Pamela Gordon

Art Matters

A Contemporary Approach to Art Appreciation

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Produktbeschreibung

Art Matters presents a contemporary approach to art appreciation, offering a compelling narrative, a wide range of works created by numerous artists from around the world, and an active and meaningful learning experience. Through stories, examples, thoughtful pedagogy, and in-depth discussions of process and history, Art Matters motivates students to experience art actively and meaningfully. By asking questions and exposing students to different viewpoints and ideas, the author gives them the tools to speak, write, think critically, and form conclusions about what they see in familiar and unfamiliar works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 267mm x 224mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1973g
• ISBN-13: 9780197620649
• ISBN-10: 0197620647
• Artikelnr.: 66168396

Autorenporträt

Pamela Gordon has been teaching at Connecticut State Community College (formerly Norwalk Community College) since 2009. At CT State, Pam offers two classes: Art Appreciation and The Creative Voice (an interdisciplinary class in which students explore their own creative processes).

Inhaltsangabe

* Part 1 Introduction
* Chapter 1 Art Matters
* HOW ART MATTERS Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial
* 1.1 Art's Central Place in Our Lives
* Art Matters
* Art Is Everywhere
* Practice ART MATTERS 1.1 Discuss a Work That Is Important to You
* Art Is a Characteristically Human Endeavor
* Art Is an Inner Calling
* Art Is a Sensation to Which We are Drawn
* 1.2 Art's Strong Support
* Government Support
* International Support
* Individual Support
* DELVE DEEPER Conserving Art
* 1.3 Art's Impact on Society
* Art Education
* Art Therapy
* General Support
* Awareness of Important Causes
* Influence and Propaganda
* Censorship and the Destruction of Art
* Illegal Trafficking of Art
* Practice ART MATTERS 1.2 Explain Why a Memorial Shows How Art Matters
* 1.4 Art's Role in Religion and Spirituality
* A Wondrous Space
* An Intermediary
* A Representation of the Divine
* A Tool for Ritual
* 1.5 Art's Role in Politics and the Social Order
* Promoting the Social Order
* Protesting the Social Order
* Practice ART MATTERS 1.3 Figure Out the Purpose of a Work of Art
* 1.6 Art's Role in Recording and Communicating Information
* Documenting Life
* Reflecting the World
* Relaying Messages
* Recounting Past Events
* Manipulating Depictions
* Practice ART MATTERS 1.4 Judge Whether an Image Is Reliable
* 1.7 Art's Role in Decorating the Everyday World
* Embellishing Spaces and Objects
* Adorning People
* 1.8 Art's Role in Expression
* Capturing an Emotion
* Looking Inward
* Imagining Another World
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
* Chapter 2 Understanding and Defining Art
* HOW ART MATTERS Barnett Newman's Voice of Fire
* 2.1 Seeing Art
* Subject Matter and Form
* Practice ART MATTERS 2.1 Describe a Work so a Peer Could Draw It
* Type
* 2.2 Contextualizing Art
* Context
* Practice ART MATTERS 2.2 Consider How Context Creates Meaning
* Iconography
* Style
* Theme
* 2.3 Experiencing Art
* Personal Experience
* Perception
* Bias
* 2.4 Defining Art
* Art as a Physical Object Made from Artistic Materials
* Art as a Work Crafted with Skill
* Art as a Work That Has Meaning
* Practice ART MATTERS 2.3 Figure Out the Content of a Work
* Art as an Object of Value
* Art as an Aesthetic Experience
* Art as Part of the Canon
