World of Art, A, Revised with CDROM, 4/E
Henry M. Sayre, Oregon State University

ISBN-10: 0131892622
ISBN-13: 9780131892620

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 592 pp
Status: Out of Print

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For courses in Art Appreciation.

A World of Art teaches students how artists create by helping them understand that creativity starts with critical thinking. By guiding students through a rich array of aesthetic elements and artistic media, along with an overview of art history, this text encourages students to develop an appreciation for a diverse range of art. Author Henry M. Sayre demystifies the creative process by showing how artists use critical thinking and problem solving to create great works of art. Studying art also requires critical thinking and problem solving, and this text shows students how to use these skills to understand and explore the world of art.

  • NEW - Student Tool Kit—This section prominently featured at the beginning of the text is designed to introduce the overarching themes and aims of A World of Art as well as provide the student with a guide to critically thinking about art. Included in this section are Seven Steps to Thinking Critically About Art, A Quick -Reference Guide to the Elements of Art and A Guide To Visiting Museums.

    • This introductory section reinforces Sayre's focus on critical thinking and also gives the students "the basics" before jumping into the material.

  • NEW - Over 30 new images, 13 color changes and 5 additional image adjustments.

    • These changes provide the student with the highest quality text and images available.

  • NEW - Additional section on computer and internet-based media in Chapter 14.

    • Provides students with the most current forms of artistic expression.

  • NEW - September 11th coverage in Chapter 16.

    • Provides insight into how this event is influencing artistic expression.

  • NEW - Images of Mesopotamian Art in Chapter 18.

    • Gives students an opportunity to study art work from the "Cradle of Civilization" and a hot-spot in world events today.

  • NEW - Worksheet Companions Appendix.

    • Worksheets are designed for students to take with them to museums and exhibits and write notes about the art work in a guided format.

  • Discovering Art CD-ROM—FREE with every new copy of the text.

    • Features hundreds of interactive elements exercises, ten videos covering studio processes and one hundred digital images for study.

  • Chapter-end Critical Process sections —Requires students to apply information from the chapter, and analyze specific works of art through a series of questions.

    • Develops students' critical thinking abilities and visual analysis skills.

  • Works in Progress features—Works under examination include Vincent Van Gogh's Sower, Lorna Simpson's The Park, Bill Viola's The Greeting, Milton Resnick's U + Me, and Michelangelo's Libyan Sybil.

    • Expresses the creative process that inspired specific works of art in over thirty-two page spreads throughout the text.

  • Companion online World Wide Web study guide (www.prenhall.com/sayre)—Organized by chapter, this online tutorial features Objectives for every chapter, Self-graded Multiple Choice Quizzes, Essay Questions, Community Chat Boards, and a wealth of web destinations correlated to content found in the text.

    • Works in tandem with the text to bring the study of art appreciation to life for students.

  • Historical timeline presenting a host of world events.

    • Displays world art as an integral part of the text while helping students to place art into context according to history.

  • Vivid, colorful maps throughout.

    • Illustrates for students the geographical and historical world in which the art under discussion has been created.

  • Full discussion of architecture—Precedes the text's noted chapter on design.

    • Offers students perspective on different kinds of art.

  • Selected by the Annenberg Project at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as the text for their art appreciation telecourse—Features ten half-hour long videos, each following a contemporary artist, exploring one or more works of art from start to finish.

    • Offers students the opportunity to view the entire creative process through the eyes of ten featured artists, encouraging them to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of art as a process of critical thinking and problem solving that can be related to their own lives.

  • Student Tool Kit—This section prominently featured at the beginning of the text is designed to introduce the overarching themes and aims of A World of Art as well as provide the student with a guide to critically thinking about art. Included in this section are Seven Steps to Thinking Critically About Art, A Quick -Reference Guide to the Elements of Art and A Guide To Visiting Museums.

    • This introductory section reinforces Sayre's focus on critical thinking and also gives the students "the basics" before jumping into the material.

  • Over 30 new images, 13 color changes and 5 additional image adjustments.

    • These changes provide the student with the highest quality text and images available.

  • Additional section on computer and internet-based media in Chapter 14.

    • Provides students with the most current forms of artistic expression.

  • September 11th coverage in Chapter 16.

    • Provides insight into how this event is influencing artistic expression.

  • Images of Mesopotamian Art in Chapter 18.

    • Gives students an opportunity to study art work from the "Cradle of Civilization" and a hot-spot in world events today.

  • Worksheet Companions Appendix.

    • Worksheets are designed for students to take with them to museums and exhibits and write notes about the art work in a guided format.

I. THE VISUAL WORLD: UNDERSTANDING THE ART YOU SEE.

1. A World of Art.

The World as Artists See It. Works in Progress: The Creative Process. The World as We Perceive It. The Critical Process: Thinking About Making and Seeing.

2. Developing Visual Literacy.

Words and Images. Works in Progress: Lorna Simpson's The Park. Describing the World. The Critical Process: Thinking about Visual Conventions.

3. The Themes of Art.

The Representation of the World. The Power of Imagination. The Idea of the Beautiful. Works in Progress: Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. The Critical Process: Thinking about the Themes of Art.

