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This widely-adopted introduction to art appreciation text communicates the excitement, mystery, relevance, and beauty of art by teaching readers to understand and analyze art through stimulating discussions on the elements, media, methods, content composition, and style of art. Along with discussions on the purpose of art, a separate chapter takes a look at art beyond Europe and the U.S. and examines art form all around the world. The history of art is contained chronologically in the second part of the book.
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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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- PublisherWiley
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0471363804
- ISBN 13 9780471363804
- BindingTextbook Binding
- Edition number5
- Number of pages544
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