Irina D. Costache

Art of Understanding Art p

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Art of Understanding Art reveals to students and other readers new and meaningful ways of developing personal ideas and opinions about art and how to express them with confidence.

Offers an inquiry-unique among introductory art texts-into the learning process of understanding and appreciating art
Examines the multiple issues and processes essential to making, analyzing and evaluating art
Uses cross-cultural examples to help readers develop comprehensive, yet personal, ways of looking at and thinking about art
Includes an annotated glossary of the Art World , institutions and individuals that play a role in defining art as well as diagrams, textboxes callouts and other visual elements to highlight information and enhance learning
Richly illustrated with over 40 images
Suggests innovative class assignments and projects useful for developing lesson plans, and offers an online companion site for additional illustrations and information

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9780470658345
• ISBN-10: 0470658347
• Artikelnr.: 33841829

Autorenporträt

Irina D. Costache, Ph.D., is an art historian and Professor of Art History at California State University Channel Islands. Her innovative teaching methodologies have been recognized with awards and grants. She has curated several exhibitions, including Postmodern Calligraphies, Nature and/or Technology and Line and Color. Her presentations and publications include This is Not a Painting: Art History and the Internet, Visual Culture/ Virtual Art, Italian Futurism and the Decorative Arts, and Futurist Film: an Incomplete Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xiii Why Should Art Matter to You? A Message to Art
Beginners xv Introduction: What Is Art? xvi Navigating the Book: A User's
Guide xxi Why Is Art Made? The Purposes of Art: A Brief Overview from A to
Z xxiv The Anatomy of a Work of Art xxxii PART ONE MAKING ART 1 1 Artists
and Patrons 3 Artists and Creators 3 The Creative Process: Inspiration and
Influences 14 Patronage 17 2 Environment, Materials, and Other Resources 22
Environment 23 Materials, Tools, and Technology 27 Other Resources:
Knowledge and Information 36 3 Context 38 Cultural Context 39 Historical,
Political, and Religious Context 43 Societal Context 48 Conclusion to Part
One 53 PART TWO DISSEMINATING ART 55 4 The Dissemination of Original Art 57
Institutions 57 Beyond Institutional Walls 71 Art and Business 73 5 The
Dissemination of Art through Reproductions, and Other Issues 77
Publications, Presentations, and Lectures 78 The Mass Media 80 Today's Art
World 86 Conclusion to Part Two 90 PART THREE ANALYZING ART 91 6 Visual
Resources Used to Analyze Art 93 The Work of Art 94 Visual Documentation
and Research 103 7 Textual and Other Resources Used To Analyze Art 109
Primary Textual Sources 110 Secondary Textual Sources 114 Additional
Resources for Research 117 Comparisons 119 8 A Critical Examination of Art
Classification 126 Reflections on Art Classification 126 Chronology and
Artistic Periods 130 Media 132 Fine Art/High Art 132 Graphic Arts 137
"Minor Arts" 137 Architecture 138 Other Categories 139 Conclusion to Part
Three 142 PART FOUR INTERPRETING ART 143 9 Interpreting Art: Criteria and
Values 145 Preconceived Ideas about Art 146 Modern Art and the Audience 148
Artistic Values and Art Appreciation 150 Modernism 152 Postmodernism 155
Interpreting Art: Getting Started 157 Looking at and Interpreting Art 158
10 Methodologies of Art 162 Introduction to Art Methodologies 163 Art
Interpretation: Case Study 173 Summary 179 Notes 179 Conclusion 180
Appendix 1 The Art World 182 Appendix 2 Creative Assignments and Writing
Projects 189 Appendix 3 Glossary 194 Appendix 4 "Tools of the Trade"
Diagrams: Form and Content (1-5) and Art Media (6-8) 210 List of Figures
and Color Plates 218 Bibliography 220 Index 227