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Art 104: Introduction To Art
This text provides a general introduction to visual arts that includes the study of theory, terminology, themes, design principles, media, techniques, interpretation, and evaluation of works of art across time and diverse cultures. Introduces skills needed for analysis of historical art context including defining and differentiating functions and methodologies of art history and art criticism.
- Author
- Staff
- Publisher
- Southwestern College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
Contents· 117 sections
- 01: What is Art
- 1.01: What Is Art Appreciation
- 1.02: Art of the Past and the Origins of Creativity
- 1.03: What is an Artist
- 1.04: Types of Art (Media)
- 1.05: What are BCE and CE
- 1.06: Key Terms
- 1.S: What is Art (Summary)
- 02: The Visual Elements and Design Principles
- 2.01: Art Forms and Media (Overview)
- 2.02: Form and Composition
- 2.03: Visual Elements
- 2.04: Before You Move On (Visual Elements and Design Principles)
- 03: Art in Context
- 3.01: Introduction
- 3.02: Content
- 3.03: Art in Society
- 3.04: Historical Context
- 3.05: Socio-cultural Contexts
- 3.06: Symbolism and Iconography
- 3.07: Reading- Formalism and Content
- 3.08: Before You Move On (Art in Context)
- 04: Visual Analysis
- 4.01: Visual Analysis Overview
- 4.02: Formal or Critical Analysis
- 4.03: Types of Art
- 4.04: Styles of Art
- 4.05: How to Compare and Contrast Art
- 4.06: Before You Move On (Visual Analysis)
- 05: Art and Identity
- 5.01: Introduction
- 5.02: Individual vs Cultural Groups
- 5.03: Identity Politics- From the Margins to the Mainstream
- 5.04: Modern Indigenous Art (1970-2000)
- 5.05: Harlem Renaissance (1918-1930)
- 5.06: Jordan Casteel paints her community
- 5.07: Stephanie Syjuco The Visible Invisible
- 5.08: Identity and the body
- 5.09: Feminist Art (1970-2000)
- 5.10: Guerrilla Girls You Have to Question What You See (interview)
- 5.11: Before You Move On (Art and Identity)
- 06: 2D Media (Drawing Painting and Printmaking)
- 6.01: Drawing
- 6.02: Painting
- 6.03: First Nation Group of Seven
- 6.04: Contemporary Figurative
- 6.05: Printmaking
- 6.06: Japan's Edo Period
- 6.07: Quilting
- 6.08: Key Terms- Materials and Methods
- 07: Art and Power
- 7.01: Introduction
- 7.02: Works Progress Administration Murals
- 7.03: Appropriation and ideological critique
- 7.04: Histories real and imagined
- 7.05: Propaganda Persuasion Politics and Power
- 7.06: Mexican Murals and Social Art
- 7.07: Imagery of War
- 7.08: Reading- Davids Death of Marat
- 7.09: An-My Le 29 Palms
- 7.10: Before you Move on (Art and Power)
- 08: Sculpture Performance Art and Non traditional Media
- 8.01: Photography (Since 1826)
- 8.02: Time-Based Art
- 8.03: Sculptures
- 8.04: Installation and Sculpture
- 8.05: Alfredo Jaar A Logo for America
- 8.06: Minimalism (1960 early 1970)
- 8.07: Post-Minimalism
- 8.08: Conceptual Performance Art
- 8.09: Digital Art
- 8.10: Art Race and the Internet- Mendi Keith Obadikes Black.Net.Art Actions
- 09: Art and Ethics
- 9.01: Introduction
- 9.02: Ethical Considerations in Making and Using Art
- 9.03: Appropriation and ideological critique
- 9.04: Creative iconoclasm- a tale of two monasteries
- 9.05: Censorship
- 9.06: The many forms of iconoclasm
- 9.07: Ethical Considerations in the Collecting and Display of Art
- 9.08: Whose art Museums and repatriation
- 9.09: Destruction looting and trafficking
- 9.10: Before You Move On
- 10: Film and Photography
- 10.01: Photography- The Beginning
- 10.02: Surrealist Photography
- 10.03: Photography
- 10.04: Trevor Paglen The Black Sites
- 10.05: Will Wilson Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange
- 10.06: Cinema
- 10.07: Women in Cinema
- 10.08: Cinematographic Art
- 10.09: Conclusion
- 11: Art and Ritual Life
- 11.01: Introduction
- 11.02: Exterior Ritual Spaces
- 11.03: The Sacred Interior
- 11.04: Bill Viola The Crossing
- 11.05: Lee Ufan
- 11.06: Masks and Ritual Behavior
- 11.07: Transformation masks
- 11.08: Funerary Spaces and Grave Goods
- 11.09: Tlingit mortuary and memorial totem poles
- 11.10: Ritual spirituality and transcendence
- 11.11: Before you Move On (Art and Ritual)
- 12: Architecture
- 12.01: Introduction
- 12.02: Residential Needs
- 12.03: Community and Government
- 12.04: Contemporary Native American Architecture
- 12.05: Commerce
- 12.06: Worship
- 12.07: Khmer Empire Bayon Temple (13th Century)
- 12.08: Gothic Notre Dame (Started 1163 CE)
- 12.09: Islamic Golden Age Umayyad Mosque (715 CE)
- 12.10: 20th Century Architecture
- 12.11: Before You Move On (Architecture)