* Art as a Creative Work
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Voice of Fire
* Part 2 The Language of Art
* Chapter 3 The Visual Elements of Art
* HOW ART MATTERS Vincent van Gogh's Letters and Art
* 3.1 Line
* The Character of Lines
* The Direction of Lines
* Actual and Implied Lines
* The Different Uses of Lines
* Practice ART MATTERS 3.1 See How Lines Draw Attention
* 3.2 Shape and Mass
* The Character and Direction of Shapes
* Geometric and Organic Shapes
* Positive and Negative Shapes
* Overall Shapes
* The Character and Direction of Masses
* Geometric and Organic Masses
* Mass and Negative Space
* Practice ART MATTERS 3.2 Explore the Masses of a Sculpture
* 3.3 Texture
* Actual and Simulated Texture in Two-Dimensional Works
* Actual and Simulated Texture in Three-Dimensional Works
* 3.4 Light and Value
* Light
* Value
* Light Hitting Three-Dimensional Opaque Objects
* Chiaroscuro
* Value to Heighten Expression
* Light as a Material
* 3.5 Color
* The Visible Spectrum
* Why We See Color
* The Subtractive and Additive Color Systems
* The Color Wheel
* The Properties of Color
* DELVE DEEPER The Additive Color System
* Practice ART MATTERS 3.3 Recognize the Hues, Values, and Intensities
of Color
* Color Schemes
* Practice ART MATTERS 3.4 Analyze the Color in a Work
* The Characteristics of Color
* 3.6 Space
* Three-Dimensional Space
* Two-Dimensional Space
* 3.7 Time
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Vincent van Gogh's Letters and Art
* Chapter 4 The Principles of Design
* HOW ART MATTERS The Taj Mahal
* 4.1 Unity and Variety
* 4.2 Balance
* Symmetrical Balance
* Asymmetrical Balance
* Practice ART MATTERS 4.1 Identify Why a Shape Is Heavy
* Radial Balance
* 4.3 Emphasis and Subordination
* Practice ART MATTERS 4.2 Determine What Emphasizes or Subordinates an
Object
* 4.4 Scale
* 4.5 Proportion
* 4.6 Rhythm
* Practice ART MATTERS 4.3 Consider How Size Affects a Cartoon
* DELVE DEEPER The Golden Section
* Practice ART MATTERS 4.4 Analyze the Rhythm in a Work
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Taj Mahal
* Part 3 The Media
* Chapter 5 Drawing
* HOW ART MATTERS Pablo Picasso's Guernica Drawings
* 5.1 What Drawing Is
* An Intense Way to See
* A Way to Understand the Creative Process
* A Way to Take Notes
* A Finished Work of Art
* 5.2 Drawing Surfaces and Tools
* Practice ART MATTERS 5.1 Use Different Surfaces and Tools
* 5.3 Dry Media
* Graphite
* Charcoal
* Chalk
* Crayon
* Conté Crayon
* 5.4 Liquid Media
* Pen and Ink
* Pen and Wash
* Practice ART MATTERS 5.2 Consider How Altering the Medium Changes a
Work
* Brush and Ink
* Brush and Wash
* DELVE DEEPER Mixed Media
* 5.5 New Directions in Drawing
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Guernica Drawings
* Chapter 6 Painting
* HOW ART MATTERS Faith Ringgold's For the Women's House
* 6.1 What Painting Is
* Types of Traditional Painting
* The Technical Process of Painting
* A Message to Viewers
* 6.2 Traditional Painting Media
* Fresco
* Practice ART MATTERS 6.1 Consider the Characteristics of Fresco in a
Painting of a Modern Artist
* Encaustic
* Tempera
* Practice ART MATTERS 6.2 Compare the Effects of Encaustic and Fresco
Paint
* Oil
* Transparent Watercolor
* Gouache
* Practice ART MATTERS 6.3 Recognize the Medium of a Painting
* 6.3 Acrylics
* 6.4 New Directions in Painting
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at For the Women's House
* Chapter 7 Printmaking
* HOW ART MATTERS The Prints of Honoré Daumier
* 7.1 What Printmaking Is
* An Indirect, Two-Dimensional Art
