Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities - Couverture souple

Sporre, Dennis J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130991880 ISBN 13 : 9780130991881

Editeur : Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

Buildings, pictures, sculptures, music, drama, literature, dances, and landscapes confront us at every turn and give our lives richness and diversity. Enjoying and getting the most from relationships with works of art depend on knowing what to see and hear in them. The more we understand about cathedrals, paintings, poems, and plays, the more exciting and interesting our experiences become. Perceiving the Arts offers readers a foundation for understanding the details of art and architecture by introducing terminology that acts as a bridge into the challenging and rewarding world of artistic perception. New to the Seventh Edition: *A pronunciation guide throughout the text *Cyber examples throughout the text *An outline for a basic analysis at the end of each chapter *Additional works and cyber sources at the end of each chapter *A conclusion on evaluating art

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Buildings, pictures, sculptures, music, drama, literature, dances, and landscapes confront us at every turn and give our lives richness and diversity. Enjoying and getting the most from relationships with works of art depend on knowing what to see and hear in them. The more we understand about cathedrals, paintings, poems, and plays, the more exciting and interesting our experiences become.

Perceiving the Arts offers readers a foundation for understanding the details of art and architecture by introducing terminology that acts as a bridge into the challenging and rewarding world of artistic perception.

New to the Seventh Edition:

• A pronunciation guide throughout the text
• Cyber examples throughout the text
• An outline for a basic analysis at the end of each chapter
• Additional works and cyber sources at the end of each chapter
• A conclusion on evaluating art

Présentation de l'éditeur

For freshman/sophomore-level course in Humanities.

Designed for students who have little or no knowledge of the arts, this well-illustrated, basic handbook of terms and concepts helps develop discriminating artistic perception for approaching, analyzing, and evaluating works of art.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130991880
• ISBN 13: 9780130991881
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie