Artforms : an introduction to the visual arts / Duane and Sarah Preble.

Author/creator Preble, Duane
Other author Preble, Sarah.
Format Book
Edition5th ed.
Publication InfoNew York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1994.
Descriptionx, 534 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
Subjects

Contents What is art for? -- The nature of art -- Art and experience -- The language of visual experience -- Visual elements -- Principles of design -- Style -- Evaluation and criticism -- Two-dimensional media -- Drawing -- Painting -- Printmaking -- Camera arts and computer imaging -- Three-dimensional media -- Sculpture -- Craft: traditional and contemporary -- Design disciplines -- Architecture and environmental design -- Art as cultural heritage -- Prehistoric to early civilization -- Beyond the western world -- Ancient through medieval -- Renaissance and Baroque -- The modern world -- Late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Early twentieth century -- Between World Wars -- Accelerated change: art after 1945 -- Recent diversity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 516-518) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
Other titleArt forms.
LCCN 93004725
ISBN0065008340
ISBN9780065008340

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks N7430 .P69 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold