Living with Art Fifth Edition

Living with Art is a basic art text for college students and other interested readers. It offers a broad introduction to the nature, vocabulary, media and history of art, showing examples from many cultures. Part Provides a general overview of the subject of art and its study. Chapter 2 poses the question “What Is Art? and gives readers criteria for answering it within their own frames of reference. Chapter 3 outlines several broad themes that run through the entire history of art, in many cultures, and notes the various purposes art has served and continues to serve. Part Two is a thorough analysis of the laments and principles of design in art, with detailed explanations and many illustrations. Part Three covers the two-dimensional media and devotes a full chapter to each of the major categories-drawing, painting, prints, the camera arts, and graphic design. Part Four the same detailed coverage is applied to three-dimensional meda-sculputre, crafts, architecture, and environmental design. Part Five is a brief, but comprehensive chronological history of art from the earliest times to present.