Introduction to Art

by Laura Kramer

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Introduction to Art provides a comprehensive global survey of artistic expression from the earliest evidence of human creativity to the diverse and technology-driven practices of the twenty-first century. The text begins by introducing the fundamental concepts of art appreciation, exploring what art is, the role of the artist, methods of art historical analysis, visual literacy, and the essential elements and principles of design that allow viewers to interpret and evaluate works of art.

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Palo Verde College
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Humanities
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Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. About this Book
  7. 1: A World Perspective of Art Appreciation
  8. 1.1: What Is Art Appreciation?
  9. 1.2: Art of the Past and the Origins of Creativity
  10. 1.3: What are BCE and CE?
  11. 1.4: What is an Artist
  12. 1.5: Introduction to art historical analysis
  13. 1.6: How to Compare and Contrast Art
  14. 1.7: What Are the Elements of Art and the Principles of Art?
  15. 1.8: The Visual Elements
  16. 1.9: Principles of Composition
  17. 1.10: Art Materials and Methods
  18. 1.11: Chapter 1 Attributions
  19. 2: The Dawn of Art (40,800 BCE – 5000 BCE)
  20. 2.1: Overview
  21. 2.2: Geology of Caves
  22. 2.3: Cave Art
  23. 2.4: Handheld Art
  24. 2.5: Conclusion and Contrast
  25. 2.6: Attributions
  26. 3: The First Civilizations and their Art (5000 BCE – 1900 BCE)
  27. 3.1: Overview
  28. 3.2: Aegean (3000 BCE – 1000 BCE)
  29. 3.3: Early Egyptian Dynasty (3150 BCE – 2686 BCE)
  30. 3.4: Early Mesopotamia (3100 BCE – 2000 BCE approx.)
  31. 3.5: Indus Valley (3300 BCE – 1700 BCE)
  32. 3.6: Longshan (3000 BCE – 1700 BCE)
  33. 3.7: Early Jomon Period (5000 BCE – 2500 BCE)
  34. 3.8: Neolithic England (3100 BCE – 1600 BCE approx.)
  35. 3.9: Conclusion and Contrasts
  36. 3.10: Chapter Three Attributions
  37. 4: Learning to Build and the Evolution of Tools and Symbolic Statues (1900 BCE - 400 BCE)
  38. 4.1: Overview
  39. 4.2: Middle, New, and Late Kingdom Egyptian Dynasties (1366 BCE – 332 BCE)
  40. 4.3: Aegean (1700 BCE – 1450 BCE)
  41. 4.4: Mesopotamia (2500 BCE – 330 BCE)
  42. 4.5: Phoenicians (1200 BCE – 539 BCE)
  43. 4.6: Etruscan (900 BCE – 600 BCE)
  44. 4.7: Shang and Zhou Dynasties (1766 BCE – 256 BCE)
  45. 4.8: Late Jomon (1500 BCE – 300 BCE)
  46. 4.9: Chavin (900 BCE – 200 BCE)
  47. 4.10: Olmec (1500 BCE – 400 BCE)
  48. 4.11: Early and Middle Pre-Classic Mayan (2000 BCE – 400 BCE)
  49. 4.12: Conclusion and Contrast
  50. 4.13: Chapter 4 Attributions
  51. 5: The Transition of Art (400 BCE – 200 CE)
  52. 5.1: Overview
  53. 5.2: Roman Empire (27 BCE – 393 CE)
  54. 5.3: Classical and Hellenistic Greece (510 BCE – 31 BCE)
  55. 5.4: Nok (700 BCE – 300 BCE)
  56. 5.5: Qin Dynasty (221 BCE - 206 BCE)
  57. 5.6: Yayoi Period (300 BCE – 300 CE)
  58. 5.7: Nazca (100 BCE – 800 CE)
  59. 5.8: Moche (100 CE – 800 CE)
  60. 5.9: Chapter Five Attributions
  61. 6: The Sophisticated Art of Cultures (200 CE – 1400 CE)
  62. 6.1: Overview
  63. 6.2: Late Roman Empire (3rd C – 6th C)
  64. 6.3: Byzantine (330 CE – 1453 CE)
  65. 6.4: Islamic Golden Age (mid 7th C – mid 13th C)
  66. 6.5: Viking (Late 8th C – late 11th C)
  67. 6.6: Romanesque (1000 CE – 1150 CE)
  68. 6.7: Gothic (12th C – end of 15th C)
  69. 6.8: Igbo of Nigeria (10th C – 13th C)
  70. 6.9: Djenne of Mali (9th C – 15th C)
  71. 6.10: Gupta Period (320 CE – 550 CE)
  72. 6.11: Khmer Empire (802 CE – 1431 CE)
  73. 6.12: Song Dynasty (960 CE – 1276 CE)
  74. 6.13: Asuka, Nara and Heian Periods (538 CE – 1185 CE)
  75. 6.14: Rapa Nui Island (7th CE est. – ongoing)
  76. 6.15: Ancestral Puebloans (700 CE – 1300 CE)
  77. 6.16: Mayan Classic Period (250 CE – 1539 CE)
  78. 6.17: Incan Empire (Early 12th C – 1572)
  79. 6.18: Aztecs (14th – 16th)
  80. 6.19: Chapter Six Attributions
  81. 7: The Sacred Buildings of Civilizations (200 CE – 1400 CE)