* A Collaborative Process
* An Art of Multiple Originals
* An Art Form
* A Technical Process
* Practice ART MATTERS 7.1 Experience a Printmaker's Expression
* 7.2 Relief
* Woodcut
* Wood Engraving
* Linocut
* DELVE DEEPER Color Woodcut
* 7.3 Intaglio
* Engraving
* Drypoint
* Etching
* Aquatint
* Practice ART MATTERS 7.2 Compare an Aquatint and an Etching
* 7.4 Planographic
* 7.5 Stencil
* 7.6 New Directions
* Nontraditional Matrices
* Innovative Formats
* Digital Printmaking
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Prints of Honoré Daumier
* Chapter 8 Photography, Film, and Video
* HOW ART MATTERS D. W. Griffith's Film The Birth of a Nation
* 8.1 What Photography Is
* The Image-Making Properties of Light
* The First Photographs
* Still Cameras
* An Art of Multiples
* A Record or a Manipulation of the Truth
* A Biased Presentation
* Practice ART MATTERS 8.1 Figure Out Whether an Image Has Been
Manipulated
* A Series of Artistic Decisions
* 8.2 Different Types of Photographs
* Landscape
* Portrait
* Photojournalism
* Documentary
* Artistic Expression
* 8.3 What Film Is
* The Roots of Film
* Movie Cameras
* A Series of Artistic Decisions
* A Collaborative and Individual Process
* A Mass Medium
* A Record or Manipulation of the Truth
* Practice ART MATTERS 8.2 See How a Film Helped Make a Difference
* 8.4 Different Types of Films
* Narrative versus Experimental Films
* Scripted versus Documentary Films
* Live-Action versus Animated Films
* Films of Different Genres
* 8.5 What Video Is
* A Technical Process
* A Record or Manipulation of the Truth
* An Art Form
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at The Birth of a Nation
* Chapter 9 Graphic Design
* HOW ART MATTERS The Graphic Design for the 2020 U.S. Census
* 9.1 What Graphic Design Is
* A Client's Message to a Specific Audience
* A Straightforward and Multiple Form of Communication
* An Art Form
* DELVE DEEPER The Ancient Art of Graphic Design
* 9.2 Components of Graphic Design
* Images
* Type
* Layout
* Practice ART MATTERS 9.1 Consider the Type on a Candy Package
* 9.3 Different Types of Graphic Design
* Signs, Publications, and Packaging
* Corporate, Nonprofit, and Government Identities
* Motion Graphics and Interactive Digital Media
* Practice ART MATTERS 9.2 Compare an Updated Logo with the Original
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Graphic Design for the 2020 U.S.
Census
* Chapter 10 Sculpture
* HOW ART MATTERS Akua'mma Sculptures
* 10.1 What Sculpture Is
* A Three-Dimensional Work of Art
* An Art Form Created from Tangible Materials
* Practice ART MATTERS 10.1 Examine How Gold Affects a Sculpture
* A Meaningful Expression
* 10.2 Different Types of Sculptures
* Freestanding Sculptures
* Relief Sculptures
* Earthworks
* Installations
* Practice ART MATTERS 10.2 Consider the Changing Nature of Earthworks
* 10.3 Traditional Sculpture Techniques
* Carving
* Modeling
* Casting
* Constructing and Assembling
* DELVE DEEPER Casting Toys
* Practice ART MATTERS 10.3 Explore a Sculpture Formed from Multiple
Processes
* 10.4 New Directions in Sculpture
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Akua'mma Sculptures
* Chapter 11 Traditional Craft Media
* HOW ART MATTERS The Pottery of Maria Martinez
* 11.1 Conflicting Definitions of Craft
* Skill versus Intellect
* Utility versus Appearance
* Individuality versus Mass Production
* Practice ART MATTERS 11.1 Consider Whether Mass-Produced Pots Are Art
* Handmade Feel versus Perfection
* Reflections of Societies versus Lone Visions
