{"product_id":"art-matters-9780197620649","title":"Art Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMake your Art Appreciation course as inspiring as the rich world of art that it covers. Art Matters enables students to experience art actively and meaningfully, weaving together innovative pedagogy and compelling stories about a wide assortment of artworks and artists to show students that art is everywhere, art is vibrant, and art matters. Art Matters presents a contemporary approach to art appreciation, offering a compelling narrative, a wide range of works created by numerous artists from around the world, and an active and meaningful learning experience. Through stories, examples, thoughtful pedagogy, and in-depth discussions of process and history, Art Matters motivates students to experience art actively and meaningfully. By asking questions and exposing students to different viewpoints and ideas, the author gives them the tools to speak, write, think critically, and form conclusions about what they see in familiar and unfamiliar works. Important updates to the second edition in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Art Matters] is thorough, interactive, and forward-thinking - meaning it is very much moving toward the global approach to art appreciation that so many institutions strive for. . . . The \"Practice Art Matters\" [activities] I believe reach a broad range of students, and should make them think practically and maybe emotionally about some works of art. In a course with an overwhelming number of nonmajors, this type of info and approach is critical.\"    - Alice Jackson, University of Alabama at Birmingham\u003cbr\u003e[Art Matters] really connects students to the importance of art and helps them appreciate the way art reflects its time and culture. Starting with the controversy of Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial [in Chapter 1] really intrigues all of the students and sets them up for understanding different points of view with art right away.\"    - Julie Sawyer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Introduction  Chapter 1 Art Matters  HOW ART MATTERS Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial  1.1 Art's Central Place in Our Lives  Art Matters  Art Is Everywhere  Practice ART MATTERS 1.1 Discuss a Work That Is Important to You  Art Is a Characteristically Human Endeavor  Art Is an Inner Calling  Art Is a Sensation to Which We are Drawn  1.2 Art's Strong Support  Government Support  International Support  Individual Support  DELVE DEEPER Conserving Art  1.3 Art's Impact on Society  Art Education  Art Therapy  General Support  Awareness of Important Causes  Influence and Propaganda  Censorship and the Destruction of Art  Illegal Trafficking of Art  Practice ART MATTERS 1.2 Explain Why a Memorial Shows How Art Matters  1.4 Art's Role in Religion and Spirituality  A Wondrous Space  An Intermediary  A Representation of the Divine  A Tool for Ritual  1.5 Art's Role in Politics and the Social Order  Promoting the Social Order  Protesting the Social Order  Practice ART MATTERS 1.3 Figure Out the Purpose of a Work of Art  1.6 Art's Role in Recording and Communicating Information   Documenting Life   Reflecting the World  Relaying Messages  Recounting Past Events  Manipulating Depictions  Practice ART MATTERS 1.4 Judge Whether an Image Is Reliable  1.7 Art's Role in Decorating the Everyday World   Embellishing Spaces and Objects  Adorning People   1.8 Art's Role in Expression   Capturing an Emotion   Looking Inward  Imagining Another World   HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial    Chapter 2 Understanding and Defining Art   HOW ART MATTERS Barnett Newman's Voice of Fire   2.1 Seeing Art   Subject Matter and Form   Practice ART MATTERS 2.1 Describe a Work so a Peer Could Draw It   Type   2.2 Contextualizing Art   Context  Practice ART MATTERS 2.2 Consider How Context Creates Meaning   Iconography  Style   Theme  2.3 Experiencing Art  Personal Experience   Perception  Bias  2.4 Defining Art   Art as a Physical Object Made from Artistic Materials   Art as a Work Crafted with Skill   Art as a Work That Has Meaning  Practice ART MATTERS 2.3 Figure Out the Content of a Work   Art as an Object of Value   Art as an Aesthetic Experience   Art as Part of the Canon   Art as