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Artspeak: A Strategy Towards Visual Literacy in Art
Author(s): Andrea Ciaston D.A.
New Second Edition Now Available!The ARTSPEAK curriculum deeply examines foundational aesthetic theories, tracing their evolution across diverse cultures and eras. Students culminate the coursework by applying these principles through a hands-on studio project, taking a comprehensive approach to und...
Exploring the Nature of Creativity
Author(s): Jon Michael Fox, Ronni Lea Fox
Exploring the Nature of Creativity provides an introduction to creativity for the curious, the uninitiated, the students of beginning classes, and all other interested persons beginning their inquiry into the field of creativity research. Conversational knowledge is not easily gleaned from formal re...
Jazz Appreciation
Author(s): Steve Roach
Jazz Appreciation provides an extensive overview of the origins and development of jazz from its roots in the pre-jazz styles of the late nineteenth century to its contemporary styles of the present. The turn-key course package emphasizes the evolution of different jazz styles and trends while insti...
Communicating Literature: An Introduction to Oral Interpretation
Author(s): Todd V Lewis
The performance of literature discipline seems as vibrant and innovative as ever. The new seventh edition of Communicating Literature: An Introduction to Oral Interpretation reflects changes in the performance of literature since the first edition was published in 1991. The publication offers a ...
The Way I See It - Classic Cinema: A Users Manual
Author(s): Robert A. Jordan
New Edition Now Available! The Way I See It is not a conventional cinema book. It is written in a casual, direct style. Each essay is short and easy to read, either before or after viewing a particular film. Dozens of films are discussed, including many that are sure to be on your screening list....
Sound Thinking: It's ALL Music: How Music Connects with Everything
Author(s): Eric Funk
New Edition Now Available! Sound Thinking: It's ALL Music: How Music Connects with Everything is a teaching–learning companion. It is not meant to be encyclopedic, complete, exhaustive, or all-inclusive. Rather, it is designed to augment a broad set of lectures for cross-campus arts inquiry cours...
Theatre: Its Nature, Its Variety, Its Development
Author(s): Robert Smith
Theatre: Its Nature, Its Variety, Its Development is laid out in a nontraditional format for introductory theatre courses. The nature of theatre is difficult enough to understand without imposing a 2,500 year barrier to that process. Accordingly, this text starts with an understanding of the nature ...
Music Appreciation: Histories and Cultures
Author(s): Jeremy Smith, Jay Keister
Music Appreciation: Histories and Cultures is an introductory text that covers even-handedly and engagingly the subject of music from across the spectrum of the Popular, World, and Western Classical traditions. The authors began this project after realizing that even though one (Keister) is an ethno...
Wellness for Musicians: An Introduction
Author(s): Kristen Hansen
New Edition Now Available! The modern performer has many challenges in the modern world of the arts. Pressures to win auditions and jobs are compounded by pressures to ensure that arts programs and organizations continue and thrive. Modern technology, while advancing many aspects of the performin...