergence of the Italian Renaissance	354	(7)
The Acceptance of Renaissance Ideas	361	(6)
High Renaissance	367	(11)
Painting a Cityscape	376	(2)
Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe	378	(16)
Renaissance Painting in Northern Europe	380	(6)
Realism and Emotionalism	386	(8)
Expanding Detail Drawing	391	(1)
Designing a Visual Symbol	392	(2)
Art of Sixteenth-Century Europe	394	(24)
The Art of Venice	396	(5)
Mannerism	401	(6)
The Art of Northern Europe	407	(11)
Painting of a Bizarre Creature	415	(1)
Humorous Face from Expanded Shapes	416	(2)
Baroque Art	418	(26)
Baroque Art of Italy and Flanders	420	(9)
Dutch Art	429	(8)
Spanish Art	437	(7)
Painting a Shape Moving in Space	441	(1)
Charcoal Figure Drawing	442	(2)
Rococo Art	444	(20)
Art in France	446	(6)
Art in England and Spain	452	(12)
Still-Life Chalk Drawing	459	(1)
Expressive Self-Portrait Collage	460	(4)
UNIT 7 Art of the Modern Era
New Styles in Nineteenth-Century Art	464	(28)
Neoclassicism	466	(5)
Romanticism and Realism	471	(9)
Impressionism	480	(12)
Watercolor Still Life in a Painterly Style	490	(2)
Art of the Later Nineteenth Century	492	(22)
Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century	494	(7)
America in the Late Nineteenth Century	501	(13)
Painting Emphasizing Aesthetic Qualities	511	(1)
Tempera Batik in the Style of Gauguin	512	(2)
Art of the Early Twentieth Century	514	(30)
Many Movements in European Art	516	(12)
Contributions from Mexico and the United States	528	(8)
European and American Architecture	536	(8)
Abstract Cut-Paper Figures	541	(1)
Cubist-Style Painting	542	(2)
Modern Art Movements to the Present	544	(65)
Revolutions in European and American Art	546	(16)
Innovations in Sculpture and Architecture	562	(14)
Three-Dimensional Relief Portrait	573	(3)
Handbooks
Artsource® Performing Arts Handbook	576	(18)
Careers in Art Handbook	594	(15)
Glossary	609	(6)
Artists and Their Works	615	(4)
Index	619