* Craft and Art
* Practice ART MATTERS 11.2 Explore How a Work Defies Definition
* 11.2 Clay
* Clay Bodies
* Forming Clay Works
* Finishing and Firing Clay Works
* 11.3 Glass
* Hot Glass Techniques
* Cold Glass Techniques
* 11.4 Metal
* Casting
* Cold Working
* Hot Working
* 11.5 Wood
* 11.6 Fiber
* Weaving
* Carpet Making
* Basket Making
* Quilting
* Creating Works with a Surface Design
* 11.7 New Directions in Craft
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Pottery of Maria Martinez
* Chapter 12 Architecture
* HOW ART MATTERS The Pantheon
* 12.1 What Architecture Is
* A Functional Place
* A Three-Dimensional Work
* A Work in an Environment
* A Collaborative and Individual Art Form
* An Art Form Structured to Withstand Forces
* 12.2 Shell Construction Methods
* Load-Bearing and Corbel
* Post-and-Lintel and Cantilever
* Practice ART MATTERS 12.1 Explain Why a Paper Lintel Falls Down
* DELVE DEEPER The Three Orders
* Arch, Vault, and Dome
* Practice ART MATTERS 12.2 Determine the Forces That Act on a Paper
Arch
* Practice ART MATTERS 12.3 Explore the Effect of a Cup's Continuous
Surface
* Reinforced Concrete Construction
* 12.3 Skeleton-and-Skin Construction Methods
* Frame Construction
* Suspension
* Practice ART MATTERS 12.4 Consider the Two Forces That Act on a
Necklace
* 12.4 Recent Innovations in Structures and Materials
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Pantheon
* Part 4 The History of Art
* Chapter 13 The Art of Prehistory and Ancient Civilizations in Europe
and the Mediterranean
* HOW ART MATTERS The Parthenon Sculptures
* 13.1 The Paleolithic Period
* Wall Paintings
* Portable Sculptures
* 13.2 The Neolithic Period
* 13.3 Mesopotamia
* Sumer
* Akkad
* Babylonia
* Assyria
* Practice ART MATTERS 13.1 Compare a Contemporary Leader with an
Akkadian Ruler
* 13.4 Egypt
* The Role of Art in Promoting the Rule of the Pharaoh
* Traditional Egyptian Art
* Akhenaten's Revolution
* Practice ART MATTERS 13.2 Compare Sculptures of Elite and Non-elite
People
* A Return to Tradition
* 13.5 Greece
* The Greek Sense of Individual Identity and Status
* The Role of Art in Promoting the Status of Different People
* The Geometric Period
* The Archaic Period
* The Classical Period
* The Hellenistic Period
* Practice ART MATTERS 13.3 Describe the Ways That Status is Present in
a Grave Stele
* 13.6 Rome
* Roman Inclusion and Multiculturalism
* The Role of Art in Creating an Inclusive Roman World
* Art in the Roman Republic
* Art in the Roman Empire
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Parthenon Sculptures
* Connections Power, Servitude, and Ambition
* Chapter 14 Early Jewish and Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval Art
* HOW ART MATTERS The Lindisfarne Gospels
* 14.1 The Late Roman Empire
* The Diverse Roman World
* Christianity in the Period of Persecution
* Christianity under Constantine
* Practice ART MATTERS 14.1 Explore What Makes a Space Feel Sacred
* 14.2 The Byzantine Empire
* The Emperor Justinian and the Empress Theodora
* Icons and Iconoclasm
* Practice ART MATTERS 14.2 Compare Images on a Chalice and an Icon
* 14.3 Early Medieval
* The Art of Germanic People in Western Europe
* Art in Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire
* 14.4 Romanesque
* Art in Feudal Europe
* The Triumph of Christianity and the Romanesque Church
* DELVE DEEPER Relics and Reliquaries
* Romanesque Architectural Sculpture
* Romanesque Book Illustration
* 14.5 Gothic
* The Gothic Cathedral
* Practice ART MATTERS 14.3 Contrast Romanesque and Gothic Churches
