Art Fundamentals and CC CD-ROM v3.0 (MP)

by Ocvirk, Otto; Stinson, Robert; Wigg, Philip; Bone, Robert; Cayton, David

• ISBN13: 9780072878714
• ISBN10: 0072878711
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-07-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The original text that set the standard for introduction to art courses across the country,Art Fundamentalshas guided generations of students through the essential elements of art as well as the rich and varied history of their uses.The tenth edition expands the wealth of related study materials available to students and faculty by offering a student CD-ROM,Core Concepts in Art, packagedfreewith every new copy of the text, as well as a comprehensive text-specific Online Learning Center; together these materials reinforce the principles and elements of design with practical exercises, self-guided tutorials, interactive examples, and suggested student projects.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiv
Introduction	2	(24)
The Vocabulary of Introductory Terms	3	(2)
The Need and Search for Art	5	(5)
The Ingredients of Art	10	(8)
The Three Basic Components of a Work of Art	11	(1)
Subject	11	(1)
Form	11	(1)
Content	12	(3)
Savoring the Ingredients	15	(3)
The Ingredients Assembled	18	(8)
Two-Dimensional Media and Techniques	20	(2)
The Two-Dimensional Picture Plane	22	(1)
The Picture Frame	22	(1)
Positive and Negative Areas	22	(2)
The Art Elements	24	(2)
Form	26	(42)
The Vocabulary of Form	28	(1)
Form and Visual Ordering	29	(38)
The Seven Principles of Organization	31	(1)
Harmony (1)	31	(16)
Variety (2)	47	(3)
Balance (3)	50	(6)
Proportion (4)	56	(6)
Dominance (5)	62	(1)
Movement (6)	63	(2)
Economy (7)	65	(1)
Space: Result of Elements/Principles	66	(1)
Form Unity: A Summary	67	(1)
Line	68	(20)
The Vocabulary of Line	70	(1)
Line: The Elementary Means of Communication	70	(4)
The Physical Characteristics of Line	74	(4)
Measure	74	(1)
Type	74	(1)
Direction	74	(2)
Location	76	(1)
Character	77	(1)
The Expressive Properties Of Line	78	(1)
Line and the Other Art Elements	79	(5)
Line and Shape	79	(2)
Line and Value	81	(1)
Line and Texture	81	(1)
Line and Color	81	(3)
The Spatial Characteristics of Line	84	(1)
Line and Representation	84	(4)
Shape	88	(22)
The Vocabulary of Shape	90	(1)
Introduction to Shape	91	(1)
The Definition of Shape	91	(4)
The Use of Shapes	95	(9)
Shape Dimensions	96	(1)
The Illusions of Two-Dimensional Shapes	96	(1)
The Illusions of Three-Dimensional Shapes	97	(3)
Shape and Principles of Design	100	(1)
Balance	101	(1)
Direction	101	(2)
Duration and Relative Dominance	103	(1)
Harmony and Variety	104	(1)
Shapes and the Space Concept	104	(1)
Shape and Content	104	(6)
Value	110	(16)
The Vocabulary of Value	112	(1)
Introduction to Value Relationships	112	(1)
Descriptive Uses of Value	113	(1)
Expressive Uses of Value	114	(7)
Chiaroscuro	116	(3)
Tenebrism	119	(1)
Printmaking Techniques and Value	119	(2)
Decorative Value	121	(1)
Compositional Functions of Value	121	(5)
Value Patterns	123	(2)
Open and Closed Compositions	125	(1)
Texture	126	(14)
The Vocabulary of Texture	128	(1)
Introduction to Texture	129	(1)
Texture and the Visual Arts	129	(2)
The Nature of Texture	131	(1)
Types of Textures	131	(5)
Actual Texture	131	(2)
Simulated Texture	133	(1)
Abstract Texture	134	(1)
Invented Texture	135	(1)
Texture and Pattern	136	(1)
Texture and Composition	137	(1)
Relative Dominance and Movement	137	(1)
Psychological Factors	138	(1)
Texture and Space	138	(1)
Texture and Art Media	139	(1)
Color	140	(36)
The Vocabulary of Color	142	(1)
The Characteristics of Color	143	(25)
Light: The Source of Color	143	(1)
Additive Color	144	(1)
Subtractive Color	145	(1)
Artist's Color Mixing	146	(1)
The Triadic Color System	147	(1)
Neutrals	148	(1)
The Physical Properties of Color	148	(1)
Hue	149	(1)
Value	149	(1)
Intensity	150	(2)
Developing Aesthetic Color Relationships	152	(1)
Complements and Split-Complements	152	(1)
Triads	153	(1)
Tetrads	154	(1)
Analogous and Monochromatic Colors	154	(1)
Warm and Cool Colors	154	(1)
Plastic Colors	155	(1)
Simultaneous Contrast	156	(5)
Color and Emotion	161	(1)
