The creative impulse an introduction to the arts /

Synopsis

"The Creative Impulse" chronologically introduces the arts of Western tradition--painting and sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, literature, and film--within the context of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics that inform them. Up-to-date material encompassing modern artistic movements and achievements--young contemporary realist painters, ethnic and social alternative theatre, and performance art--broadens the scope of coverage. Dennis Sporre provides students of the humanities with a basic understanding of major styles and their historical significance, helping to facilitate a relationship with the arts beyond the classroom. Feature boxes on nonwestern art and culture appropriate to the time period covered by each chapter accompany the text. New to this edition:

• Chapter-opening explorations of "The Way Art Works" define and illustrate basic concepts about the arts.
• Hyperlinks, or URLs, connect with websites for, additional examples throughout the body of the text.
• Each chapter closes with a "Cybersources" section for further study of examples and materials concerning the periods discussed in the preceding pages.

Also available as a companion to the text:

The humanities video CD-ROM presents fourteen segments that bring to life basic terms and ideas from the visual arts, architecture, theatre, music, dance, literature, and film. With each clip a listing of key terms and their definitions are included. Students are able to download the terms to their hard drive and create study notes or easy-to-use reference material. There is a website developed exclusively for the CD-ROM, containing web linksthat are organized by discipline and that offer a wealth of related information. Also included is a "starter kit" for each discipline that provides a general introduction to the make up of the arts genres, why they are studied