a Creative Work   HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Voice of Fire   Part 2 The Language of Art  Chapter 3 The Visual Elements of Art  HOW ART MATTERS Vincent van Gogh's Letters and Art  3.1 Line  The Character of Lines  The Direction of Lines  Actual and Implied Lines  The Different Uses of Lines Practice ART MATTERS 3.1 See How Lines Draw Attention  3.2 Shape and Mass  The Character and Direction of Shapes  Geometric and Organic Shapes  Positive and Negative Shapes  Overall Shapes  The Character and Direction of Masses  Geometric and Organic Masses  Mass and Negative Space  Practice ART MATTERS 3.2 Explore the Masses of a Sculpture  3.3 Texture  Actual and Simulated Texture in Two-Dimensional Works  Actual and Simulated Texture in Three-Dimensional Works  3.4 Light and Value  Light  Value  Light Hitting Three-Dimensional Opaque Objects  Chiaroscuro  Value to Heighten Expression  Light as a Material  3.5 Color  The Visible Spectrum  Why We See Color  The Subtractive and Additive Color Systems  The Color Wheel  The Properties of Color  DELVE DEEPER The Additive Color System  Practice ART MATTERS 3.3 Recognize the Hues, Values, and Intensities of Color Color Schemes  Practice ART MATTERS 3.4 Analyze the Color in a Work  The Characteristics of Color  3.6 Space  Three-Dimensional Space  Two-Dimensional Space  3.7 Time  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Vincent van Gogh's Letters and Art    Chapter 4 The Principles of Design  HOW ART MATTERS The Taj Mahal  4.1 Unity and Variety  4.2 Balance   Symmetrical Balance  Asymmetrical Balance   Practice ART MATTERS 4.1 Identify Why a Shape Is Heavy   Radial Balance  4.3 Emphasis and Subordination   Practice ART MATTERS 4.2 Determine What Emphasizes or Subordinates an Object   4.4 Scale  4.5 Proportion  4.6 Rhythm  Practice ART MATTERS 4.3 Consider How Size Affects a Cartoon  DELVE DEEPER The Golden Section  Practice ART MATTERS 4.4 Analyze the Rhythm in a Work  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Taj Mahal   Part 3 The Media  Chapter 5 Drawing  HOW ART MATTERS Pablo Picasso's Guernica Drawings  5.1 What Drawing Is  An Intense Way to See  A Way to Understand the Creative Process  A Way to Take Notes  A Finished Work of Art  5.2 Drawing Surfaces and Tools  Practice ART MATTERS 5.1 Use Different Surfaces and Tools  5.3 Dry Media  Graphite  Charcoal  Chalk  Crayon  Conté Crayon  5.4 Liquid Media  Pen and Ink  Pen and Wash Practice ART MATTERS 5.2 Consider How Altering the Medium Changes a Work  Brush and Ink  Brush and Wash  DELVE DEEPER Mixed Media  5.5 New Directions in Drawing  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Guernica Drawings  Chapter 6 Painting  HOW ART MATTERS Faith Ringgold's For the Women's House 6.1 What Painting Is  Types of Traditional Painting  The Technical Process of Painting  A Message to Viewers  6.2 Traditional Painting Media  Fresco  Practice ART MATTERS 6.1 Consider the Characteristics of Fresco in a Painting of a Modern Artist  Encaustic  Tempera  Practice ART MATTERS 6.2 Compare the Effects of Encaustic and Fresco Paint  Oil  Transparent Watercolor  Gouache  Practice ART MATTERS 6.3 Recognize the Medium of a Painting  6.3 Acrylics  6.4 New Directions in Painting  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at For the Women's House   Chapter 7 Printmaking  HOW ART MATTERS The Prints of Honoré Daumier  7.1 What Printmaking Is  An Indirect, Two-Dimensional Art  A Collaborative Process  An Art of Multiple Originals  An Art Form  A Technical Process  Practice ART MATTERS 7.1 Experience a Printmaker's Expression 7.2 Relief  Woodcut  Wood Engraving  Linocut  DELVE DEEPER Color Woodcut  7.3 Intaglio  Engraving  Drypoint  Etching  Aquatint  Practice ART MATTERS 7.2 Compare an Aquatint and an Etching  7.4 Planographic  7.5 Stencil  7.6 New Directions  Nontraditional Matrices  Innovative Formats  Digital Printmaking  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Prints of Honoré Daumier   Chapter 8 Photography, Film, and Video  HOW ART MATTERS D. W. Griffith's Film The Birth of a Nation  8.1 What Photography Is  The Image-Making Properties of Light  The First Photographs  Still Cameras  An Art of Multiples  A Record or a Manipulation of the Truth  A Biased Presentation  Practice ART MATTERS 8.1 Figure Out Whether an Image Has