  82. 7.1: Overview
  83. 7.2: Byzantine Hagia Sophia (537 CE)
  84. 7.3: Jerusalem Dome of the Rock (691 CE)
  85. 7.4: Islamic Golden Age Umayyad Mosque (715 CE)
  86. 7.5: Viking Borgund Stave Church (Around 1180 CE)
  87. 7.6: Romanesque Sant Climent de Taull (1123 CE)
  88. 7.7: Gothic Notre Dame (Started 1163 CE)
  89. 7.8: Ethiopian Lalibela Church Complex (12th and 13th Centuries)
  90. 7.9: Gupta Period Mahabodhi Temple (5th or 6th Century)
  91. 7.10: Khmer Empire Bayon Temple (13th Century)
  92. 7.11: Song Dynasty Six Harmonies Pagoda (970 CE)
  93. 7.12: Asuka, Nara, Heian Periods Konpon Daito Pagoda (887 CE)
  94. 7.13: Mayan Classic Period Kukulkan Temple (900 CE)
  95. 7.14: Incan Temple of the Sun (Mid 1400 CE)
  96. 7.15: Aztec Templo Mayor (1326 CE)
  97. 7.16: Chapter 7 Attributions
  98. 8: Renaissance - The Growth of Europe (1400 CE – 1550 CE)
  99. 8.1: Overview
  100. 8.2: Renaissance Artists
  101. 8.3: Conclusion and Contrast
  102. 8.4: Chapter Eight Attributions
  103. 9: The Beginning of Colonization (1550 CE – 1750 CE)
  104. 9.1: Overview
  105. 9.2: Northern European Baroque (1580s– early 1700)
  106. 9.3: Italian Baroque (1580s– early 1700)
  107. 9.4: Spanish Baroque (1580s– early 1700)
  108. 9.5: Mexican Baroque (1640 – mid 1700s)
  109. 9.6: Rococo (1730 – 1760)
  110. 9.7: Benin Kingdom (1100 – 1897)
  111. 9.8: Mughal Period (1526 – 1857)
  112. 9.9: Kano School (Late 15th century – 1868)
  113. 9.10: Qing Period (1636 – 1911)
  114. 9.11: Conclusion and Contrast
  115. 9.12: Chapter 9 Attributions
  116. 10: The New World Grows (1700 CE – 1800 CE)
  117. 10.1: Portraits (18th Century)
  118. 10.2: George Washington Portraits (18th Century)
  119. 10.3: Early American Folk Art (1650 – 1900)
  120. 10.4: New World Furniture and Crafts (18th Century)
  121. 10.5: Natural History Illustration (18th Century)
  122. 10.6: Textiles (Ongoing)
  123. 10.7: Conclusion and Contrast
  124. 10.8: Chapter 10 Attributions
  125. 11: The Industrial Revolution (1800 CE – 1899 CE)
  126. 11.1: Overview
  127. 11.2: Romanticism (1780-1850)
  128. 11.3: Realism (1848 – 1870)
  129. 11.4: Hudson River School (1850s – 1880)
  130. 11.5: Shanghai School of Art (Late 19th Century)
  131. 11.6: Edo Period (1615 – 1868)
  132. 11.7: Impressionism (1860 – 1890)
  133. 11.8: Post-Impressionism (1885 – 1905)
  134. 11.9: Art Nouveau (1890 – 1914)
  135. 11.10: Photography (Since 1826)
  136. 11.11: Conclusion and Contrast
  137. 11.12: Attributions
  138. 11.13: The World is One (1960 CE – 1990s CE)
  139. 12: The Modern Art Movement (1900 CE – 1930 CE)
  140. 12.1: Overview
  141. 12.2: American Modernism (1900 – 1930s)
  142. 12.3: Fauvism (1900 – 1935)
  143. 12.4: Expressionism (1905 – 1930)
  144. 12.5: Cubism (1907 – 1914)
  145. 12.6: Dada (1916 – 1930)
  146. 12.7: The Bauhaus (1919-1933)
  147. 12.8: Harlem Renaissance (1920 – 1930)
  148. 12.9: Canadian Group of Seven (1920 – 1933)
  149. 12.10: Conclusion and Contrast
  150. 12.11: Chapter 12 Attributions
  151. 13: The World is One (1930 – 1970)
  152. 13.1: Overview
  153. 13.2: 20th Century Architecture
  154. 13.3: Sculptures
  155. 13.4: Photography
  156. 13.5: Mexican Murals and Social Art
  157. 13.6: Works Progress Administration Murals
  158. 13.7: Nihonga and Yoga Style
  159. 13.8: Surrealism
  160. 13.9: Conclusion and Contrast
  161. 13.10: Chapter 13 Attributions
  162. 14: The World is One (1960 CE – 1990s CE)
  163. 14.1: Overview
  164. 14.2: Pop Art
  165. 14.3: Op Art
  166. 14.4: Abstract Expressionism
  167. 14.5: Minimalism
  168. 14.6: San Francisco Bay Area Figurative
  169. 14.7: First Nation Group of Seven
  170. 14.8: Quilting
  171. 14.9: Conclusion and Contrast
  172. 14.10: Chapter 14 Attributions
  173. 15: The New Millennium (2000 - 2020)
  174. 15.1: Overview
  175. 15.2: Installation and Sculpture
  176. 15.3: Architecture for the 21st Century
  177. 15.4: Digital Art
  178. 15.5: Contemporary Figurative
  179. 15.6: Conclusion and Contrast
  180. 15.7: Chapter 15 Attributions
  181. Back Matter
  182. Index
  183. Detailed Licensing