World of Art, A, 9th edition

Henry M. Sayre

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A World of Art fosters the critical thinking and visual literacy skills you need to understand art from around the globe. Noted author and educator Henry Sayre teaches you how to ask the right questions about the visual world that surrounds us, and to then respond meaningfully to the complexity of that world.

The 9th Edition includes a new chapter on how digital technologies have transformed the arts. Other highlights include new works inspired by the most impactful events of recent years such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements. A new chapter on Digital Media discusses how digital technologies have transformed photography as a practice and impacted our understanding of artistic space and global culture.

ISBN-13: 9780137846108

Subject: Art

Category: Art Appreciation

PART I - THE VISUAL WORLD: UNDERSTANDING THE ART YOU SEE
1. Discovering a World of Art
2. Developing Visual Literacy

PART II - THE FORMAL ELEMENTS AND THEIR DESIGN: DESCRIBING THE ART YOU SEE
3. Line
4. Shape and Space
5. Light and Color
6. Texture, Time, and Motion
7. The Principles of Design

PART III - THE FINE ARTS MEDIA: LEARNING HOW ART IS MADE
8. Drawing
9. Painting
10. Printmaking
11. Photography and Time-Based Media
12. Sculpture
13. The Craft Media
14. Architecture
15. The Design Profession
16. Digital Media

PART IV - THE VISUAL RECORD: PLACING THE ARTS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
17. The Ancient World
18. The Age of Faith
19. The Renaissance through the Baroque
20. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
21. From 1900 to the Present

PART V - THE THEMES OF ART: SEEING CONTINUITY AND CHANGE OVER TIME
22. Spiritual Belief
23. The Life Force
24. The Body, Gender, and Identity
25. The Individual and Cultural Identity
26. Power
27. Science, Industry, and the Environment