The Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts - Softcover

Sporre, Dennis J.

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9780133490855: The Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133490858 ISBN 13: 9780133490855

Publisher: Pearson Education (US), 1996

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For any introductory course in Humanities or Interdisciplinary Arts Appreciation.

This text presents an overview of the arts in the Western tradition within the contexts of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics surrounding them. It is an historical introduction to the humanities yielding a basic familiarity with major styles and their implications, as well as a sense of the historical development of individual arts media.

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"The Creative Impulse "introduces the arts of the Western tradition with a chronological organization. It covers a wide variety of subjects including painting, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, literature, and film, all in their historical context. Up-to-date material on modern artistic movements and achievements broadens the scope of the coverage.

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