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Art History Today: A Workbook

Art History Today: A Workbook

Author(s): Liv Deborah Walberg

Edition: 2

Copyright: 2019

Pages: 234

Edition: 2

Copyright: 2019

Pages: 234

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In the 21st century, we see more images on our cell phones in one hour than someone in Renaissance Italy saw in an entire lifetime.

Art is not just contained to museums – it is all around us. Tattoo art, customized cars, graffiti on the walls of subways / trains, designer sneakers, music videos, and even video games are art. These pieces rely heavily on art history. However, one must have a bit of historical knowledge of art to fully appreciate everyday examples.

Art History Today: A Workbook challenges preconceived notions generally found in art history and sheds light on the significance of art to mankind.

Foreword to the Instructor
Foreword to the Student
Author Bio
Introductory Quiz
Introduction
“Why Art?” - Careers, Appreciation of Art, Value of Art
“What is Art?”

PART I: MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES - THE ARTIST’S TOOLBOX
Module 1: Two-Dimensional Media: Drawing, Printmaking, and Painting
Drawing - pen and ink, charcoal, chalk
Intaglio Techniques - woodcuts, engravings, etchings, aquatints
Lithography
Silk Screen
Tempera
Oil
Fresco
Watercolor
Oil Pastel
Module 2: Three-Dimensional and Technological Media
Additive sculpture – modeling
Subtractive Sculpture – carving
Metal Casting
Found Objects
Installations
Photography
Silent Film and Talkies
Animated Film
Computer-Generated Film Effects
Module 3: The Allied Arts
Pottery
Glass
Metalwork
Fiber Arts
Books and Manuscripts
Hand Crafts

PART II: THE LANGUAGE OF ART
Module 4: Context, Iconoclasm, and Conservation
Symbolism, Allegory and Iconography
Destruction of Art – the Power of Images and Iconoclasm
Art Preservation and Conservation – Theory and Techniques
Module 5: The Language of Art
Line
Color
Chiaroscuro
Directional Light
Mass
Volume
Depth
Implied Perspective
Aerial Perspective
Linear (Mathematical) Perspective
Composition
Symmetry
Balance and Asymmetrical Balance
Directional Drive
Rhythm and Repetition
Definitions of Styles
Module 6: Style and Meaning
Definitions of Styles
Interpretive Methodologies
Formalism
Social History
Structuralism
Psychology of Art
Feminism
Deconstruction
Phenomenology

PART III:  ART AND HISTORY
Module 7: Food and Shelter in Art
Module 8: Nature, Reproduction, and Sexuality
Module 9: Art and the Afterlife
Module 10: Gods and Sacred Space
Module 11: Art, Power, and Politics
Module 12: War, Peace, and Social Protest

Liv Deborah Walberg
Liv Deborah Walberg studied Stage and Costume Design in the Music School at Indiana University, Art History at the University of Tennessee, and completed her PhD at Princeton University in 2004. She is a scholar of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture with an emphasis on Venetian visual culture. Since 2002 she has taught at a number of universities in the United States and in Istanbul, Turkey. Currently Assistant Professor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, she is dedicated to revising the traditional pedagogy of the art historical discipline and raising awareness of the importance of all the arts in the lives of her students.

New Edition Now Available!

In the 21st century, we see more images on our cell phones in one hour than someone in Renaissance Italy saw in an entire lifetime.

Art is not just contained to museums – it is all around us. Tattoo art, customized cars, graffiti on the walls of subways / trains, designer sneakers, music videos, and even video games are art. These pieces rely heavily on art history. However, one must have a bit of historical knowledge of art to fully appreciate everyday examples.

Art History Today: A Workbook challenges preconceived notions generally found in art history and sheds light on the significance of art to mankind.

Foreword to the Instructor
Foreword to the Student
Author Bio
Introductory Quiz
Introduction
“Why Art?” - Careers, Appreciation of Art, Value of Art
“What is Art?”

PART I: MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES - THE ARTIST’S TOOLBOX
Module 1: Two-Dimensional Media: Drawing, Printmaking, and Painting
Drawing - pen and ink, charcoal, chalk
Intaglio Techniques - woodcuts, engravings, etchings, aquatints
Lithography
Silk Screen
Tempera
Oil
Fresco
Watercolor
Oil Pastel
Module 2: Three-Dimensional and Technological Media
Additive sculpture – modeling
Subtractive Sculpture – carving
Metal Casting
Found Objects
Installations
Photography
Silent Film and Talkies
Animated Film
Computer-Generated Film Effects
Module 3: The Allied Arts
Pottery
Glass
Metalwork
Fiber Arts
Books and Manuscripts
Hand Crafts

PART II: THE LANGUAGE OF ART
Module 4: Context, Iconoclasm, and Conservation
Symbolism, Allegory and Iconography
Destruction of Art – the Power of Images and Iconoclasm
Art Preservation and Conservation – Theory and Techniques
Module 5: The Language of Art
Line
Color
Chiaroscuro
Directional Light
Mass
Volume
Depth
Implied Perspective
Aerial Perspective
Linear (Mathematical) Perspective
Composition
Symmetry
Balance and Asymmetrical Balance
Directional Drive
Rhythm and Repetition
Definitions of Styles
Module 6: Style and Meaning
Definitions of Styles
Interpretive Methodologies
Formalism
Social History
Structuralism
Psychology of Art
Feminism
Deconstruction
Phenomenology

PART III:  ART AND HISTORY
Module 7: Food and Shelter in Art
Module 8: Nature, Reproduction, and Sexuality
Module 9: Art and the Afterlife
Module 10: Gods and Sacred Space
Module 11: Art, Power, and Politics
Module 12: War, Peace, and Social Protest

Liv Deborah Walberg
Liv Deborah Walberg
Liv Deborah Walberg studied Stage and Costume Design in the Music School at Indiana University, Art History at the University of Tennessee, and completed her PhD at Princeton University in 2004. She is a scholar of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture with an emphasis on Venetian visual culture. Since 2002 she has taught at a number of universities in the United States and in Istanbul, Turkey. Currently Assistant Professor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, she is dedicated to revising the traditional pedagogy of the art historical discipline and raising awareness of the importance of all the arts in the lives of her students.