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Understanding art

Print Book, English, ©2013
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, ©2013
History
xvii, 306 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
9781111836955, 1111836957
794621046
What is art?
Visual elements of art
Principles of design
Style, form and content
Drawing
Painting
Printmaking
Imaging: photography, film, video, and digital arts
Sculpture
Site-specific art
Architecture
Craft and design
The art of the ancients
Classical art: Greece and Rome
The age of faith
The Renaissance
The age of Baroque
Non-western perspectives
Modern art
The twentieth century: the early years
The twentieth century: post-war to postmodern
Art in the twenty-first century: a global perspective