Launching the Imagination A Guide to Three-Dimensional Design

Name: Launching the Imagination A Guide to Three-Dimensional Design
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ISBN: 9780073327310

ISBN-10: 007332731X

ISBN-13: 9780073327310

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Mary Stewart

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Designed for courses in Creativity and Three-Dimensional Design, "Launching the Imagination" offers a comprehensive framework on which students, teachers, and administrators can build. The approach in this third edition is refined, distilled, and updated, using over 275 examples drawn from traditional and contemporary sources. Interviews of artists and designers, known as Profiles, introduce students to working processes, career choices, and criteria for excellence from a remarkable group of masters. "Launching the Imagination" is also available in a comprehensive volume treating 2D design, Creativity and Problem-solving, 3D design, and time-based (4D) design; or in a split volume…

Book details

List price: $71.75
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 11/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Concepts and Critical Thinking



Cultivating Creativity


Design and Creativity Seven Characteristics of Creative Thinking Goal Setting Time Management







Problem Seeking and Problem Solving


Problem Seeking Convergent and Divergent Thinking Brainstorming Visual Research Variations on a Theme An Open Mind Habits of Mind Habits of Work







Developing Critical Thinking


Establishing Criteria Form, Subject, and Contents Stop, Look, Listen, Learn


Types of Critiques Developing a Long-Term Project Turn up the Heat: Pushing Your Project's Potential Concept and Composition Accepting Responsibility







Constructing Meaning


Building Bridges Purpose and Intent Context Connections Aesthetics Drama







Three-Dimensional Design



Elements of Three-Dimensional Design


Defining Form Form and Function Orthographic Projection Degrees of Dimensionality Line Plane Volume Mass Space Texture Light Color Time


The Complexity of Three-Dimensional Design







Principles of Three-Dimensional Design


Unity and Variety Balance Scale Proportion Emphasis Repetition and Rhythm







Materials and Methods


Choice of Materials Connections Transitions Traditional Materials, Contemporary


Uses Student Materials Materials and Meanings







Physical and Cerebral


Constructed Thought Physical forces Cerebral Qualities of Sculptural Objects Contemporary Questions, Contemporary Answers Expressing Ideas in Physical Form





Notes


Glossary


Credits


Index


Each chapter includes: Key Questions interspersed throughout, Summaries, Key Terms, and In Detail


Students who buy the Third Edition will have access to McGraw-Hill's


MyArtStudio, a website with dozens of interactions that allow students to study and experiment with various elements and principles of art, and to view videos of art techniques and artists at work


This website is adapted from the Core Concepts CD-ROM of the previous two editions


The new online format is redesigned and is now even easier to use