Art Elements

Biological, Global and Interdisciplinary Foundations

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

1 419 kr

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Why Is Visual Communication and Design Important in Contemporary Society? Visual images are the foundation for communication in most forms of fine art popular media. Visual technologies such as television, film, World Wide Web, digital cameras, and videos are omnipresent forms of communication in developed nations. For better or worse, the images we view contribute to the knowledge we have of the world. Visual media contribute to the images we create of ourselves. We make images to tell about our experiences.Art Elements: Biological, Global, and Interdisciplinary Foundations begins with consideration of formalist design traditions and histories, illustrated with contemporary ideas about perception, interdisciplinary links to other content areas, creativity, personal narratives, visual culture, and built environment. Art Elements: Biological, Global, and Interdisciplinary Foundations: Examines how art and design are the visual documentation of our knowledge, perceptions, feelings, histories, and ourselves.Gives definitions and brief histories of the art elements from art and design theories.Features Try It! studio projects at the end of each chapter give the student an opportunity to explore ideas in the text.Includes art work throughout the text to help students gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of images.Includes an accompanying CD with art element introductory songs, basic studio skills video clips, supplementary lessons for the art elements, instructor resources, and internet links.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-01-30
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagKendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN9780757587559

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Chapter 1 Line For the Reader: General IntroductionFormal Elements in Art Line as Sign: Developing Symbol, Icon, Index Line: Index (Marks) Lines: Icons (Pictorial Representations) Lines: Symbols (Representing Ideas and Language) Lines Represented in Maps and Geometric Relations An Early Definition of Line Lines in Art-Making Theory Manuals Line in Contemporary Design Theory William Morris Bauhaus Seeing Line Illusion of Line Where No Lines Are Drawn Line and Computers Line in Contemporary Images Line in Cartoons Summary Try It! For Further Study References Chapter 2 Form Forms as Tools Methods to Study Tools The Changing Social Lives of Functional Forms: Arrowheads and Shells Contemporary Tools Geometric and Mathematical Form Neolithic Platonic Solids: An Anachronism Social Life of Carved Stone Balls (CSBs) Figurines: Mimetic Forms Technique and Materials and Mimesis Technology and Sculpture Neurobiology: Sculpting Geometric and Mimetic Forms 20th and 21 st Century Form-Making: A Sensory Approach For Further Study References Try It! Chapter 3 Color Finding and Describing Light and Color Describing Light Color of Things Creating and Valuing Pigments Using/Creating Pigments Artists Valuing and Creating Paint How Many and Which Colors? Selected Mechanisms of Color Perception Retinal Processes The Where and the What Equiluminant Colors Complementary Colors (Color-Polarity) Afterimage Complements Three Dimensions of Color Color Structures Color in Art Modern Color in Painting Color Field Painters For Further Study References Try It! Chapter 4 Texture Classifying Texture Difference between Texture and Pattern Classifying Pattern Qualities of Texture Painting Tactile Texture in Three Dimensions in Painting Illusory or Visual Texture Texture in Printmaking Actual Texture as a Design Element Texture Standards, Collections, and Creation The Biology of Seeing Texture Two Categories of Binocular Vision Summary For Further Study References Try It!Chapter 5 Value/Luminance Shading and Shadows Development of the Perception and Representation of Shadows Early Writing about Shadows and Developing Value in Painting and Drawing Roman Art Renaissance Theory of Light and Shadows: Leonardo Enlightenment Eighteenth Century: Roger de Piles Shadows as Entertainment The Photograph: Permanently Catching Light and Shade A New Vision Digital Images and Value The Element of Value and Photography Value and Visual Processes Luminance Summary For Further Study References Try It!Chapter 6 Space and Pictorial Perspectives Diagonal Lines Shallow Window Perspective:Orthographic Views Nomadic Perspective Illusory Effects of Diagonal Lines Na'ive Perspective The Science of Linear Perspective 1400-1800 Biological Complications How Linear Perspective Relates to Design, Color Perspective and Saccadic Vision Elements of the Biology of Perspective Color Space Texture Space One Possible Biological Location of Perspective/Space Perception Non-Euclidean Spaces Summary For Further Study References Try It! Chapter 7 Artistic Stance: Design and Expressive Research Processes Reference Design Education as Community Outreach Dwellings: Material Culture Study Photorealist Painting: 20th Century Realism Window and Mirror: Rediscovering Cultural Identity through Digital Art Exquisite Corpse Pro;ed: A Collaborative Venture Passion, Experience, and Pradice Redefining Inventiveness and Teaching Subjective Visual Phenomena {Non-objective Art}: Exploring Entoptic Imagery Chapter 8 Art, Perception, and Neurobiology 21st Century Seeing Becoming Aware of Visual Experience: Consciousness Beginning Perception Paths to the Brain: Developing Meaning Face Cells Mirror Cells: Human Action Forming an Art Image from the Art Elements References