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A World Perspective of Art Appreciation (Gustlin and Gustlin) 2.0

Appreciation of the visual arts goes beyond staring at a painting hanging on the wall of a museum—art is in everything and everywhere you look. Opening your eyes to the world of art is important in understanding the world around you. Art is more than pretentious museums only a few enter and comprehend. Learning how to appreciate art is a basic cultural foundation enabling people to critically analyze art, art forms and how cultures used art. All it takes to understand the art is to just look!

Author
Deborah Gustlin and Zoe Gustlin
Publisher
Evergreen Valley College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
Contents· 150 sections
  1. 01: A World Perspective of Art Appreciation
  2. 1.01: What Is Art Appreciation
  3. 1.02: Art of the Past and the Origins of Creativity
  4. 1.03: What are BCE and CE
  5. 1.04: How to Compare and Contrast Art
  6. 1.05: What Are the Elements of Art
  7. 1.06: What are the Principles of Art
  8. 1.07: Art Methods
  9. 1.08: Art Materials
  10. 02: The Dawn of Art (40800 BCE 5000 BCE)
  11. 2.01: Overview
  12. 2.02: Geology of Caves
  13. 2.03: Cave Art
  14. 2.04: Handheld Art
  15. 2.05: Conclusion
  16. 03: The First Civilizations and their Art (5000 BCE 1900 BCE)
  17. 3.01: Overview
  18. 3.02: Aegean (3000 BCE 1000 BCE)
  19. 3.03: Early Egyptian Dynasty (3150 BCE 2686 BCE)
  20. 3.04: Early Mesopotamia (3100 BCE 2000 BCE approx.)
  21. 3.05: Indus Valley (3300 BCE 1700 BCE)
  22. 3.06: Longshan (3000 BCE 1700 BCE)
  23. 3.07: Early Jomon Period (5000 BCE 2500 BCE)
  24. 3.08: Neolithic England (3100 BCE 1600 BCE approx.)
  25. 3.09: Conclusion and Contrasts
  26. 04: Learning to Build and the Evolution of Tools and Symbolic Statues (1900 BCE - 400 BCE)
  27. 4.01: Overview
  28. 4.02: Middle New and Late Kingdom Egyptian Dynasties (1366 BCE 332 BCE)
  29. 4.03: Aegean (1700 BCE 1450 BCE)
  30. 4.04: Mesopotamia (2500 BCE 330 BCE)
  31. 4.05: Phoenicians (1200 BCE 539 BCE)
  32. 4.06: Etruscan (900 BCE 600 BCE)
  33. 4.07: Shang and Zhou Dynasties (1766 BCE 256 BCE)
  34. 4.08: Late Jomon (1500 BCE 300 BCE)
  35. 4.09: Chavin (900 BCE 200 BCE)
  36. 4.10: Olmec (1500 BCE 400 BCE)
  37. 4.11: Conclusion
  38. 05: The Transition of Art (400 BCE 200 CE)
  39. 5.01: Overview
  40. 5.02: Classical and Hellenistic Greece (510 BCE 31 BCE)
  41. 5.03: Roman Empire (27 BCE 393 CE)
  42. 5.04: Nok (700 BCE 300 BCE)
  43. 5.05: Qin Dynasty (221 BCE - 206 BCE)
  44. 5.06: Yayoi Period (300 BCE 300 CE)
  45. 5.07: Nazca (100 BCE 800 CE)
  46. 5.08: Moche (100 CE 800 CE)
  47. 5.09: Conclusion
  48. 06: The Sophisticated Art of Cultures (200 CE 1400 CE)
  49. 6.01: Overview
  50. 6.02: Late Roman Empire (3rd C 6th C)
  51. 6.03: Byzantine (330 CE 1453 CE)
  52. 6.04: Islamic Golden Age (mid 7th C mid 13th C)
  53. 6.05: Viking (Late 8th C late 11th C)
  54. 6.06: Romanesque (1000 CE 1150 CE)
  55. 6.07: Gothic (12th C end of 15th C)
  56. 6.08: Igbo of Nigeria (10th C 13th C)
  57. 6.09: Djenne of Mali (9th C 15th C)
  58. 6.10: Gupta Period (320 CE 550 CE)
  59. 6.11: Khmer Empire (802 CE 1431 CE)
  60. 6.12: Song Dynasty (960 CE 1276 CE)
  61. 6.13: Asuka Nara and Heian Periods (538 CE 1185 CE)
  62. 6.14: Rapa Nui Island (7th CE est. ongoing)
