Reality Through the Arts

Name: Reality Through the Arts
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ISBN: 9780205660483

ISBN-10: 0205660487

ISBN-13: 9780205660483

Edition: 7th 2010

Authors: Dennis J. Sporre

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Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, cinema, and literature.

Book details

List price: $143.27
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Map


Preface


Faculty And Student Resources


Introduction


Using this Book


Organization


Pronouncing Names And Terms


The Companion Website And Accompanying Music CD


Putting this Study in Context


Reality Through The Arts


The Arts And Ways Of Knowing


What Are Art's Main Concerns?


Creativity


Aesthetic Communication


Symbols


Fine and Applied Art


What Are Art's Purposes And Functions?


Purposes


Functions


How Should We Perceive And Respond?


Applying Critical Skills


Approaches To Criticism


Formal Criticism


Contextual Criticism


Making Judgments


Artisanship


Communication


Style


How Can We Analyze Style?


Style And Culture


How Does A Style Get Its Name?


Thinking Critically



The Media Of The Arts


What Artists Use to Express ldquo;Realityrdquo;



Two-Dimensional Art


Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography


Formal and Technical Qualities


Media


Drawing


Dry Media


Wet Media


Painting


Mixed Media


Printmaking


Relief Printing


Intaglio


Planographic Processes


Photography


Photography And Art


Documentary Photography


Photographic Techniques


Profile Pablo Picasso


Composition


Elements


Line


Form


Color


Mass


Texture


Principles


Repetition


Balance


Unity


Focal Areas


Other Factors


Perspective


Chiaroscuro


Content


Painting & Human Reality


Gericault, The Raft of the ldquo;Medusardquo;


Sense Stimuli


Contrasts


Dynamics


Trompe Lrsquo;Oeil


Juxtaposition


Focus


Sample Outline and Critical Analysis


Cyber Study


Important Terms



Sculpture


Formal and Technical Qualities


Dimensionality


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