* Gothic Architectural Sculpture
* 14.6 Toward the Renaissance
* Changes in Italy
* Changes in the North
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Lindisfarne Gospels
* Connections The Divine, Sacred Spaces, and Prayers
* Chapter 15 Renaissance and Baroque Art
* HOW ART MATTERS Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Paintings
* 15.1 The Renaissance
* 15.2 The Early Renaissance in Italy
* Painting
* Sculpture
* Practice ART MATTERS 15.1 Consider How a Work Fits with the
Renaissance Mentality
* Architecture
* 15.3 The High Renaissance in Italy
* Leonardo
* Michelangelo
* Raphael
* The Renaissance in Venice
* Mannerism
* 15.4 The Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe
* Religious Art
* Self-Portraits
* The Reformation and Art
* Practice ART MATTERS 15.2 Explore the Symbolism in a Painting
* 15.5 The Baroque
* 15.6 The Baroque in Italy
* Painting
* Practice ART MATTERS 15.3 Recognize Baroque Ideas in a Work
* Architecture
* Sculpture and Functional Art
* 15.7 The Baroque in Catholic Countries outside of Italy
* Spain and Flanders
* France
* 15.8 The Baroque in the Dutch Republic
* Portraits
* Still Lifes
* Genre Scenes
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Sistine Chapel Paintings
* Connections War, Death, and Remembrance
* Chapter 16 The Art of Africa and Islam
* HOW ART MATTERS The Great Mosque in Djenné, Mali
* 16.1 Early Africa
* Rock Art
* Nok
* 16.2 Traditional Africa
* Baule
* Practice ART MATTERS 16.1 Identify the Features of Traditional
African Art in a Work
* Bwa
* Fang
* Yoruba
* Benin
* Asante
* Nguni
* 16.3 Islam and Art
* The Principles of Islam
* Common Characteristics of Islamic Art
* 16.4 Early Islam
* The Umayyads
* The Abbasids
* 16.5 Medieval Islam
* The Mamluks
* Practice ART MATTERS 16.2 Describe the Characteristics of Islamic Art
in a Lamp
* The Nasrids
* 16.6 Later Islam
* The Ottomans
* The Safavids
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Great Mosque in Djenné, Mali
* Connections Love, Birth, and Growing Up
* Chapter 17 The Art of the Pacific and the Americas
* HOW ART MATTERS Hawaiian Featherwork
* 17.1 Australia
* 17.2 The Pacific Islands
* Melanesia
* Practice ART MATTERS 17.1 Consider the Nature of a Shield
* Polynesia
* 17.3 North America
* The Eastern Woodlands
* The Great Plains
* The Southwest
* The Northwest Coast
* 17.4 Mesoamerica
* Olmec
* Teotihuacán
* Maya
* Aztec
* Practice ART MATTERS 17.2 Determine the Features of Aztec Society in
a Work
* 17.5 South America
* Chavín
* Nazca
* Inca
* Practice ART MATTERS 17.3 Explore the Role of Context in a Tunic
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Hawaiian Featherwork
* Connections Wildlife, the Land, and the Environment
* Chapter 18 The Art of Asia
* HOW ART MATTERS The Japanese Tea Ceremony
* 18.1 The Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
* The Early Indian Subcontinent
* Buddhism on the Indian Subcontinent and in Southeast Asia
* Hinduism in India
* Practice ART MATTERS 18.1 Consider How You Can Classify a Work
* Islam in India
* 18.2 China and Korea
* Early China and Korea
* Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Their Offshoots in China
* Practice ART MATTERS 18.2 Identify the Philosophy that Influenced a
Work
* Later China
* 18.3 Japan
* Classical Japan
* Medieval Japan
* Practice ART MATTERS 18.3 Describe Where You See the Influence of Two
Religions on a Work
* Early Modern Japan
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Japanese Tea Ceremony
