Experiencing Art Around Us (with CD-ROM)

by Buser, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780534641146
• ISBN10: 0534641148
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-04
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Investigating the nature of art and the uses of art in society, EXPERIENCING ART AROUND US teaches students how to understand, critically judge, and experience art. This mainstream art appreciation text discusses the visual elements of art, such as line, light, color, and space, and the principles of design that all artists use; examines not only the traditional visual media of painting, sculpture, and architecture, but also more recent areas such as urban design and preservation, photography and film; and probes the cultural institutions that affect contemporary artistic activity. Integrating Western and non-Western art, EXPERIENCING ART AROUND US exposes students to a wide variety of artistic works from around the world, yet emphasizes works in public collections that students can see, featuring a diverse array of female, African American, and Latino artists, as well as up-to-date coverage of the contemporary art scene. Analyzing a single work from four different points of view teaching critical thinking skills, this text offers students a wider variety of study aids than any other text on the market.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
I The Nature of Art
What Is Art?	1	(23)
The Attraction of Art	1	(2)
Aesthetic Theories	3	(5)
Aristotle	4	(2)
Plato	6	(1)
Yoruban Aesthetics	7	(1)
Psychological Theories	8	(1)
The Theory of the Artist as an Outsider	8	(1)
Popular Theories	9	(1)
Realism	9	(1)
Artist at Work: Vincent van Gogh	10	(5)
Realism in History	12	(2)
Prettiness	14	(1)
Theories Based on the Functions of Art	15	(2)
Theories Based on Comparisons Between the Arts	17	(2)
Symbolic Communication Theory	19	(3)
At a Glance	22	(1)
Interactive Learning	23	(1)
Subjects and Their Uses in Art	24	(35)
Iconography	24	(1)
Significance	24	(1)
Kinds of Subjects	25	(2)
Narrative Art	27	(2)
The Nude	29	(4)
Religious Art	33	(6)
Personification and Allegory	39	(1)
Genre	40	(2)
Portraiture	42	(3)
Nature	45	(3)
Still Life	48	(1)
Protest Art	49	(1)
Fantasy Art	50	(1)
Abstract and Nonobjective Art	51	(1)
Artist at Work: Hieronymous Bosch	52	(3)
At a Glance	55	(1)
Interactive Learning	56	(1)
Critical Analysis: The Nature of Art	57	(1)
Is It Art?	57	(1)
The Subject	58	(1)
II The Visual Elements
Line, Shape, and Mass	59	(23)
Line	59	(1)
General Characteristics	60	(3)
Quality	60	(1)
Movement	60	(1)
Direction	60	(3)
Specialized Lines	63	(8)
Contour Lines	63	(1)
Architectural and Sculptural Lines	64	(1)
Drapery Folds	64	(1)
Hatching	65	(1)
Calligraphic Lines	65	(2)
Implied Lines	67	(1)
Figural Movement Lines	68	(2)
Compositional Lines	70	(1)
Shape and Mass	71	(3)
Shape	71	(1)
Mass	72	(1)
Kinds of Shapes and Masses	73	(1)
The Format	74	(3)
Figure--Ground Relationship	77	(1)
Artist at Work: Helen Frankenthaler	78	(3)
At a Glance	81	(1)
Interactive Learning	81	(1)
Light and Color	82	(25)
Light	82	(1)
Value	83	(1)
Light Source	83	(4)
Chiaroscuro	87	(2)
Modeling	88	(1)
Cast Shadows	88	(1)
Tenebrism	89	(1)
Reflected Light	89	(1)
Color	89	(1)
The Spectrum	89	(1)
The Color Wheel	90	(3)
Complementary Colors	93	(1)
Analogous Colors	93	(1)
Values of Color	94	(1)
Intensity	95	(1)
Contrasts	96	(1)
The Psychology of Color	97	(1)
Artist at Work: Josef Albers	98	(5)
Color in Modern Art	103	(2)
At a Glance	105	(1)
Interactive Learning	106	(1)
Surface and Space	107	(17)
Different Realities	107	(1)
Texture	107	(3)
The Illusion of Space	110	(1)
Space and Time	111	(1)
Space in Different Cultures	112	(1)
Methods of Spatial Projection	113	(8)
Overlapping and Positioning	113	(1)
Diminishing Size	114	(1)
Linear Perspective	115	(3)
