Understanding Art W/CD 8e - Softcover

Fichner-Rathus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495006920 ISBN 13: 9780495006923

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2006

Synopsis

A market leading text for the art appreciation course, UNDERSTANDING ART combines its strong coverage of art history, with comprehensive coverage and presentation of the visual elements, principles of design, and media to provide a well-balanced discussion of the relevance and beauty of art and the media and methods used to produce art.

About this title

About the Author:

Lois Fichner-Rathus received her M.A. from the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art and her Ph.D. in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Art from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her areas of specialization include the theory of art, feminist art history and criticism, ancient and classical art, and modern art and architecture. She is currently a professor of art at the College of New Jersey.

Synopsis:

This extensively illustrated textbook covers art from ancient times to the present day and offers students a basis for comprehending and discussing any of that art. Fichner-Rathus (art, College of New Jersey) surveys definitions of art, principles of design, style, form and content, and the elements of two- and three-dimensional media. This eighth

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0495006920
• ISBN 13: 9780495006923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576