Been Manipulated  A Series of Artistic Decisions  8.2 Different Types of Photographs  Landscape  Portrait  Photojournalism  Documentary  Artistic Expression  8.3 What Film Is  The Roots of Film  Movie Cameras  A Series of Artistic Decisions  A Collaborative and Individual Process  A Mass Medium  A Record or Manipulation of the Truth  Practice ART MATTERS 8.2 See How a Film Helped Make a Difference  8.4 Different Types of Films  Narrative versus Experimental Films  Scripted versus Documentary Films  Live-Action versus Animated Films  Films of Different Genres  8.5 What Video Is  A Technical Process  A Record or Manipulation of the Truth  An Art Form  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at The Birth of a Nation   Chapter 9 Graphic Design  HOW ART MATTERS The Graphic Design for the 2020 U.S. Census  9.1 What Graphic Design Is  A Client's Message to a Specific Audience  A Straightforward and Multiple Form of Communication  An Art Form  DELVE DEEPER The Ancient Art of Graphic Design  9.2 Components of Graphic Design  Images  Type  Layout  Practice ART MATTERS 9.1 Consider the Type on a Candy Package  9.3 Different Types of Graphic Design  Signs, Publications, and Packaging  Corporate, Nonprofit, and Government Identities  Motion Graphics and Interactive Digital Media  Practice ART MATTERS 9.2 Compare an Updated Logo with the Original  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Graphic Design for the 2020 U.S. Census   Chapter 10 Sculpture  HOW ART MATTERS Akua'mma Sculptures  10.1 What Sculpture Is  A Three-Dimensional Work of Art  An Art Form Created from Tangible Materials  Practice ART MATTERS 10.1 Examine How Gold Affects a Sculpture  A Meaningful Expression  10.2 Different Types of Sculptures  Freestanding Sculptures  Relief Sculptures  Earthworks  Installations  Practice ART MATTERS 10.2 Consider the Changing Nature of Earthworks  10.3 Traditional Sculpture Techniques  Carving  Modeling  Casting  Constructing and Assembling  DELVE DEEPER Casting Toys  Practice ART MATTERS 10.3 Explore a Sculpture Formed from Multiple Processes  10.4 New Directions in Sculpture  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Akua'mma Sculptures   Chapter 11 Traditional Craft Media  HOW ART MATTERS The Pottery of Maria Martinez  11.1 Conflicting Definitions of Craft  Skill versus Intellect  Utility versus Appearance  Individuality versus Mass Production  Practice ART MATTERS 11.1 Consider Whether Mass-Produced Pots Are Art  Handmade Feel versus Perfection  Reflections of Societies versus Lone Visions  Craft and Art  Practice ART MATTERS 11.2 Explore How a Work Defies Definition  11.2 Clay  Clay Bodies  Forming Clay Works  Finishing and Firing Clay Works  11.3 Glass  Hot Glass Techniques  Cold Glass Techniques  11.4 Metal  Casting  Cold Working  Hot Working  11.5 Wood  11.6 Fiber  Weaving  Carpet Making  Basket Making  Quilting  Creating Works with a Surface Design  11.7 New Directions in Craft  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Pottery of Maria Martinez   Chapter 12 Architecture  HOW ART MATTERS The Pantheon  12.1 What Architecture Is  A Functional Place  A Three-Dimensional Work  A Work in an Environment  A Collaborative and Individual Art Form  An Art Form Structured to Withstand Forces  12.2 Shell Construction Methods  Load-Bearing and Corbel  Post-and-Lintel and Cantilever  Practice ART MATTERS 12.1 Explain Why a Paper Lintel Falls Down  DELVE DEEPER The Three Orders  Arch, Vault, and Dome  Practice ART MATTERS 12.2 Determine the Forces That Act on a Paper Arch  Practice ART MATTERS 12.3 Explore the Effect of a Cup's Continuous Surface  Reinforced Concrete Construction  12.3 Skeleton-and-Skin Construction Methods  Frame Construction  Suspension  Practice ART MATTERS 12.4 Consider the Two Forces That Act on a Necklace  12.4 Recent Innovations in Structures and Materials  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Pantheon   Part 4 The History of Art  Chapter 13 The Art of Prehistory and Ancient Civilizations in Europe and the Mediterranean  HOW ART MATTERS The Parthenon Sculptures  13.1 The Paleolithic Period  Wall Paintings  Portable Sculptures  13.2 The Neolithic Period  13.3 Mesopotamia  Sumer  Akkad  Babylonia  Assyria  Practice ART MATTERS 13.1 Compare a Contemporary Leader with an Akkadian Ruler  13.4 Egypt  