Understanding Art - Softcover

Lois Fichner-Rathus

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ISBN 10: 0139529616 ISBN 13: 9780139529610

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 1969

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Designed for non-art majors, this text aims to communicate the excitement, relevance, and beauty of art in discussions of the language and elements of art-media, methods, content, composition, style and the purposes of art. "Preliminary Sketches" offer facts preceding each chapter to stimulate interest in the subject matter. "A Closer Look" provides an insight into artist's personalities and features a variety of topics in greater depth. "Compare and Contrast" shows two or more works of art side-by-side focusing on their stylistic and technical similarities and differences. "Facts about Art" are related to the sciences and arts, and the social and political events of the day. "Key terms and Artist's Names" is an end-of-chapter feature higlighting the significant material

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Comprehensive and balanced, this widely-adopted introduction to art appreciation communicates the excitement, relevance, and beauty of art by combining stimulating discussions of the language and elements of art with extensive treatment of the history of art. It is especially designed to give non-art majors insights and access to art so that it may enrich them for a lifetime.

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Non-western art and Women artists will get even greatercoverage and the emphasis on critical thinking. Materialwas also added on criticism and observation, and conservationand restoration. A major new design will feature improvedboxes and maps.

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