Synopses & Reviews
Prentice Hall is proud to present ART BASICS: WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW, PRICED WITH STUDENTS IN MIND A series of brief, high quality, and moderately priced handbooks written by well-known educators in their field of study. Each student-friendly handbook is designed to stand alone or to be packaged with a traditional survey text. New for 2004
From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History, 7/e by James Smith Pierce 0-13-183051-1
Thinking and Writing About Art History, 3/e by Donna K. Reid 0-13-183050-3
Artsguide: World and Web, 2/e by Dennis J. Sporre 0-13-177526-X
Writing About the Humanities, 2/e by Robert DiYanni 0-13-183049-X
The Handbook of Art and Design Terms, by David J. Edwards 0-13-098991-6
Synopsis
"Prentice Hall is proud to present" ART BASICS: WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW, PRICED WITH STUDENTS IN MIND
A series of brief, high quality, and moderately priced handbooks written by well-known educators in their field of study. Each student-friendly handbook is designed to stand alone or to be packaged with a traditional survey text. New for 2004
"From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History," 7/e by James Smith Pierce 0-13-183051-1
"Thinking and Writing About Art History," 3/e by Donna K. Reid 0-13-183050-3
"Artsguide: World and Web, 2/e" by Dennis J. Sporre 0-13-177526-X
"Writing About the Humanities," 2/e by Robert DiYanni 0-13-183049-X
"The Handbook of Art and Design Terms," by David J. Edwards 0-13-098991-6
Synopsis
This pocketsize book is an introductory exploration of basic artistic concepts and terms to assist with “travel” to the arts in physical, imaginary, or cyber ways. KEY TOPICS In so doing it treats uniformly the arts of architecture, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, music, theatre, dance, and film. It also provides users with a city by city/museum by museum guide to great works. For art appreciators everywhere—and for use wherever they are.
Table of Contents
Getting Started.
Experiencing the Arts. How to Use This Book.
1. What are the Arts and How Do We Evaluate and Describe Them?
Putting the Arts in Context. The Arts and Ways of Knowing. What Concerns Art? Creativity. Aesthetic Communications. Symbols. Fine and Applied Art. To What Purposes and Functions. Enjoyment. Political and Social Commentary. Therapy. Artifact. How Do We Live with Art? How Do We Evaluate Works of Art? Types of Criticism. Making Judgments.
2. Structures—Architecture.
Function. Structure. Post-and-Lintel Structure. Arch. Cantilever. Bearing Wall. Skeleton Frame. Building Materials. Stone. Concrete. Wood. Steel. Scale and Proportion. Context. Space. Climate. Model Analysis. Further Reading.
3. In The Museum—Pictures and Sculptures.
General Museum Decorum. In The Gallery—An Orientation. Two-Dimensional Art: Drawings, Paintings, Prints, and Photographs. Medium. Composition. Other Factors. Three-Dimensional Art: Sculpture. Dimensionality. Methods of Execution. Composition. Other Factors. Decorative Arts. Model Analysis. Pictures. Sculpture. Further Reading.
4. In The Theatre.
The Theatrical Experience. Genres. Tragedy. Comedy. Tragicomedy. Melodrama. Performance Art. The Production. The Script. Plot. Character. The Protagonist. Themes. Visual Elements. Aural Elements. Dynamics. Actors. Theatre as Sense Stimulant. Model Analysis. Further Reading.
5. At The Concert Hall—Music and Opera.
The Basic Language of Music. Sound. Rhythm. Tempo. Melody. Harmony. Tonality. Texture. Musical Form. The Performance. Opera. Types of Opera. The Libretto. Elements of Operas. Model Analysis. Further Reading.
6. Dance.
Genres. Ballet. Modern Dance. World Concert Ritual Dance. Folk Dance. Jazz Dance. The Aspects of Dance. Formalized Movement. Line, Form, and Repetition. Rhythm. Mime and Pantomime. Theme, Image, and Story Line. Music. Mise-en-Scène. Model Analysis. Further Reading.
7. At The Cinema—Film.
Basic Cinema Types. Narrative. Documentary. Absolute. Basic Film Techniques. Editing. The Shot. Cutting. Dissolves. Focus. Camera Movement. Model Analysis. Further Reading.
8. Style.
What Is Style? Timeline of Major Styles. Some Selected Major Styles in Visual Art, Architecture, Theatre, Music, Dance, and Film. Paleolithic. Mesopotamian. Egyptian. Archaic Style. Greek Classicism. Hellenistic Style. Roman Classicism. Byzantine. Gregorian Chant. Romanesque. Gothic. Renaissance. High Renaissance. Mannerism. Baroque. Rococo. Neoclasscism Classicism in Music. Romanticism. Realism. Impressionism. Naturalism. Post-Impressionism. Art Nouveau. Symbolism. Verismo. Cubism. Futurism. Jazz. Prairie Style. Expressionism. Fauvism. Dada. Surrealism. Precisionism. Neo-Classicism Music. Abstraction. Twelve-Tone Music. Bauhaus. Art Deco. Modernism. Absurdism. Serialism. Neorealism. Epic Theater. Abstract Expressionism. Aleatory Chance Music. International Style. Rock and Roll. Pop Art. Hard Edge. Minimalism. Op Art. Primary Structures. Video Art. Neo-Expressionism. Postmodernism. Neo-Abstraction. Musique Actuelle. Cyber Art.
Appendix A: 101 Must-See Works of Architecture.
Appendix B: 201 Masterworks of Painting and Sculpture.
Appendix C: 258 Major Architects, Artists, Choreographers, Composers, and Playwrights.
Glossary.
Index.