The Art of Seeing

by Zelanski, Paul J.; Fisher, Mary Pat

• ISBN13: 9780131583450
• ISBN10: 013158345X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This best-selling exploration of traditional and contemporary art and artistic media focuses onart as seen from the artist's point of view, treating artistic techniques and introductory aesthetic principles. It is an engaging, clear, and concise presentation with a multi-cultural emphasis. The careful design of the illustrations, text, headings, timelines, and boxes enhances the relationship between text and illustrations.The book has a four-part organizationPart Ilays the foundation for seeing;Parts II and IIIviews two-and three-dimensional art; andPart IVapproaches art as it exists in time. Topics cover a broad range of media and traditional and contemporary art, including installation; video and performance art; encaustic; fresco; wood engraving; earthworks; computers and art.For anyone interested in art appreciation.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Learning to See	p. 11
Understanding Art	p. 12
What is Art?	p. 13
The Creative Impulse	p. 13
Types of Art	p. 14
Content	p. 33
Critical Opinion	p. 48
Lasting Greatness in Art	p. 55
Visual Elements	p. 58
Line	p. 59
Shape and Form	p. 73
Space	p. 93
Texture	p. 113
Value and Light	p. 119
Chiaroscuro	p. 128
Color	p. 134
Time
Organizing Principles of Design	p. 169
Repetition	p. 170
Variety	p. 174
Rhythm	p. 180
Balance	p. 182
Compositional Unity	p. 185
Emphasis	p. 188
Economy	p. 192
Proportion	p. 194
Relationship to the Environment	p. 196
Two-Dimensional Media and Methods	p. 203
Drawing	p. 204
Approaches to Drawing	p. 204
Dry Media	p. 207
Liquid Media	p. 213
Painting	p. 217
Approaches to Painting	p. 218
Paint Media	p. 222
Mixed Media	p. 248
Printmaking	p. 249
Approaches to Printmaking	p. 251
Printmaking Processes	p. 252
Mixed Print Media	p. 268
Graphic Design	p. 271
The Graphic Designer and Visual Ideas	p. 272
Typography	p. 275
Illustration	p. 278
Photography and Filmmaking	p. 281
Photography	p. 282
Film	p. 299
Television and Video	p. 307
Digital Art	p. 312
The Computer as a Drawing Medium	p. 313
The Computer as a Painting Medium	p. 314
The Computer in Three-Dimensional Art	p. 316
Video Graphics	p. 317
Virtual Reality	p. 319
The Computer as a Unique Art Medium	p. 320
Interactive Art in Cyberspace; Art Websites	p. 321
Three-Dimensional Media and Methods	p. 323
Sculpture	p. 324
Planning Sculptures	p. 325
Carving	p. 327
Modeling	p. 329
Casting	p. 334
Assembling	p. 338
Earthworks	p. 342
Crafts	p. 346
Clay	p. 347
Metal	p. 352
Wood	p. 355
Glass	p. 358
Fibers	p. 363
Product and Clothing Design	p. 368
Industrial Design	p. 369
Clothing Design	p. 374
Architecture	p. 380
Architects Unique Concerns	p. 381
Function	p. 383
Structure	p. 392
Designed Settings	p. 407
Interior Design	p. 408
Environmental Design	p. 412
Aesthetics in the Performing Arts	p. 418
Art in Time	p. 425
Historical Styles in Western Art	p. 426
Art Movements	p. 427
The Beginnings of Western Art	p. 427
Art of Ancient Cultures	p. 438
Medieval Art	p. 442
Renaissance Art	p. 448
Baroque Art	p. 462
Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Art	p. 466
Later Nineteenth-Century Art	p. 470
Realism	p. 470
Twentieth-Century Art	p. 477
Abstract and Nonobjective Art	p. 481
Understanding Art on All Levels	p. 508
Picassos Guernica	p. 509
Rodins Gates of Hell	p. 514
Michelangelos Sistine Chapel Ceiling	p. 518
Frank Gehrys Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Notes	p. 528
Glossary/ Pronunciation Guide	p. 532
Artists Pronunciation Guide	p. 544
Credits	p. 546
Index	p. 548
Timeline 30,000 B. C. A. D. 2000	p. 430
Tables 35,000 B. C. A. D.	p. 500
Prehistoric to Roman	p. 428
5001500 Early Christian to Gothic	p. 444
14251640 Early Renaissance to Southern Baroque	p. 460
15001800 Northern Renaissance to Rococo	p. 463
17501950 Neoclassicism to Surrealism	p. 471
19452000+ Into the Twenty-First Century	p. 496
Maps The Prehistoric and Ancient World	p. 429
Europe in the Early Twelfth Century	p. 444
Renaissance Italy	p. 460
Northern Europe in the mid-Seventeenth Century	p. 463
Europe in the mid-Nineteenth Century	p. 471
The World in the Late Twentieth Century	p. 496
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