  63. 6.15: Ancestral Puebloans (700 CE 1300 CE)
  64. 6.16: Mayan Classic Period (250 CE 1539 CE)
  65. 6.17: Incan Empire (Early 12th C 1572)
  66. 6.18: Aztecs (14th 16th)
  67. 6.19: Conclusion
  68. 07: The Sacred Buildings of Civilizations (200 CE 1400 CE)
  69. 7.01: Overview
  70. 7.02: The Rounded Domes
  71. 7.03: The Vaulted Arch
  72. 7.04: The Multiple Stories
  73. 7.05: The Pyramids
  74. 7.06: Conclusion
  75. 08: Renaissance - The Growth of Europe (1400 CE 1550 CE)
  76. 8.01: Overview
  77. 8.02: Early to Mid-Renaissance
  78. 8.03: High Renaissance
  79. 8.04: Conclusion and Contrast
  80. 09: The Beginning of Colonization (1550 CE 1750 CE)
  81. 9.01: Overview
  82. 9.02: Northern European Baroque (1580s early 1700)
  83. 9.03: Italian Baroque (1580s early 1700)
  84. 9.04: Spanish Baroque (1580s early 1700)
  85. 9.05: Mexican Baroque (1640 mid 1700s)
  86. 9.06: Rococo (1730 1760)
  87. 9.07: Benin Kingdom (1100 1897)
  88. 9.08: Mughal Period (1526 1857)
  89. 9.09: Kano School (Late 15th century 1868)
  90. 9.10: Qing Period (1636 1911)
  91. 9.11: Conclusion and Contrast
  92. 10: The New World Grows (1700 CE 1800 CE)
  93. 10.01: Overview
  94. 10.02: Portraits (18th Century)
  95. 10.03: George Washington Portraits (18th Century)
  96. 10.04: Early American Folk Art (1650 1900)
  97. 10.05: New World Furniture and Crafts (18th Century)
  98. 10.06: Natural History Illustration (18th Century)
  99. 10.07: Textiles (Ongoing)
  100. 10.08: Conclusion and Contrast
  101. 11: The Industrial Revolution (1800 CE 1899 CE)
  102. 11.01: Overview
  103. 11.02: Romanticism (1780-1850)
  104. 11.03: Realism (1848 1870)
  105. 11.04: Hudson River School (1850s 1880)
  106. 11.05: Shanghai School of Art (Late 19th Century)
  107. 11.06: Edo Period (1615 1868)
  108. 11.07: Impressionism (1860 1890)
  109. 11.08: Post-Impressionism (1885 1905)
  110. 11.09: Art Nouveau (1890 1914)
  111. 11.10: Photography (Since 1826)
  112. 11.11: Conclusion
  113. 12: The Modern Art Movement (1900 CE 1930 CE)
  114. 12.01: Overview
  115. 12.02: American Modernism (1900 1930s)
  116. 12.03: Fauvism (1900 1935)
  117. 12.04: Expressionism (1905 1930)
  118. 12.05: Cubism (1907 1914)
  119. 12.06: Dada (1916 1930)
  120. 12.07: The Bauhaus (1919-1933)
  121. 12.08: Harlem Renaissance (1920 1930)
  122. 12.09: Canadian Group of Seven (1920 1933)
  123. 12.10: Conclusion
  124. 13: The World is One (1930 1970)
  125. 13.01: Overview
  126. 13.02: 20th Century Architecture
  127. 13.03: Sculptures
  128. 13.04: Photography
  129. 13.05: Mexican Murals and Social Art
  130. 13.06: Works Progress Administration Murals
  131. 13.07: Nihonga and Yoga Style
  132. 13.08: Surrealism
  133. 13.09: Conclusion and Contrast
  134. 14: The World is One (1960 CE 1990s CE)
  135. 14.01: Overview
  136. 14.02: Pop Art
  137. 14.03: Op Art
  138. 14.04: Abstract Expressionism
  139. 14.05: Minimalism
  140. 14.06: San Francisco Bay Area Figurative
  141. 14.07: First Nation Group of Seven
  142. 14.08: Quilting
  143. 14.09: Conclusion and Contrast
  144. 15: The New Millennium (2000 - 2020)
  145. 15.01: Overview
  146. 15.02: Installation and Sculpture
  147. 15.03: Architecture for the 21st Century
  148. 15.04: Digital Art
  149. 15.05: Contemporary Figurative
  150. 15.06: Conclusion and Contrast