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School Price: $122.95

Format:
Hardback
9.25" x 12.13"

ISBN-13:
9780871927194

Publication date:
January 2006

Imprint: Oxford University Press


Discovering Art History, Fourth Edition: Levels 9-12: Student Book

Gerald F. Brommer

Series : Resource Books

Understanding and analyzing how art functions in history, society and everyday life.

This new edition of Discovering Art History is an in-depth, comprehensive approach to art. The program includes an extensive survey of Western art, studies of non-Western art, as well as an introduction to art appreciation.

Engaging studio activities throughout the text are keyed to chapter content. This premier art history program will show students how the visual arts serve to shape and reflect ideas, issues, and themes from the time of the first cave paintings to the twenty-first century.

The Student Book includes:

* In-depth profiles of artists, artistic periods, and movements
* Vibrant maps, timelines, and diagrams
* Student profiles for peer comparison of studio exercises
* Excellent overviews of each chapter

Readership : Grades 9-12.

Part One: The World and Work of the Artist
1. Learning about Art
2. The Visual Communication Process
Part Two: Trends and Influences in the World of Art
3. Looking for a Common Denominator
4. Non-Western Art and Cultural Influences
Part Three: Art in the Western World
5. Beginnings of Western Art
6. Greek and Roman Art
7. Religious Conviction
8. Romanesque and Gothic Art
9. The Italian Renaissance
11. Baroque and Rococo
12. Three Opposing Views
13. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
14. A Half-Century of "Isms"
15. American Art 1900-1950
16. Architecture after 1900
17. Art from the Fifties to the Present
Reference

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Published by Davis Publications, the only publisher dedicated solely to visual art education in Grades K-12.

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