The Role of Art in Promoting the Rule of the Pharaoh  Traditional Egyptian Art  Akhenaten's Revolution  Practice ART MATTERS 13.2 Compare Sculptures of Elite and Non-elite People  A Return to Tradition  13.5 Greece  The Greek Sense of Individual Identity and Status  The Role of Art in Promoting the Status of Different People  The Geometric Period  The Archaic Period  The Classical Period  The Hellenistic Period  Practice ART MATTERS 13.3 Describe the Ways That Status is Present in a Grave Stele  13.6 Rome  Roman Inclusion and Multiculturalism  The Role of Art in Creating an Inclusive Roman World  Art in the Roman Republic  Art in the Roman Empire  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Parthenon Sculptures  Connections Power, Servitude, and Ambition   Chapter 14 Early Jewish and Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval Art  HOW ART MATTERS The Lindisfarne Gospels  14.1 The Late Roman Empire  The Diverse Roman World  Christianity in the Period of Persecution  Christianity under Constantine  Practice ART MATTERS 14.1 Explore What Makes a Space Feel Sacred  14.2 The Byzantine Empire  The Emperor Justinian and the Empress Theodora  Icons and Iconoclasm  Practice ART MATTERS 14.2 Compare Images on a Chalice and an Icon  14.3 Early Medieval  The Art of Germanic People in Western Europe  Art in Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire  14.4 Romanesque  Art in Feudal Europe  The Triumph of Christianity and the Romanesque Church  DELVE DEEPER Relics and Reliquaries  Romanesque Architectural Sculpture  Romanesque Book Illustration  14.5 Gothic  The Gothic Cathedral  Practice ART MATTERS 14.3 Contrast Romanesque and Gothic Churches  Gothic Architectural Sculpture  14.6 Toward the Renaissance  Changes in Italy  Changes in the North  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Lindisfarne Gospels  Connections The Divine, Sacred Spaces, and Prayers   Chapter 15 Renaissance and Baroque Art  HOW ART MATTERS Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Paintings  15.1 The Renaissance  15.2 The Early Renaissance in Italy  Painting  Sculpture  Practice ART MATTERS 15.1 Consider How a Work Fits with the Renaissance Mentality  Architecture  15.3 The High Renaissance in Italy  Leonardo  Michelangelo  Raphael  The Renaissance in Venice  Mannerism  15.4 The Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe  Religious Art  Self-Portraits  The Reformation and Art  Practice ART MATTERS 15.2 Explore the Symbolism in a Painting  15.5 The Baroque  15.6 The Baroque in Italy  Painting  Practice ART MATTERS 15.3 Recognize Baroque Ideas in a Work  Architecture  Sculpture and Functional Art  15.7 The Baroque in Catholic Countries outside of Italy  Spain and Flanders  France  15.8 The Baroque in the Dutch Republic  Portraits  Still Lifes  Genre Scenes  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Sistine Chapel Paintings  Connections War, Death, and Remembrance   Chapter 16 The Art of Africa and Islam  HOW ART MATTERS The Great Mosque in Djenné, Mali  16.1 Early Africa  Rock Art  Nok  16.2 Traditional Africa  Baule  Practice ART MATTERS 16.1 Identify the Features of Traditional African Art in a Work  Bwa  Fang  Yoruba  Benin  Asante  Nguni  16.3 Islam and Art  The Principles of Islam  Common Characteristics of Islamic Art  16.4 Early Islam  The Umayyads  The Abbasids  16.5 Medieval Islam  The Mamluks  Practice ART MATTERS 16.2 Describe the Characteristics of Islamic Art in a Lamp  The Nasrids  16.6 Later Islam  The Ottomans  The Safavids  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Great Mosque in Djenné, Mali  Connections Love, Birth, and Growing Up   Chapter 17 The Art of the Pacific and the Americas  HOW ART MATTERS Hawaiian Featherwork  17.1 Australia  17.2 The Pacific Islands  Melanesia  Practice ART MATTERS 17.1 Consider the Nature of a Shield  Polynesia  17.3 North America  The Eastern Woodlands  The Great Plains  The Southwest  The Northwest Coast  17.4 Mesoamerica  Olmec  Teotihuacán  Maya  Aztec  Practice ART MATTERS 17.2 Determine the Features of Aztec Society in a Work  17.5 South America  Chavín  Nazca  Inca  Practice ART MATTERS 17.3 Explore the Role of Context in a Tunic  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at Hawaiian Featherwork  Connections Wildlife, the Land, and the Environment   