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Understanding Art, 10th ed.

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Cengage Learning, Jan 1, 2012 - Art - 624 pages
With balanced coverage of masterworks from the past and present, UNDERSTANDING ART will guide you through the world of art, using a wide range of beautifully-reproduced images from Rembrandt to Zaha Hadid. Learn to think critically about works of art thro
  

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Read for Art Appreciation. Really enjoyed this, as it explains and shows examples of artwork throughout history. Read full review

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User Review  - Meredith - Goodreads

Intended as at text for college level Art Appreciation courses this is one of the best books about art and art history I have ever seen. I own several copies. This book explains a variety of artistic ... Read full review

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Contents

Preface
About the Author
What is Art?
Visual Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Style Form and Content
Drawing
Painting
The Art of the Ancients
Classical Art Greece and Rome
The Age of Faith
The Renaissance
The Age of Baroque
NonWestern Perspectives
Modern Art
The Twentieth Century The Early Years

Printmaking
Imaging Photography Film Video and Digital Arts
Sculpture
SiteSpecific Art
Architecture
Craft and Design
The Twentieth Century Postwar to Postmodern
Art in the TwentyFirst Century A Global Perspective
Glossary
Credits
Index
Copyright

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About the author (2012)

Lois Fichner-Rathus is Professor of Art in the Art Department of The College of New Jersey. She holds a combined undergraduate degree in fine arts and art history, an M.A. from the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, and a Ph.D. in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Art from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her areas of specialization include contemporary art, feminist art history and criticism, and modern art and architecture. She has authored grants, contributed to books, curated exhibitions, published articles in professional journals, and exhibited her large-format photographic prints. She is also the author of UNDERSTANDING ART, Tenth Edition, and FOUNDATIONS OF ART AND DESIGN. She resides in New York.

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