Art of Understanding Art - A Behind the Scenes Story

Informationen zum Autor Irina D. Costache, Ph.D., is an art historian and Professor of Art History at California State University Channel Islands. Her innovative teaching methodologies have been recognized with awards and grants. She has curated several exhibitions, including Postmodern Calligraphies, Nature and/or Technology and Line and Color. Her presentations and publications include This is Not a Painting: Art History and the Internet, Visual Culture/ Virtual Art, Italian Futurism and the Decorative Arts, and Futurist Film: an Incomplete Project. Klappentext The Art of Understanding Art is a truly innovative textbook that presents and explains "behind the scene" activities, methods and tools involved in the creation, dissemination, analysis and interpretation of art. Addressing topics not usually covered in traditional introductory texts--provenance, art conservation, art classification, primary and secondary textual research sources, museums and the web, copyrights--the book is a comprehensive guide to deciphering and appreciating the riotous visual world that is now backdrop to our daily lives.Rather than offering an inventory of masterpieces and artists, The Art of Understanding Art reveals a novel pedagogical vision designed to educate readers to develop a global visual literacy, and an understanding of art that is distinctly related to, and transformative of, the way they view the world. Ample pedagogical material--useful introductions, text boxes, a glossary of institutions and individuals, innovative class assignments, projects useful for developing lesson plans, and an accompanying companion website enables The Art of Understanding Art to expose new possibilities for teaching, learning, and reflecting about art. Zusammenfassung The Art of Understanding Art reveals to students and other readers new and meaningful ways of developing personal ideas and opinions about art and how to express them with confidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xiiiWhy Should Art Matter to You? A Message to Art Beginners xvIntroduction: What Is Art? xviNavigating the Book: A User's Guide xxiWhy Is Art Made? The Purposes of Art: A Brief Overview from A to Z xxivThe Anatomy of a Work of Art xxxiiPART ONE MAKING ART 11 Artists and Patrons 3Artists and Creators 3The Creative Process: Inspiration and Influences 14Patronage 172 Environment, Materials, and Other Resources 22Environment 23Materials, Tools, and Technology 27Other Resources: Knowledge and Information 363 Context 38Cultural Context 39Historical, Political, and Religious Context 43Societal Context 48Conclusion to Part One 53PART TWO DISSEMINATING ART 554 The Dissemination of Original Art 57Institutions 57Beyond Institutional Walls 71Art and Business 735 The Dissemination of Art through Reproductions, and Other Issues 77Publications, Presentations, and Lectures 78The Mass Media 80Today's Art World 86Conclusion to Part Two 90PART THREE ANALYZING ART 916 Visual Resources Used to Analyze Art 93The Work of Art 94Visual Documentation and Research 1037 Textual and Other Resources Used To Analyze Art 109Primary Textual Sources 110Secondary Textual Sources 114Additional Resources for Research 117Comparisons 1198 A Critical Examination of Art Classification 126Reflections on Art Classification 126Chronology and Artistic Periods 130Media 132Fine Art/High Art 132Graphic Arts 137"Minor Arts" 137Architecture 138Other Categories 139Conclusion to Part Three 142PART FOUR INTERPRETING ART 1439 Interpreting Art: Criteria and Values 145Preconceived Ideas about Art 146Modern Art and the Audience 148Artistic Values and Art Appreciation 150Modernism 152Postmodernism 155Interpreting Art: Getting Started 157Looking at and Interpreting Art 15810 Methodologies of Art 162Introduction to Art Methodologies 163Art Interpretation: Case Study 173Summ...

List of contents

Acknowledgments xiii
 
Why Should Art Matter to You? A Message to Art Beginners xv
 
Introduction: What Is Art? xvi
 
Navigating the Book: A User's Guide xxi
 
Why Is Art Made? The Purposes of Art: A Brief Overview from A to Z xxiv
 
The Anatomy of a Work of Art xxxii
 
PART ONE MAKING ART 1
 
1 Artists and Patrons 3
 
Artists and Creators 3
 
The Creative Process: Inspiration and Influences 14
 
Patronage 17
 
2 Environment, Materials, and Other Resources 22
 
Environment 23
 
Materials, Tools, and Technology 27
 
Other Resources: Knowledge and Information 36
 
3 Context 38
 
Cultural Context 39
 
Historical, Political, and Religious Context 43
 
Societal Context 48
 
Conclusion to Part One 53
 
PART TWO DISSEMINATING ART 55
 
4 The Dissemination of Original Art 57
 
Institutions 57
 
Beyond Institutional Walls 71
 
Art and Business 73
 
5 The Dissemination of Art through Reproductions, and Other Issues 77
 
Publications, Presentations, and Lectures 78
 
The Mass Media 80
 
Today's Art World 86
 
Conclusion to Part Two 90
 
PART THREE ANALYZING ART 91
 
6 Visual Resources Used to Analyze Art 93
 
The Work of Art 94
 
Visual Documentation and Research 103
 
7 Textual and Other Resources Used To Analyze Art 109
 
Primary Textual Sources 110
 
Secondary Textual Sources 114
 
Additional Resources for Research 117
 
Comparisons 119
 
8 A Critical Examination of Art Classification 126
 
Reflections on Art Classification 126
 
Chronology and Artistic Periods 130
 
Media 132
 
Fine Art/High Art 132
 
Graphic Arts 137
 
"Minor Arts" 137
 
Architecture 138
 
Other Categories 139
 
Conclusion to Part Three 142
 
PART FOUR INTERPRETING ART 143
 
9 Interpreting Art: Criteria and Values 145
 
Preconceived Ideas about Art 146
 
Modern Art and the Audience 148
 
Artistic Values and Art Appreciation 150
 
Modernism 152
 
Postmodernism 155
 
Interpreting Art: Getting Started 157
 
Looking at and Interpreting Art 158
 
10 Methodologies of Art 162
 
Introduction to Art Methodologies 163
 
Art Interpretation: Case Study 173
 
Summary 179
 
Notes 179
 
Conclusion 180
 
Appendix 1 The Art World 182
 
Appendix 2 Creative Assignments and Writing Projects 189
 
Appendix 3 Glossary 194
 
Appendix 4 "Tools of the Trade" Diagrams: Form and
 
Content (1-5) and Art Media (6-8) 210
 
List of Figures and Color Plates 218
 
Bibliography 220
 
Index 227

Product details

• Authors: Costache, Id Costache, Irina D Costache, Irina D. Costache, Irina D. (California State University Costache, Irina Dana Costache
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2012
• EAN: 9780470658345
• ISBN: 978-0-470-65834-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Kunst, Kunsttheorie, Art & Applied Arts, Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst, Museen u. Kulturerbe, Museum & Heritage Studies, Allg. Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst, Art Theory