Drawing: A Contemporary Approach (with InfoTrac) - Softcover

Sale, Teel; Betti, Claudia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534613357 ISBN 13: 9780534613358

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2003

Synopsis

The number one, best-selling drawing text in the market, DRAWING: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH goes beyond conventional approaches, emphasizing the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social significance of art. The authors trace the development of today's art from that of the past, showing drawing's meaning and continuity. The text succeeds by offering a combination of effective pedagogy, good exercises, and high-quality, contemporary drawings as models, while focusing on contemporary artists who draw in a multicultural world.

About this title

About the Author:

Teel Sale is an artist, writer, and teacher, and has had a career of national and international shows (drawing, painting, printmaking, and performance art). She has served as art editor of Trilobite Press, book designer for university presses, book reviewer for Texas Books in Review, and visiting artist/lecturer at colleges and universities nationwide. Recipient of a Pouch Cove Foundation Grant (June, 2001) for drawing, Sale was a faculty member (drawing, painting, and honors) at the University of North Texas from 1975 through 1989.

Review:

"I use the book for Drawing I and Drawing II courses. The text works for both courses. This is a very positive point about the text-students can use it for two courses."

"I am impressed with the range of illustrations and with the representation of women and minorities."

"The projects and exercises in this text are extremely useful for teachers as well as students."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0534613357
• ISBN 13: 9780534613358
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 416