The Power of Art

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contents in Brief......Page 10
Contents......Page 12
CHAPTER 1 THE POWER OF ART......Page 17
Looking at Art......Page 18
The Powers of Art: Bringing Faith to Life......Page 22
Art Represents Ideals......Page 29
The Power of Art for the Artist......Page 38
Defining Art......Page 41
When We Know More, We See More......Page 51
Space......Page 53
Line......Page 54
Shape......Page 55
The Spirit of the Forms......Page 58
Light, Shadow, and Value......Page 59
Texture......Page 61
Color......Page 63
CHAPTER 3 THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN......Page 71
Placement......Page 72
Emphasis......Page 75
Designing and Organizing Space with Depth......Page 85
Linear Perspective......Page 88
CHAPTER 4 DRAWING......Page 91
Graphite......Page 92
Chalk and Pastel......Page 95
Crayon......Page 97
Pen and Ink......Page 98
Brush and Ink......Page 99
Contemporary Approaches to Drawing......Page 100
Encaustic......Page 103
Tempera Panel......Page 105
Oil Painting......Page 106
Watercolor and Gouache......Page 109
Acrylic......Page 110
Contemporary Approaches to Painting Mixed Media......Page 111
Unique Materials......Page 113
CHAPTER 6 PRINTMAKING......Page 115
Relief Printmaking......Page 116
Intaglio Printmaking......Page 118
Lithography......Page 122
Silkscreen......Page 126
Contemporary Approaches......Page 127
Technique and Development......Page 129
The Camera......Page 131
Styles of Photography......Page 132
Contemporary Approaches......Page 140
CHAPTER 8 NEW MEDIA: TIME AND DIGITAL ARTS......Page 143
Time as an Artist's Medium......Page 144
The Artist and the Computer......Page 148
The Digital Studio......Page 151
The Digital Media......Page 152
CHAPTER 9 SCULPTURE......Page 161
Relief Sculpture......Page 162
Kinetic Sculpture......Page 163
Performance Art......Page 165
Installations......Page 166
Earthworks......Page 167
Sculptural Methods......Page 170
Modern Sculptural Methods: Constructing and Assembling......Page 174
Contemporary Approaches......Page 175
The Art of Architecture......Page 177
Materials and Methods......Page 186
Architecture Is a Product of Its Time and the Past......Page 194
Urban Planning......Page 198
Contemporary Approaches......Page 199
CHAPTER 11 DECORATIVE ARTS, CRAFTS, AND DESIGN......Page 201
The Craft Media......Page 202
The Studio Crafts Movement......Page 211
Contemporary Approaches in Crafts......Page 215
Design......Page 217
CHAPTER 12 ANCIENT EMPIRES, ANCIENT GODS......Page 223
The First Civilizations......Page 224
The Classical World: Greece......Page 233
The Classical World: Rome......Page 243
CHAPTER 13 THE AGE OF FAITH......Page 253
Religious Images or Sacrilege?......Page 256
Early Christian and Byzantine Art......Page 259
The Early Middle Ages......Page 263
The Middle Ages......Page 272
CHAPTER 14 THE RENAISSANCE......Page 283
The Idea of the Renaissance......Page 285
Early Renaissance Sculpture and Architecture......Page 286
Early Renaissance Painting: Mastering Perspective......Page 289
The High Renaissance......Page 294
The Renaissance in Venice......Page 303
The End of the High Renaissance in Italy......Page 305
The Beginning of the Northern Renaissance......Page 306
Northern Renaissance: The Darker Side......Page 312
Genre: Scenes from Ordinary Life......Page 315
CHAPTER 15 DRAMA AND LIGHT: MANNERISM, THE BAROQUE, AND ROCOCO......Page 317
Mannerism......Page 318
The Counter-reformation and Tintoretto......Page 319
The Baroque Period......Page 321
The Baroque Period in the North......Page 333
The Baroque in France......Page 343
CHAPTER 16 THE BATTLE OF THE ISMS: NEOCLASSICISM, ROMANTICISM, AND REALISM......Page 353
The Enlightenment......Page 354
Neoclassicism......Page 356
Romanticism......Page 361
American Romanticism: The Hudson River School......Page 372
Realism: Art and Politics......Page 373
Neoclassicism and Romanticism Merge in Academic Art......Page 377
CHAPTER 17 OUT OF THE STUDIO AND INTO THE LIGHT: IMPRESSIONISM AND POSTIMPRESSIONISM......Page 379
The Salons and Academic Art......Page 381
Impressionism......Page 383
The Postimpressionists......Page 395
CHAPTER 18 THE REAL WORLD ON TRIAL: THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY......Page 405
The Birth of a New Century......Page 406
Munch: "Inner Pictures of the Soul"......Page 407
German Expressionism......Page 408
Fauvism......Page 410
Matisse......Page 411
Picasso And Cubism......Page 412
Abstracting Sculpture: Brancusi......Page 419
"All Things are Rapidly Changing": Futurism and Speed......Page 420
Modern Warfare for a Modern World: World War I......Page 421
Dada: To One Madness We Oppose Another......Page 422
Surrealism......Page 428
Crossing the Frontier......Page 433
The Spiritual Path to Nonrepresentation......Page 434
Mondrian: A Logical Approach to Nonrepresentation......Page 436
De Stijl......Page 437
The International Style......Page 438
Le Corbusier: Master of the "New Spirit" in Architecture......Page 439
Frank Lloyd Wright......Page 440
Abstract Art in America: O'keeffe......Page 441
The Center of Western Art Shifts......Page 443
Abstract Expressionism: Modern Art Created in America......Page 445
Architecture: The Glass Box......Page 452
Organic Abstraction......Page 453
The Challenge of Nonrepresentational Art......Page 454
CHAPTER 20 A STORM OF IMAGES: ART IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD......Page 455
Alternatives to Abstract Expressionism: Rauschenberg and Johns......Page 457
Pop Art......Page 458
Venturi: Pop Architecture......Page 461
The End of Art: Minimalism......Page 462
Expanding Minimalism......Page 463
Return of Representation: Superrealism......Page 464
Architecture: Breaking Down Barriers......Page 465
Going Beyond the Art World......Page 469
Making Room for Women: Judy Chicago......Page 470
Changing the Nature of the Gallery Space: Performance Art......Page 472
The Art World Becomes Global: Postmodern Art and the New Image......Page 476
New Approaches to Autobiography......Page 477
Postmodern Architecture......Page 479
Contemporary Nonrepresentation......Page 481
New Electronic Media......Page 483
Global Art World......Page 485
Glossary......Page 490
Photo Credits......Page 502
Index......Page 514