4. Seeing the Value in Art.

Art and Its Reception. Art, Politics, and Public Space. Works in Progress: Guillermo Gomez-Perez's Temple of Confessions. The Critical Process: Thinking about the Value of Art.

II. THE FORMAL ELEMENTS AND THEIR DESIGN: DESCRIBING THE ART YOU SEE.

5. Line.

Varieties of Line. Qualities of Line. Works in Progress: Vincent van Gogh's The Sower. Works in Progress: Hung Liu's The Three Fujins. The Critical Process: Thinking about Line. Works in Progress: J.-A.-D. Ingres's The Turkish Bath.

6. Space.

Shape and Mass. Three-Dimensional Space. Two-Dimensional Space. Linear Perspective. Works in Progress: Peter Paul Rubens's The Kermis. Some Other Means of Representing Space. Distortions of Space and Foreshortening. Modern Experiments and New Directions. The Critical Process: Thinking about Space.

7. Light and Color.

Light. Works in Progress: Mary Cassatt's In the Loge. Color. Works in Progress: Chuck Close's Stanley. Works in Progress: Sonia Delaunay's Electric Prism. The Critical Process: Thinking about Light and Color.

8. Other Formal Elements.

Texture. Pattern. Time and Motion. Works in Progress: Jackson Pollock's Number 29 1950. The Critical Process: Thinking about the Formal Elements.

9. The Principles of Design.

Balance. Emphasis and Focal Point. Works in Progress: Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas. Scale and Proportion. Works in Progress: Judith F. Baca's USC Mural. Repetition and Rhythm. Unity and Variety. The Critical Process: Thinking about the Principles of Design.

III. THE FINE ARTS MEDIA: LEARNING HOW ART IS MADE.

10. Drawing.

Drawing as an Art. Drawing Materials. Works in Progress: Raphael's Alba Madonna. Works in Progress: Beverly Buchanan's Shackworks. The Critical Process: Thinking about Drawing.

11. Printmaking.

Relief Processes. Works in Progress: Utamaro's Studio. Intaglio Processes. Works in Progress: Albrecht Dürer's Adam and Eve. Lithography. Works in Progress: June Wayne's Knockout. Silkscreen Printing. Monotypes. The Critical Process: Thinking about Printmaking.

12. Painting.

Encaustic. Fresco. Works in Progress: Michelangelo's Libyan Sybil. Tempera. Oil Painting. Works in Progress: Milton Resnick's U + Me. Watercolor. Gouache. Synthetic Media. Computer-Generated Painting. The Critical Process: Thinking about Painting.

13. Sculpture.

Carving. Works in Progress: Jim Sardonis's Reverence. Modeling. Casting. Assemblage. Works in Progress: Eva Hesse's Contingent. Earthworks. The Critical Process: Thinking about Sculpture.

14. Other Three-Dimensional Media.

Craft Media. Works in Progress: Pater Voulkos's X-Neck. Mixed Media. Works in Progress: Hannah Hoch's Cut with the Kitchen Knife. Works in Progress: Goat Island's How Dear to Me the Hour When Daylight Dies. The Critical Process: Thinking about Other Three-Dimensional Media.

15. The Camera Arts.

Photography. Film. Video. Works in Progress: Bill Viola's The Greeting. The Critical Process: Thinking about the Camera Arts.

IV. THE VISUAL ARTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: RECOGNIZING THE ART OF DESIGN.

16. Architecture.

Topography. Technology. Works in Progress: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Community Life. Works in Progress: Mierle Ukeles's Fresh Kills Landfill Project. The Critical Process: Thinking about Architecture.

17. Design.

Design, Craft, and Fine Art. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Art Nouveau. Art Deco. The Avant-Gardes. The Bauhaus. Streamlining. The Forties and Fifties. Contemporary Design. Works in Progress: Fred Wilson's Mining the Museum. The Critical Process: Thinking about Design.

V. THE VISUAL RECORD: PLACING THE ARTS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

18. The Ancient World.

The Earliest Art. Mesopotamian Culture. Egyptian Civilization. Aegean Civilizations. Greek Art. Roman Art. Developments in Asia.

19. The Christian Era.

Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Christian Art in Northern Europe. Romanesque Art. Gothic Art. Developments in Islam and Asia.

20. The Renaissance Through the Baroque.

The Early Renaissance. The High Renaissance. Art in China. Pre-Columbian Art in Mexico. Mannerism. The Baroque.

21. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.

The Rococo. Neoclassicism. Romanticism. Works in Progress: Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa. Realism. Impressionism. Post-Impressionism.

22. The Twentieth Century.

Cubism. The Fauves. German Expressionism. Futurism. Dada and Surrealism. Works in Progress: Pablo Picasso's Guernica. American Modernism and Abstract Expressionism. Pop Art and Minimalism. Postmodern Directions. Works in Progress: Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. The Critical Process: Thinking about the History of Art.

    For one semester courses in Art Appreciation.

     

    This text provides students with a wonderfully written introduction to art that emphasizes critical thinking and visual literacy.

     

    Henry M. Sayre wrote A World of Art because he saw a need for an art appreciation text that was more inclusive of women artists, ethnic minorities and art from around the globe. The author provides students with an understanding of formal elements, artistic mediums, and art history.

     

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