Exploring Art
A Global, Thematic Approach (with ArtExperience Online Printed Access Card)
Buch Beschreibung
This is an introductory art history text that steps away from the traditional chronological and regional orientation in order to teach art appreciation and understanding through the context of human needs and wants. For instance, the chapter on mortality and immortality moves from discussion of the Great Pyramids of Giza to an Etruscan sarcophagus, to the funeral complex of Shi Huangdi to Viking ship burial artifacts. Authors Lazzari (Gayle Garner Roski School of Fine Arts, U. of Southern California) and Schlesier (Divine Word College) include chapters on the language and media of art and architecture; meaning in art; food and shelter; reproduction and sexuality; deities and places of worship; mortality and immortality; power, politics, and glory; social protest/affirmation; the body; race, gender, clan, and class; nature, knowledge, and technology; and entertainment and visual culture. Western and non-Western cultures are about equally represented and much of the coverage focuses on contemporary art. Some 130 new artworks have been added to the 410 or so discussed in the last edition. Although they have rejected a chronological approach, they do include "Art and History in Context" boxed features that introduce historical developments in religion, culture, and technology. Annotation )2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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