Foreshortening	118	(1)
Chiaroscuro	118	(1)
Atmospheric Perspective	119	(1)
Warm--Cool Color Contrasts	120	(1)
Space in Modern Art	121	(1)
Artist at Work: Pablo Picasso	122	(1)
At a Glance	123	(1)
Interactive Learning	123	(1)
Principles of Design	124	(19)
Design	124	(1)
Unity	124	(1)
Principles of Design	125	(1)
Dominance	125	(1)
Consistency With Variety	126	(2)
Rhythm	128	(1)
Proportions	129	(1)
Golden Section Ratios	130	(1)
Scale	131	(3)
Balance	134	(2)
Symmetrical Balance	135	(1)
Artist at Work: Michelangelo	136	(3)
Asymmetrical Balance	138	(1)
At a Glance	139	(1)
Interactive Learning	140	(1)
Critical Analysis: The Visual Elements	141	(1)
Line and Shape	141	(1)
Value and Color	141	(1)
Texture and Space	142	(1)
Principles of Design	142	(1)
III The Visual Arts
Drawing	143	(20)
The Basic Art	144	(1)
A Definition	144	(2)
Functions of Drawing	146	(5)
Drawings as Studies	147	(1)
Drawings as Final Works	148	(3)
The Support	151	(1)
Drawing Tools	151	(1)
Artist at Work: Vija Celmins	152	(9)
Metalpoint	154	(1)
Pen and Ink	154	(2)
Chalk	156	(1)
Pastels	156	(2)
Brush and Ink	158	(1)
Charcoal	159	(1)
Pencils	159	(1)
Modern Inventions	160	(1)
At a Glance	161	(1)
Interactive Learning	162	(1)
Printmaking	163	(20)
The Nature of Printmaking	164	(1)
Relief	165	(6)
Woodcut	166	(1)
Colored Woodcuts	166	(2)
Linocut	168	(2)
Wood Engraving	170	(1)
Intaglio	171	(6)
Engraving	171	(1)
Drypoint	172	(1)
Etching	173	(1)
Aquatint	174	(3)
Lithography	177	(1)
Screen Printing	178	(1)
Contemporary Printmaking	179	(1)
Artist at Work: Jasper Johns	180	(2)
At a Glance	182	(1)
Interactive Learning	182	(1)
Painting	183	(22)
Vehicles and Supports	183	(1)
Encaustic	184	(2)
Mural and Fresco	186	(3)
Egg Tempera	189	(3)
Artist at Work: Susan Rothenberg	192	(2)
Oil Painting	194	(2)
Acrylic	196	(1)
Watercolor	196	(2)
Gouache	198	(1)
Collage	199	(1)
Mixed Media	200	(1)
Video Art	200	(2)
Digital Art	202	(2)
At a Glance	204	(1)
Interactive Learning	204	(1)
Photography	205	(19)
Realism in the Nineteenth Century	206	(5)
Documentary Realism in the Twentieth Century	211	(3)
Fabrication and Manipulation in Early Photography	214	(2)
Artist at Work: Carrie Mae Weems	216	(2)
Modern Challenges to Realism	218	(2)
Creative Possibilities	220	(3)
At a Glance	223	(1)
Interactive Learning	223	(1)
Film	224	(16)
The Modern Medium	224	(1)
The Nature of Film	224	(2)
A Composite Art	226	(4)
Artist at Work: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	230	(3)
The Language of Film	233	(1)
Editing	234	(4)
Film Style	238	(1)
At a Glance	239	(1)
Interactive Learning	239	(1)
Sculpture	240	(23)
The Nature of Sculpture	240	(1)
The Visual Elements in Sculpture	240	(2)
A Public Art	242	(3)
Imagery	245	(2)
Types of Sculpture	247	(3)
Traditional Materials and Techniques	250	(3)
Modern Trends	253	(3)
New Materials	253	(2)
Mixed Media	255	(1)
Artist at Work: Petah Coyne	256	(6)
New Techniques	259	(3)
At a Glance	262	(1)
Interactive Learning	262	(1)
Applications of Design	263	(29)
Glassmaking	263	(3)
Medieval Stained Glass	263	(1)
Tiffany Glass	264	(1)
Art Glass	265	(1)
The Nature of Craft	266	(1)
Fiber Arts	267	(4)
Basket Weaving	267	(1)
Needlework	268	(2)
Tapestry	270	(1)
Modern Fiber Art	270	(1)
Metalwork	271	(1)
Ceramics	272	(4)
The Arts and Crafts Movement	276	(2)
Industrial Design	278	(3)
Graphic Design	281	(1)
Typography	282	(2)
Artist at Work: Jelly Helm	284	(2)
Product Packaging	286	(1)
Print Media and Video	286	(2)
Posters	288	(3)
At a Glance	291	(1)
Interactive Learning	291	(1)
Architecture	292	(31)
The Experience of Architecture	294	(1)
A Social Art	295	(1)
Vitruvius	296	(3)
Proportions	299	(3)
Traditional Materials and Construction Techniques	302	(5)
Solid Wall Construction	302	(1)
Post-and-Lintel System	302	(1)
The Classical Orders	302	(2)
Arches and Vaults	304	(2)
Domes	306	(1)