* Connections Work, Play, and Relaxation
* Chapter 19 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Art in the West
* HOW ART MATTERS Edouard Manet's The Luncheon on the Grass
* 19.1 The Eighteenth Century
* 19.2 The Rococo
* Decorative Objects
* A Lighthearted Painting
* A Rococo Queen
* 19.3 Neoclassicis
* A Model of Classical and Academic Subject Matter and Style
* Practice ART MATTERS 19.1 Identify the Neoclassical Features in a
Work
* Consistency and Changes in Later Neoclassicism
* Neoclassicism in Architecture and Objects
* 19.4 The Nineteenth Century
* 19.5 Romanticism
* Uncontrollable Current Events
* Practice ART MATTERS 19.2 Contrast Neoclassical and Romantic Images
* "Exotic, Violent" Cultures
* Mysterious, Awe-Inspiring Landscapes
* Combined Subject Matters
* 19.6 Realism
* The Downtrodden
* Ordinary Life
* Animals
* 19.7 Impressionism
* Focused on What We Actually See
* The Name "Impressionism"
* Composition, Light, and Shadow
* Japanese Influence
* Practice ART MATTERS 19.3 Consider Japanese Influence in a Work
* 19.8 Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau
* Post-Impressionism
* Art Nouveau
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at The Luncheon on the Grass
* Connections Art, the Artist, and the Inner Mind
* Chapter 20 Modern Art in the Twentieth-Century Western World
* HOW ART MATTERS The Earth-Body Works of Ana Mendieta
* 20.1 Expressionist Movements
* Fauvism
* German Expressionism
* 20.2 Cubism
* Analytic Cubism
* Synthetic Cubism
* DELVE DEEPER Responses to Analytic Cubism
* 20.3 European Art after World War I
* Dada
* Surrealism
* Practice ART MATTERS 20.1 Explain Why a Work Is Classified as Dada
* De Stijl
* The Bauhaus
* The International Style
* Practice ART MATTERS 20.2 Consider a Work in the "Degenerate Art"
Exhibition
* 20.4 Art in the United States
* Regionalism
* Social Realism
* The Harlem Renaissance
* 20.5 The New York School
* Action Painting
* Color Field Painting
* Practice ART MATTERS 20.3 Explore the Work of a Color Field Artist
* 20.6 Art and Reality
* Assemblages
* Environments/Installations
* Happenings
* Pop Art
* 20.7 Pushing the Boundaries of Art
* Minimalism
* Conceptual Art
* Performance Art
* Earthworks
* 20.8 Combatting Prejudice
* Feminist Art
* Black Protest Art
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Earth-Body Works of Ana Mendieta
* Connections Suffering, Health, and Survival
* Chapter 21 Art Since 1980
* HOW ART MATTERS The Art of Yinka Shonibare MBE
* 21.1 The Postmodern Period
* 21.2 Art of Different Media
* Architecture
* Painting
* Diverse Media
* Practice ART MATTERS 21.1 Explain Why an Installation Is Postmodern
* 21.3 Protest Art
* Art That Protests Social, Political, and Environmental Concerns
* Art That Looks at How Images and Words Establish Power
* Practice ART MATTERS 21.2 Explore How Museums Influence Our Views
* 21.4 Art That Draws on Prior Work
* Art That Directly Appropriates Prior Art
* Art That Uses Prior Work as a Point of Departure
* 21.5 The Contemporary Global World
* 21.6 Art of Diverse People
* Referencing Diverse Identities
* Defying Stereotypes
* Addressing Social Issues
* 21.7 Art of a Global World
* Representing Global Communities
* Practice ART MATTERS 21.3 Describe How a Work Represents Global
Communities
* Illustrating Our Connected World
* Giving a Voice to Global Issues and Concerns
* HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Art of Yinka Shonibare MBE
* Connections Identity, Discrimination, and Social Ties
* Glossary
* Endnotes
* Credits
* Index