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Introduction to Art - Design, Context, and Meaning

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Introduction to Art - Design, Context, and Meaning

This text offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. Combining the best elements of both a traditional textbook and a reader, it introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, an

ArtHumanities
Author
Sachant et al.
Publisher
University System of Georgia
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 76 sections
  1. 01: What is Art
  2. 1.01: Introduction
  3. 1.02: What is Visual Art
  4. 1.03: Who is Considered an Artist What Does it Mean to be an Artist
  5. 1.04: The Role of the Viewer
  6. 1.05: Why do We Make Art
  7. 1.06: Concepts Explored in Later Chapters
  8. 1.S: What is Art (Summary)
  9. 02: The Structure of Art
  10. 2.01: Introduction
  11. 2.02: Art Specific Vocabulary
  12. 2.03: Art Forms
  13. 2.04: Form and Composition
  14. 2.05: Before You Move On
  15. 2.06: Key Terms
  16. 03: Significance of Materials Used in Art
  17. 3.01: Introduction
  18. 3.02: Utility and Value of Materials
  19. 3.03: Precious Materials Spolia and Borrowed Glory
  20. 3.04: Liquidation of Treasures
  21. 3.05: Wood Inlay and Lacquer
  22. 3.06: Intrinsic Values and Enhanced Worth of Metals
  23. 3.07: RARE MATERIALS AND PROHIBITED USES
  24. 3.08: MATERIAL CONNOTATIONS OF CLASS OR STATION
  25. 3.09: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  26. 04: Describing Art
  27. 4.01: INTRODUCTION
  28. 4.02: FORMAL OR CRITICAL ANALYSIS
  29. 4.03: TYPES OF ART
  30. 4.04: STYLES OF ART
  31. 4.05: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  32. 05: Meaning in Art
  33. 5.01: INTRODUCTION
  34. 5.02: SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXTS
  35. 5.03: SYMBOLISM AND ICONOGRAPHY
  36. 5.04: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  37. 06: Connecting Art to Our Lives
  38. 6.01: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  39. 6.02: INTRODUCTION
  40. 6.03: AESTHETICS
  41. 6.04: EXPRESSION (PHILOSOPHICAL POLITICAL RELIGIOUS PERSONAL)
  42. 6.05: UNIFICATION EXCLUSION
  43. 6.06: COMMUNICATION
  44. 6.07: PROTEST AND SHOCK
  45. 6.08: CELEBRATION AND COMMEMORATION
  46. 6.09: WORSHIP
  47. 6.10: INFORMATION EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION
  48. 07: Form in Architecture
  49. 7.01: INTRODUCTION
  50. 7.02: RESIDENTIAL NEEDS
  51. 7.03: COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT
  52. 7.04: COMMERCE
  53. 7.05: WORSHIP
  54. 7.06: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  55. 08: Art and Identity
  56. 8.01: Introduction
  57. 8.02: INDIVIDUAL VS CULTURAL GROUPS
  58. 8.03: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  59. 09: Art and Power
  60. 9.01: INTRODUCTION
  61. 9.02: PROPAGANDA PERSUASION POLITICS AND POWER
  62. 9.03: IMAGERY OF WAR
  63. 9.04: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  64. 10: Art and Ritual Life
  65. 10.01: Introduction
  66. 10.02: Exterior Ritual Spaces
  67. 10.03: The Sacred Interior
  68. 10.04: Masks and Ritual Behavior
  69. 10.05: Funerary Spaces and Grave Goods
  70. 10.06: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
  71. 11: Art and Ethics
  72. 11.01: Introduction
  73. 11.02: Ethical Considerat ions in Making and Using Art
  74. 11.03: Censorship
  75. 11.04: Ethical Considerations in the Collecting and Display of Art
  76. 11.05: Before You Move On