Modern Architectural Techniques	307	(3)
Steel Cage and Curtain Wall Construction	307	(1)
Reinforced Concrete	308	(1)
Cantilevering	309	(1)
Suspension	309	(1)
Artist at Work: Zaha Hadid	310	(2)
Computer-Aided Planning	312	(1)
Urban Environment	312	(1)
The Automobile and American Cities	313	(2)
Suburban American Housing	315	(1)
Historic Preservation	316	(2)
At a Glance	318	(1)
Interactive Learning	318	(1)
Critical Analysis: The Visual Arts	319	(4)
IV History of World Art
The Ancient and Medieval World	323	(45)
Stone Age Art	323	(3)
Sumerian Art	326	(1)
Egyptian Art	327	(3)
Early Chinese Art	330	(1)
Minoan Art	331	(3)
Greek Art	334	(4)
Artist at Work: Phidias	338	(3)
Roman Art	341	(5)
Art of the Chinese Empire	346	(1)
The Medieval World	347	(1)
Early Christian and Byzantine Art	347	(3)
Buddhist Art	350	(2)
Romanesque Art	352	(2)
Islamic Art	354	(2)
Gothic Art	356	(4)
Artist at Work: The Architect in the Middle Ages	360	(2)
Hindu Art in Southeast Asia	362	(3)
Interactive Learning	365	(1)
Timeline: The Ancient and Medieval World	366	(2)
Expanding Horizons of World Art	368	(47)
Early Renaissance Art	368	(3)
Eastern Landscape Art	371	(2)
Northern Renaissance Art	373	(1)
Italian Renaissance Architecture and Sculpture	374	(2)
Late-Fifteenth-Century Painting: Botticelli	376	(1)
Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec Art	377	(2)
West African Art	379	(1)
Italian High Renaissance Art	380	(4)
Artist at Work: Leonardo da Vinci	384	(3)
Michelangelo	387	(2)
Northern High Renaissance Art	389	(1)
Spanish Late Renaissance Art: El Greco	389	(1)
The Classic House, West and East	390	(2)
Baroque Painting	392	(2)
Artist at Work: Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)	394	(3)
Baroque Sculpture	397	(1)
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Painting	398	(2)
Baroque Architecture	400	(2)
Rococo Art	402	(2)
Neoclassical Art	404	(3)
Romanticism	407	(4)
Realism	411	(2)
Interactive Learning	413	(1)
Timeline: Expanding Horizons of World Art	414	(1)
The Early Modern World: 1860 to 1940	415	(29)
Late-Nineteenth-Century Painting	415	(1)
Impressionism	416	(1)
Japanese Art of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	417	(1)
Post-Impressionism	418	(4)
Post-Impressionist Sculpture: Rodin	422	(1)
Late-Nineteenth-Century Architecture	422	(2)
Early-Twentieth-Century Architecture	424	(2)
Gaudi	424	(1)
Wright	425	(1)
Artist at Work: Frank Lloyd Wright	426	(2)
Early-Twentieth-Century Painting	428	(1)
Expressionism	428	(2)
Cubism	430	(2)
African Art	432	(2)
Dada and Surrealism	434	(2)
Futurism	436	(1)
Constructivism	436	(1)
De Stijl: Mondrian	437	(1)
Sculpture: Brancusi	438	(1)
The Bauhaus	438	(2)
Mexican Murals	440	(1)
1930s Art	440	(2)
Interactive Learning	442	(1)
Timeline: Art of the Modern World	443	(1)
The Modern World: Since 1940	444	(25)
Abstract Expressionism	444	(2)
Artist at Work: Jackson Pollock	446	(2)
The International Style and Le Corbusier	448	(2)
The 1960s: Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art	450	(3)
The 1970s: Photo-Realism, Feminism, and Other Trends	453	(5)
The 1980s: Post-Modernism	458	(3)
The 1990s and Beyond	461	(5)
Interactive Learning	466	(1)
Critical Analysis: History of World Art	467	(1)
French Impressionism and Mary Cassatt (1845--1926)	467	(2)
V The Art World
The Art World	469	(22)
The Art Market	470	(1)
The Institution of Art	471	(1)
The Critics	471	(1)
Art Galleries	472	(2)
Alternatives to the Gallery System	474	(2)
Artist at Work: Jeff Koons	476	(2)
Collectors	478	(1)
Patrons	479	(2)
Auction Houses	481	(1)
Museums	482	(7)
Functions of a Museum	483	(1)
The Structure of an Art Museum	484	(2)
Conservation	486	(1)
Forgeries and Fakes	486	(2)
Experiencing Art in a Museum	488	(1)
Interactive Learning	489	(2)
Notes	491	(2)
Glossary	493	(10)
Bibliography	503	(4)
Index	507