Art in Focus, Student Edition

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780078685453
• ISBN10: 0078685451
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-10
• Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub

Summary

New 2006 copyright!Art in Focus - the premier high school art history text! An integrated, chronological approach to the study of art, Art in Focus demonstrates the interrelationships of aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and studio art.

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)
Using the Design Chart	47	(1)
Breaking Down Walls with Art	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)
Relief Sculpture	80	(2)
A Cut Above	82	(2)
Art Criticism and Aesthetics	84	(20)
Art Criticism: A Search for Aesthetic Qualities	86	(5)
Using Aesthetics and Art Criticism	91	(13)
The Mint Is a Revelation	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)
Pop Icon	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)
Modeling an Animal in Clay	143	(1)
Stone-Age Artists	144	(2)
The Art of Ancient Egypt	146	(20)
The Growth of Egyptian Civilization	148	(7)
Egyptian Sculpture and Painting	155	(11)
Treasures in the Sand	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)
Painting Using Analogous Colors	187	(1)
Firm Foundation	188	(2)
Roman Art	190	(22)
The Rising Power of Rome	192	(8)
Roman Buildings and Monuments	200	(12)
The Art of Living	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)
Negative Shape Painting	241	(1)
Animation Artistry	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)
Mask Man	262	(2)
The Arts of Africa	264	(22)
Art of African Kingdoms	266	(7)
African Sculpture	273	(13)
Looking to Africa	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)
Creating a Word Design	305	(1)
Bits and Pieces	306	(2)
Early Medieval and Romanesque Art	308	(22)
The Early Medieval Period	310	(8)
The Romanesque Period	318	(12)
Stepping Back in Time	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)
Carving a Tympanum Landscape Relief	347	(1)
Let There Be Light...and Color	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)
Old Masters, New Tricks	376	(2)
Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe	378	(16)
Renaissance Painting in Northern Europe	380	(6)
Realism and Emotionalism	386	(8)
Designing a Visual Symbol	391	(1)
Reading Paintings	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 a Bizarre Creature	415	(1)
Saving Venice	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)
A Passion for Painting	442	(2)
Rococo Art	444	(20)
Art in France	446	(6)
Art in England and Spain	452	(12)
Expressive Self-Portrait Collage	459	(1)
Portraying Women	460	(4)
UNIT 7 ART OF THE MODERN ERA
New Directions in Nineteenth-Century Art	464	(28)
Neoclassicism	466	(5)
Romanticism and Realism	471	(9)
Impressionism	480	(12)
Art as Satire	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)
The Great Society	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)
Painting in the Cubist Style	541	(1)
A Style All His Own	542	(2)
Modern Art Movements to the Present	544	(55)
Revolutions in European and American Art	546	(16)
Innovations in Sculpture and Architecture	562	(12)
Digital Art Forms	574
Expressive Computer Painting	581	(1)
The Master Builder	582	(2)
Handbooks
Art Handbook
Careers in Art	584	(15)
Glossary	599	(7)
Glosario	606	(8)
Artists and Their Works	614	(4)
Index	618