Living with Art

Living with Art Analyze, Understand, Appreciate Living with Art provides the tools to help students think critically about the visual arts. Using a wealth of examples, the first half of the text examines the nature, vocabulary, and elements of art, offering a foundation for students to learn to analyze art effectively. The latter half sets out a brief but comprehensive history of art, leading students to understand art within the context of its time and place of origin. High quality images from a wide range of periods and cultures bring the art to life, and topical essays throughout the text foster critical thinking skills. Taken together, all of these elements help students to better appreciate art as a reflection of the human experience and to realize that living with art is living with ourselves.

Preface
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Living with Art Chapter 2. What Is Art? Chapter 3. Themes of Art
PART TWO: THE VOCABULARY OF ART Chapter 4. The Visual Elements Chapter 5. Principles of Design
PART THREE: TWO DIMENSIONAL MEDIA Chapter 6. Drawing Chapter 7. Painting Chapter 8. Prints Chapter 9. Camera and Computer Arts Chapter 10. Graphic Design
PART FOUR: THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA Chapter 11. Sculpture and Installation Chapter 12. Arts of Ritual and Daily Life Chapter 13. Architecture
PART FIVE: ARTS IN TIME Chapter 14. Ancient Mediterranean Worlds Chapter 15. Christianity and the Formation of Europe Chapter 16. The Renaissance Chapter 17. The 17 th and 18 th Centuries Chapter 18. Arts of Islam and of Africa Chapter 19. Arts of East Asia: India, China, and Japan Chapter 20. Arts of the Pacific and the Americas Chapter 21. The Modern World: 1800 1945 Chapter 22. From Modern to Postmodern Chapter 23. Opening Up to the World Pronunciation Guide Suggested Readings Notes to the Text Glossary Photographic Credits Index