CONTENTS
PREFACE . . . xi PART I
DICOVERING ART CD-ROM . . xv
STUDENT TOOL KIT 3
CHAPTER 1 A World of Art 9
The World as Artists See It . .10
WORKS IN PROGRESS The Creative Process . . . .16
The World as We Perceive It . . .18
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Making and Seeing . .22
CHAPTER 2 Developing Visual Literacy . 23
Words and Images . . .24
WORKS IN PROGRESS Lorna Simpson's The Park . 26
Describing the World . . . .28
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Visual Conventions . .40
CHAPTER 3 The Themes of Art . 42
The Representation of the World .44
The Power of Imagination . .48
The Idea of the Beautiful . . .53
WORKS IN PROGRESS Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 60
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about the Themes of Art . . .62
CHAPTER 4 Seeing the Value in Art . . 63
Art and Its Reception . . . .66
Art, Politics, and Public Space . .71
WORKS IN PROGRESS Guillermo Gómez-Peña's Temple of Confessions . 76
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about the Value of Art . .79
Part II CHAPTER 5 Line . 81
Varieties of Line . .82
Qualities of Line . .86
WORKS IN PROGRESS Vincent van Gogh's The Sower . . . 88
WORKS IN PROGRESS Hung Liu's Three Fujins 94
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Line . . . .97
WORKS IN PROGRESS J.-A.-D. Ingres's The Turkish Bath . 98
CHAPTER 6 Space . 100
Shape and Mass . 101
Three-Dimensional Space .102
Two-Dimensional Space . . .104
Linear Perspective . .105
WORKS IN PROGRESS Peter Paul Reubens's The Kermis 110
Some Other Means of Representing Space . . . .112
Distortions of Space and Foreshortening . . .113
Modern Experiments and New Dimensions . . .116
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Space .118
CHAPTER 7 Light and Color . . . 119
Light . . .121
WORKS IN PROGRESS Mary Cassatt's In the Loge . . . 126
Color . .132
WORKS IN PROGRESS Chuck Close's Stanley . 140
WORKS IN PROGRESS Sonia Delaunay's Electric Prism . . 146
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Light and Color .150
CHAPTER 8 Other Formal Elements . 151
Texture . . . .152
Pattern . . . .155
Time and Motion . . .156
WORKS IN PROGRESS Jackson Pollock's No. 29, 1950 . . . 160
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about the Formal Elements . . .165
CHAPTER 9 The Principles of Design 166
Balance . . .168
Emphasis and Focal Point .174
WORKS IN PROGRESS Diego Vel zquez's Las Meninas . . 178
Scale and Proportion . . .180
WORKS IN PROGRESS Judith F. Baca's La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra . . . 184
Repetition and Rhythm . . . .188
Unity and Variety . . . .190
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about the Principles of Design . . .193
Part III CHAPTER 10 Drawing 195
Drawing as an Art . . .196
Drawing Materials . . .199
WORKS IN PROGRESS Raphael's Alba Madonna . 200
WORKS IN PROGRESS Beverly Buchanan's Shackworks . 210
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Drawing . . . 218
CHAPTER 11 Printmaking . . .220
Relief Processes .222
WORKS IN PROGRESS Utamaro's Studio . . . 224
Intaglio Processes . . .228
WORKS IN PROGRESS Albrecht Dürer's Adam and Eve . 230
Lithography . .235
WORKS IN PROGRESS June Wayne's Knockout . . . 238
Silkscreen Printing . .241
Monotypes . . .242
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Printmaking . .243
CHAPTER 12 Painting 244
Encaustic .248
Fresco .249
WORKS IN PROGRESS Michelangelo's Libyan Sybil . . 252
Tempera . .254
Oil Painting . .256
WORKS IN PROGRESS Milton Resnick's U + Me . . 262
Watercolor . . .264
Gouache . . 266
Synthetic Media .267
Computer-Generated Painting . . .269
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Painting . .270
CHAPTER 13 Sculpture . . . 272
Carving . . .276
WORKS IN PROGRESS Jim Sardonis's Reverence . 280
Modeling .282
Casting . . . .284
Assemblage . .289
WORKS IN PROGRESS Eva Hesse's Contingent . . . 292
Earthworks . . .294
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Sculpture . 296
CHAPTER 14 Other Three-Dimensional Media . . 298
Craft Media . .300
WORKS IN PROGRESS Peter Voulkos's X-Neck 304
Mixed Media .313
WORKS IN PROGRESS Hannah Höch's Cut with the Kitchen Knife 314
WORKS IN PROGRESS Goat Island's How Dear to Me the Hour
When Daylight Dies . 322
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Other Three-Dimensional Media 325
CHAPTER 15 The Camera Arts 327
Photography .328
Film . . .340
Video . .346
WORKS IN PROGRESS Bill Viola's The Greeting . . . 348
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about the Camera Arts . . . .352
CHAPTER 16 Architecture . . . 355
Topography . .356
Technology . . . 359
WORKS IN PROGRESS Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater . . . 378
Community Life .380
WORKS IN PROGRESS Mierle Laderman Ukeles's Fresh Kills Landfill Project . . . 384
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Architecture . . 387
CHAPTER 17 Design . . 388
Design, Craft, and Fine Art . . . .389
The Arts and Crafts Movement . . .391
Art Nouveau .396
Art Deco . .399
The Avant-Gardes . .400
The Bauhaus . . . .404
Streamlining .406
The Forties and Fifties .409
Contemporary Design . .411
WORKS IN PROGRESS Fred Wilson's Mining the Museum . . 412
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about Design . . . .416
Part V CHAPTER 18 The Ancient World . . 418
The Earliest Art . . . 419
Mesopotamian Culture . . . .421
Egyptian Civilization . . . .423
Aegean Civilizations . . . .426
Greek Art .428
Roman Art . . .432
Developments in Asia . . 435
CHAPTER 19 The Christian Era 438
Early Christian and Byzantine Art . . . .439
Christian Art in Northern Europe . . . .444
Romanesque Art . . . .446
Gothic Art . . . .448
Developments in Islam and Asia . . . .452
CHAPTER 20 The Renaissance Through The Baroque . 454
The Early Renaissance .455
The High Renaissance .459
Art in China . .464
Pre-Columbian Art in Mexico . 466
Mannerism . . .468
The Baroque .470
CHAPTER 21 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries . . 476
The Rococo . .478
Neoclassicism . . .480
Romanticism .483
WO RKS IN PROG RESS Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa 484
Realism . . .487
Impressionism . . .492
Post-Impressionism . . . .494
CHAPTER 22 The Twentieth Century 497
Cubism . . .498
The Fauves . . .499
German Expressionism . . . .500
Futurism . .502
Dada and Surrealism . .504
WO RKS IN PROG RESS Pablo Picasso's Guernica . 507
American Modernism and Abstract Expressionism . . .508
Pop Art and Minimalism . . .512
Postmodern Directions .514
WO RKS IN PROG RESS Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao . 520
THE CRITICAL PROCESS Thinking about the History of Art . . .521
The Critical Process: Thinking Some More about the Chapter Questions 523
Glossary 525
Pronunciation Guide . . . 535
Index 537
A Worksheet Companion . 556
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