Psychological Application of Color	161	(2)
The Evolution of the Color Wheel	163	(1)
The Origins of Color Systems	163	(1)
The Discovery of Pigment Primaries	163	(1)
The First Triadic Color Wheel	163	(1)
American Educators	163	(1)
The Ostwald Color System	163	(1)
The Munsell Color System	163	(2)
The Subtractive Printing System (Process Color System)	165	(1)
Color Photography	166	(1)
Color Computer Printing	167	(1)
The Discovery of Light Primaries	167	(1)
The Role of Color in Composition	168	(1)
Color Balance	168	(8)
Color and Harmony	170	(1)
Color and Variety	171	(5)
Space	176	(42)
The Vocabulary of Space	178	(1)
Introduction to Space	179	(1)
Spatial Perception	179	(1)
Major Types of Space	179	(2)
Decorative Space	179	(1)
Plastic Space	180	(1)
Divisions of Plastic Space	180	(1)
Spatial Indicators	181	(21)
Sharp and Diminishing Detail	181	(1)
Size	182	(1)
Position	182	(1)
Overlapping	183	(1)
Transparency	183	(1)
Interpenetration	184	(1)
Fractional Representation	184	(1)
Converging Parallels	185	(1)
Linear Perspective	186	(2)
Major Systems of Linear Perspective	188	(7)
Perspective Concepts Applied	195	(3)
The Disadvantages of Linear Perspective	198	(2)
Other Projection Systems	200	(1)
Intuitive Space	200	(2)
The Spatial Properties of the Elements	202	(5)
Line and Space	202	(2)
Shape and Space	204	(1)
Value and Space	204	(2)
Texture and Space	206	(1)
Color and Space	206	(1)
Recent Concepts of Space	207	(11)
The Search for a New Spatial Dimension	207	(2)
Plastic Images	209	(1)
Pictorial Representations of Movement in Time	210	(3)
Motion Pictures	213	(1)
Video	214	(1)
The Computer and Art	215	(3)
The Art of the Third Dimension	218	(28)
The Vocabulary of the Third Dimension	220	(1)
Basic Concepts of Three-Dimensional Art	221	(7)
Sculpture	222	(1)
Other Areas of Three-Dimensional Art	223	(2)
Architecture	225	(1)
Metalwork	225	(1)
Glass Design	226	(1)
Ceramics	227	(1)
Fiberwork	227	(1)
Product Design	227	(1)
The Components of Three-Dimensional Art	228	(18)
Materials and Techniques	228	(1)
Subtraction	229	(1)
Manipulation	229	(1)
Addition	229	(1)
Substitution	230	(1)
The Elements of Three-Dimensional Form	230	(1)
Shape	230	(2)
Value	232	(2)
Space	234	(2)
Texture	236	(1)
Line	236	(1)
Color	237	(1)
Time (The Fourth Dimension)	237	(1)
Principles of Three-Dimensional Order	238	(1)
Harmony and Variety	238	(2)
Balance	240	(1)
Proportion	240	(1)
Economy	241	(1)
Movement	242	(1)
Installations	243	(3)
Content and Style	246	(87)
Introduction to Content and Style	248	(1)
Nineteenth-Century Art	248	(19)
Neoclassicism (c. 1750-1820)	248	(2)
Romanticism	250	(5)
Beginning of Photography	255	(1)
Realism	255	(1)
Technological Developments in Photography	256	(2)
Impressionism	258	(4)
Post-Impressionism	262	(4)
Photographic Trends	266	(1)
Early-Twentieth-Century Art	267	(24)
Expressionism	267	(1)
French Expressionism: The Fauves	267	(1)
German Expressionism	268	(2)
Sculpture in the Early 1900s	270	(2)
Expressionism in the United States	272	(1)
Expressionism in Mexico	272	(1)
Color Photography and Other New Trends	273	(1)
Cubism	274	(2)
Futurism	276	(2)
Abstract Art	278	(1)
Abstract Art in Europe	278	(1)
Abstract Art in the United States	279	(1)
Abstract Sculpture	280	(1)
Abstract and Realist Photography	281	(3)
Fantastic Art	284	(1)
Dadaism	284	(2)
Individual Fantasists	286	(1)
Surrealist Painting	287	(2)
Surrealist Sculpture	289	(1)
Surrealism and Photography	290	(1)
Late-Twentieth-Century Art	291	(39)
Abstract Expressionist Painting	291	(7)
Abstract Expressionist Sculpture	298	(3)
Abstract Expressionism and Photography	301	(1)
Kinetic Sculpture	302	(1)
Pop Art and Assemblage	302	(4)
Happenings and Performance or Action Art	306	(3)
Op Art	309	(1)
Minimalism	310	(2)
Environmental Art and Installations	312	(4)
Postmodernism	316	(1)
New Realism (Photorealism)	317	(2)
Process and Conceptual Art	319	(1)
Neo-Expressionism	320	(2)
Feminist Art	322	(3)
Other Trends: Neo-Abstraction, Film Stills, Photography	325	(1)
Neo-Abstraction	325	(1)
Film Stills	326	(1)
Photography	327	(3)
New Global Art	330	(3)
Chronological Outline of Western Art	333	(5)
Glossary	338	(5)
Bibliography	343	(2)
Index	345