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This widely-adopted introductory appreciation book communicates the excitement, mystery, relevance, and beauty of art by teaching readers to understand and analyze art. This is all done through stimulating discussions on the elements, media, methods, content, composition, and style of art.Along with discussions on the purpose of art (Ch. 1-9), a separate Chapter (18) takes a look at art beyond Europe and the U.S. and examines art from all around the world. The history of art is contained chronologically in the second part of the book, (Ch. 10-17).

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• I Introduction
• 1 What is Art?
• II The Language of Art
• 2 The Visual Elements
• 3 Principles of Design
• 4 Style, Form and Content
• III Two-Dimensional Media
• 5 Drawing
• 6 Painting
• 7 Printmaking
• 8 Imaging: Photography, Film, Video, and Digital Arts
• IV Three-Dimensional Media
• 9 Sculpture
• 10 Architecture
• 11 Craft and Design
• V Art Through the Ages
• 12 The Art of the Ancients
• 13 Classical Art: Greece and Rome
• 14 Christian Art: From Catacombs to Cathedral
• 15 The Renaissance
• 16 The Age of Baroque
• 17 Art Beyond the West
• VI Art in Modern and Postmodern Times
• 18 Modern Art
• 19 The Twentieth Century: The Early Years
• 20 Contemporary Art
• Glossary
• Index
• Photo Credits