Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach

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Giving you an appreciation for artworks and art styles across time and across the world, EXPLORING ART: A GLOBAL, THEMATIC APPROACH, 5E provides a solid foundation of art basics and then presents art through themes such as religion, power and politics, sexuality, mind and body, mortality and immortality, nature and technology, and entertainment and visual culture. "Art Experiences" features in every chapter and an all-new Chapter 15, "Art in Your Life," draw explicit connections between art and daily life, illustrating how art is all around us as well as providing suggestions for interacting with art. Timelines with thumbnail images help you easily draw chronological connections between works, and detailed world maps illustrate geographical relevance. In addition to new works by such artists as Tomatsu Shomei, Cindy Sherman, Doris Salcedo, George Rickey, Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Hans Holbeing, James McNeill Whistler, Paul Klee, Giorgio de Chirico, Kay Sage, and Alexander Calder, the fifth edition offers expanded representation of contemporary artists from around the globe, including Julie Mehretu, Zaha Hadid, Ai Weiwei, Banksy, Anish Kapoor, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Do Ho Suh, Korczak Ziolkowski, and Marina Abramovic. Also available with the fifth edition, MindTap provides the ultimate personal learning experience through an interactive eBook, digital activities, author videos for each chapter, apps, and more. Brief Contents Contents Preface Part I: Introduction to Art Ch 1: Art and Art Making Toward a Definition of Art Art within Visual Culture About Artists Ch 2: The Language of Art and Architecture Formal Elements Principles of Composition Structural Systems in Architecture Ch 3: Media The Importance of Materials Media in Two-Dimensional Art Methods and Media in Three-Dimensional Art Performance Technology-Based Media Ch 4: Deriving Meaning Formal Analysis Content Analysis The Influence of Historical Context, Physical Surroundings, and Method of Encounter Writings about Art Part II: Why Do We Make Art? Ch 5: Food and Shelter History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Food and Shelter Shelter Ch 6: Reproduction and Sexuality History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Reproduction and Sexuality The Promise of Fertility Art Depicting Primordial and Human Couples Art about Lovemaking Art about Sexuality in Western Culture Images of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Progeny Ch 7: Deities and Places of Worship History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Deities and Places of Worship Religions and Their Imagery of Deities and Holy Beings Humans Respond to God Places of Worship and Their General Characteristics Temple Complexes and Large-Scale Sacred Architecture Ch 8: Mortality and Immortality History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Mortality and Immortality Early Tombs: Mounds and Mountains Furnished Tombs Development of Cemeteries and Grave Monuments Burial in Places of Worship Reliquaries Modern Commemorative Art Ch 9: Power, Politics, and Glory History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Power, Politics, and Glory The Glory of the Ruler The Power of the State War Peace Ch 10: Social Protest/Affirmation History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Social Protest/Affirmation Protests against Military Action Fighting for the Oppressed Questioning the Status Quo Ch 11: Mind and Body History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Mind and Body Depicting the Body The Psychological Dimension in Art The Body in Art and as Art Ch 12: Race, Gender, Clan, and Class History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Race, Gender, Clan, and Class Race and Art Gender Issues Clan Class Ch 13: Nature, Knowledge, and Technology History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Nature, Knowledge, and Technology Nature Knowledge Technology Ch 14: Entertainment and Visual Culture History Focus Expanding the View Timeline for Entertainment and Visual Culture Architecture for Entertainment Art That Illustrates Leisure Activities Art in Entertainment Art and Visual Culture Part III: Making Art Part of Your Life Ch 15: Art in Your Life Seeing Art Other Places to See Art Art Preserved and Destroyed Art in International Conflicts "Permanent" and Temporary Art Living with Art Glossary Bibliography Credits Index