Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning
Editor-in-Chief
Pamela J. Sachant, Ph.D.
Contributing Editors
Peggy Blood, Ph.D.
Jeffery LeMieux, MFA
Rita Tekippe, Ph.D.
ISBN
978-1-940771-29-8
Print Version
$39.99
Digital Version
Free
Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. Combining the best elements of both a traditional textbook and a reader, it introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, and form; and its diverse effects on our lives. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding the students’ educational experiences beyond the textbook. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making it an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One: What is Art?
1.1 Learning Outcomes
1.2 Introduction
1.3 What is Visual Art?
1.4 Who is Considered an Artist? What Does It Mean to Be An Artist?
1.5 The Role of the Viewer
1.6 Why Do We Make Art?
1.7 Concepts Explored in Later Chapters
1.8 Before You Move On
1.9 Key Terms
Chapter Two: The Structure of Art
2.1 Learning Outcomes
2.2 Introduction
2.3 Art Specific Vocabulary
2.4 Art Forms
2.5 Form and Composition
2.6 Before You Move On
2.7 Key Terms
Chapter Three: Significance of Materials Used in Art
3.1 Learning Outcomes
3.2 Introduction
3.3 Utility and Value of Materials
3.4 Precious Materials, Spolia, and Borrowed Glory
3.5 Liquidation of Treasures
3.6 Wood, Inlay, and Lacquer
3.7 Intrinsic Values and Enhanced Worth of Metals
3.8 Rare Materials and Prohibited Uses
3.9 Material Connotations of Class or Station
3.10 Before You Move On
3.11 Key Terms
Chapter Four: Describing Art
4.1 Learning Outcomes
4.2 Introduction
4.3 Formal or Critical Analysis
4.4 Types of Art
4.5 Styles of Art
4.6 Before You Move On
4.7 Key Terms
Chapter Five: Meaning in Art
5.1 Learning Outcomes
5.2 Introduction
5.3 Socio-Cultural Contexts
5.4 Symbolism and Iconography
5.5 Before You Move On
5.6 Key Terms
Chapter Six: Connecting Art to Our Lives
6.1 Learning Outcomes
6.2 Introduction
6.3 Aesthetics
6.4 Expression (Philosophical, Political, Religious, Personal)
6.5 Unification/Exclusion
6.6 Communication
6.7 Protest and Shock
6.8 Celebration and Commemoration
6.9 Worship
6.10 Information, Education, and Inspiration
6.11 Before You Move On
6.12 Key Terms
Chapter Seven: Form in Architecture
7.1 Learning Outcomes
7.2 Introduction
7.3 Residential Needs
7.4 Community and Government
7.5 Commerce
7.6 Worship
7.7 Before You Move On
7.8 Key Terms
Chapter Eight: Art and Identity
8.1 Learning Outcomes
8.2 Introduction
8.3 Individual vs Cultural Groups
8.4 Before You Move On
8.5 Key Terms
Chapter Nine: Art and Power
9.1 Learning Outcomes
9.2 Introduction
9.3 Propaganda, Persuasion, Politics, and Power
9.4 Imagery of War
9.5 Before You Move On
9.6 Key Terms
Chapter 10: Art and Ritual Life
10.1 Learning Outcomes
10.2 Introduction
10.3 Exterior Ritual Spaces
10.4 The Sacred Interior
10.5 Masks and Ritual Behavior
10.6 Funerary Spaces and Grave Goods
10.7 Before You Move On
10.8 Key Terms
Chapter Eleven: Art and Ethics
11.1 Learning Outcomes
11.2 Introduction
11.3 Ethical Considerations in Making and Using Art
11.4 Censorship
11.5 Ethical Considerations in the Collecting and Display of Art
11.6 Before You Move On
11.7 Key Terms
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