Sporre, Dennis J.
Visual artsguide : a basic and cyber sourcebook / Dennis J. Sporre. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2002. - xiv, 239 pages : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Chapter 1 What does art do? -- Chapter 2 How is art put together? -- Chapter 3 Can we see in two dimensions? drawing, painting and printmaking -- Chapter 4 Can we handle three dimensions? Sculpture and decorative arts and crafts -- Chapter 5 Getting next to structures: Architecture -- Chapter 6 The flicker of camera art: Photography and cinema -- Chapter 7 From order and restraint to spirituality: Greek classical, Hellenistic, Roman classical, Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque, and Gothic art, c.500 B.C.E - c. 1400 C.E. -- Chapter 8 From rebirth to rationalism: Renaissance to enlightenment, c. ,1400-c.1800 -- Chapter 9 Fragmenting images, emotions and individualism: Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Postimpressionism, and Art Nouveau, c.1800 - c. 1900. -- Chapter 10 Viva innovation and experimentation: An explosion of art in the early to mid-twentieth century, c.1900- c. 1960 -- Chapter 11 Pluralism in a postmodern world: c.1960- Present -- Chapter 12 Conclusion: Applying critical thought.
English
0130416134 [paperback]
2001021420
Art appreciation--Study and teaching (Higher)
Visual artsguide : a basic and cyber sourcebook / Dennis J. Sporre. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2002. - xiv, 239 pages : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Chapter 1 What does art do? -- Chapter 2 How is art put together? -- Chapter 3 Can we see in two dimensions? drawing, painting and printmaking -- Chapter 4 Can we handle three dimensions? Sculpture and decorative arts and crafts -- Chapter 5 Getting next to structures: Architecture -- Chapter 6 The flicker of camera art: Photography and cinema -- Chapter 7 From order and restraint to spirituality: Greek classical, Hellenistic, Roman classical, Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque, and Gothic art, c.500 B.C.E - c. 1400 C.E. -- Chapter 8 From rebirth to rationalism: Renaissance to enlightenment, c. ,1400-c.1800 -- Chapter 9 Fragmenting images, emotions and individualism: Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Postimpressionism, and Art Nouveau, c.1800 - c. 1900. -- Chapter 10 Viva innovation and experimentation: An explosion of art in the early to mid-twentieth century, c.1900- c. 1960 -- Chapter 11 Pluralism in a postmodern world: c.1960- Present -- Chapter 12 Conclusion: Applying critical thought.
English
0130416134 [paperback]
2001021420
Art appreciation--Study and teaching (Higher)