The Art of Understanding Art
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The Art of Understanding Art
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The Art of Understanding Art reveals to students and other readers new and meaningful ways of developing personal ideas and opinions about art and how to express them with confidence.
The Art of Understanding Art reveals to students and other readers new and meaningful ways of developing personal ideas and opinions about art and how to express them with confidence.
Offers an inquiry—unique among introductory art texts—into the learning process of understanding and appreciating art.
Examines the multiple issues and processes essential to making, analyzing, and evaluating art.
Uses cross-cultural examples to help readers develop comprehensive, yet personal, ways of looking at and thinking about art.
Includes an annotated glossary of the 'Art World', institutions and individuals that play a role in defining art, as well as diagrams, text boxes, callouts, and other visual elements to highlight information and enhance learning.
Richly illustrated with over 40 images.
Suggests innovative class assignments and projects useful for developing lesson plans, and offers an online companion site for additional illustrations and information.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780470658345
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 March 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 191.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 662g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Irina D. Costache, Ph.D., is an art historian and Professor of Art History at California State University Channel Islands. Her innovative teaching methodologies have been recognized with awards and grants. She has curated several exhibitions, including Postmodern Calligraphies, Nature and/or Technology and Line and Color. Her presentations and publications include This is Not a Painting: Art History and the Internet, Visual Culture/ Virtual Art, Italian Futurism and the Decorative Arts, and Futurist Film: an Incomplete Project.
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