Visual artsguide : a basic and cyber sourcebook

Synopsis

Buildings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and films confront us at every turn and give our lives richness and diversity. They call on us to use both halves of our brains in order to meet the challenges and opportunities of life. Enjoying and getting the most from relationships with works of visual art depend on knowing what to see in them and how they occurred throughout history. The more we understand about cathedrals, paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and works of architecture, the more exciting and interesting our experiences become. This concise volume offers readers a foundation for understanding the details of art and architecture by introducing terminology and concepts as well as a basic outline of the history of visual art in the Western tradition. In addition to the kinds of illustrations that might be expected in a book about art, Visual Artsguide also provides connections to examples on the internet. In this edition: bull; bull;Profile boxes featuring selected artists bull;Cyber Examples connecting the reader to additional artists and works of art relevant to the current chapter bull;Cyber Sources for additional materials for further study bull;Timelines beginning the history chapters bull;Inset features to draw attention to important concepts and applications relevant to the actual text bull;Building a Basic Analysis outlines in each chapter to assist the reader in critical application of the material studied to actual works of art bull;Glossary to assist understanding of basic concepts and terminology