Chapter 18 The Art of Asia  HOW ART MATTERS The Japanese Tea Ceremony  18.1 The Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia  The Early Indian Subcontinent  Buddhism on the Indian Subcontinent and in Southeast Asia  Hinduism in India  Practice ART MATTERS 18.1 Consider How You Can Classify a Work  Islam in India  18.2 China and Korea  Early China and Korea  Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Their Offshoots in China  Practice ART MATTERS 18.2 Identify the Philosophy that Influenced a Work  Later China  18.3 Japan  Classical Japan  Medieval Japan  Practice ART MATTERS 18.3 Describe Where You See the Influence of Two Religions on a Work  Early Modern Japan  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Japanese Tea Ceremony  Connections Work, Play, and Relaxation   Chapter 19 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Art in the West  HOW ART MATTERS Edouard Manet's The Luncheon on the Grass  19.1 The Eighteenth Century  19.2 The Rococo  Decorative Objects  A Lighthearted Painting  A Rococo Queen  19.3 Neoclassicis                    A Model of Classical and Academic Subject Matter and Style  Practice ART MATTERS 19.1 Identify the Neoclassical Features in a Work  Consistency and Changes in Later Neoclassicism  Neoclassicism in Architecture and Objects  19.4 The Nineteenth Century  19.5 Romanticism  Uncontrollable Current Events  Practice ART MATTERS 19.2 Contrast Neoclassical and Romantic Images  \"Exotic, Violent\" Cultures  Mysterious, Awe-Inspiring Landscapes  Combined Subject Matters  19.6 Realism  The Downtrodden  Ordinary Life  Animals  19.7 Impressionism  Focused on What We Actually See  The Name \"Impressionism\"  Composition, Light, and Shadow  Japanese Influence  Practice ART MATTERS 19.3 Consider Japanese Influence in a Work  19.8 Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau  Post-Impressionism  Art Nouveau  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at The Luncheon on the Grass  Connections Art, the Artist, and the Inner Mind   Chapter 20 Modern Art in the Twentieth-Century Western World  HOW ART MATTERS The Earth-Body Works of Ana Mendieta  20.1 Expressionist Movements  Fauvism  German Expressionism  20.2 Cubism  Analytic Cubism  Synthetic Cubism  DELVE DEEPER Responses to Analytic Cubism  20.3 European Art after World War I  Dada  Surrealism  Practice ART MATTERS 20.1 Explain Why a Work Is Classified as Dada  De Stijl  The Bauhaus  The International Style  Practice ART MATTERS 20.2 Consider a Work in the \"Degenerate Art\" Exhibition  20.4 Art in the United States  Regionalism  Social Realism  The Harlem Renaissance  20.5 The New York School  Action Painting  Color Field Painting  Practice ART MATTERS 20.3 Explore the Work of a Color Field Artist  20.6 Art and Reality  Assemblages  Environments\/Installations  Happenings  Pop Art  20.7 Pushing the Boundaries of Art  Minimalism  Conceptual Art  Performance Art  Earthworks  20.8 Combatting Prejudice  Feminist Art  Black Protest Art  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Earth-Body Works of Ana Mendieta  Connections Suffering, Health, and Survival   Chapter 21 Art Since 1980  HOW ART MATTERS The Art of Yinka Shonibare MBE  21.1 The Postmodern Period  21.2 Art of Different Media  Architecture  Painting  Diverse Media  Practice ART MATTERS 21.1 Explain Why an Installation Is Postmodern  21.3 Protest Art  Art That Protests Social, Political, and Environmental Concerns  Art That Looks at How Images and Words Establish Power  Practice ART MATTERS 21.2 Explore How Museums Influence Our Views  21.4 Art That Draws on Prior Work  Art That Directly Appropriates Prior Art  Art That Uses Prior Work as a Point of Departure  21.5 The Contemporary Global World  21.6 Art of Diverse People  Referencing Diverse Identities  Defying Stereotypes  Addressing Social Issues  21.7 Art of a Global World  Representing Global Communities  Practice ART MATTERS 21.3 Describe How a Work Represents Global Communities  Illustrating Our Connected World  Giving a Voice to Global Issues and Concerns  HOW ART MATTERS A Look Back at the Art of Yinka Shonibare MBE  Connections Identity, Discrimination, and Social Ties  Glossary  Endnotes  Credits  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default 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