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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Thematic and Chronological Approach to the Humanities Reality Through the Arts is a popular choice for professors because it provides both a topical and chronological approach to the humanities. Part I, “The Media of the Arts,” offers independent chapters on two dimensional art (drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography), sculpture, architecture, music, literature, theatre, cinema, and dance. Part II, “The Styles of the Arts,” is a chronological history of the arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, organized by artistic discipline and focusing on styles rather than encyclopedic detail. This edition continues its uniquely flexible organization, allowing readers to cover individual art forms and historical context. In addition, the eighth edition is now available with MySearchLab, an online program that includes an interactive etext, assessment, and help with research and writing. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience– for you and your students. Here's how: Personalize Learning – The new MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking – Questions about specific issues appear at the end of each chapter, helping students develop their analytical skills. Engage Students – Human Reality features and vibrant illustrations throughout the book give students a further understanding of the artistic process. Support Instructors – New MySearchLab, Music for Humanities CD, Instructor's Manual and Test Bank are available for this text. Note: MySearchLab with eText does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab with eText, please visit www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab with eTExt (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN 10: 0205861148 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205861149. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 MAP......Page 11 PREFACE......Page 14 FACULTY AND STUDENT RESOURCES......Page 15 ORGANIZATION......Page 16 THE COMPANION WEBSITE AND ACCOMPANYING MUSIC CD......Page 19 REALITY THROUCH THE ARTS......Page 20 WHAT ARE ART'S MAIN CONCERNS?......Page 22 WHAT ARE ART'S PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS?......Page 24 Applying Critical Skills......Page 26 APPROACHES TO CRITICISM......Page 28 MAKING JUDGMENTS......Page 30 HOW CAN WE ANALYZE STYLE?......Page 31 HOW DOES A STYLE GET ITS NAME?......Page 34 Thinking Critically......Page 37 PART I: THE MEDIA OF THE ARTS: What Artists Use to Express "Reality"......Page 38 MEDIA......Page 39 COMPOSITION......Page 52 PROFILE: Pablo Picasso......Page 54 OTHER FACTORS......Page 60 PAINTING & HUMAN REALITY: Gdricault, The Raft of the "Medusa"......Page 62 CONTRASTS......Page 63 JUXTAPOSITION......Page 65 FOCUS......Page 66 Important Terms......Page 67 DIMENSIONALITY......Page 68 METHODS OF EXECUTION......Page 71 COMPOSITION......Page 73 OTHER FACTORS......Page 75 SCULPTURE & HUMAN REALITY: Michelangelo, David......Page 76 PROFILE: Michelangelo......Page 77 TEMPERATURE AND AGE......Page 79 SIZE......Page 80 LIGHTING AND ENVIRONMENT......Page 82 Important Terms......Page 83 Formal and Technical Qualities......Page 84 STRUCTURE......Page 85 BUILDING MATERIALS......Page 93 LINE, REPETITION, AND BALANCE......Page 96 PROFILE: Frank Lloyd Wright......Page 98 CONTEXT......Page 99 SPACE......Page 100 ARCHITECTURE & HUMAN REALITY: Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye......Page 101 CLIMATE......Page 102 CONTROLLED VISION AND SYMBOLISM......Page 103 STYLE......Page 105 APPARENT FUNCTION......Page 106 DYNAMICS AND INTERACTIVITY......Page 108 SCALE......Page 110 Important Terms......Page 112 Formal and Technical Qualities......Page 113 CLASSICAL FORMS......Page 114 JAZZ FORMS......Page 116 COMPOSITION......Page 117 PROFILE: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart......Page 122 OUR PRIMAL RESPONSES......Page 123 THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE......Page 124 TYPES OF OPERA......Page 125 THE OPERA PRODUCTION......Page 126 MUSIC & HUMAN REALITY: Bizet, Carmen......Page 127 Important Terms......Page 129 Formal and Technical Qualities......Page 130 FORMAL DIVISIONS......Page 131 TECHNICAL DEVICES......Page 138 PROFILE: Toni Morrison......Page 140 EMOTIONS......Page 144 LITERATURE & HUMAN REALITY: Alice Walker, "Roselilly"......Page 145 Important Terms......Page 147 Formal and Technical Qualities......Page 148 GENRES......Page 149 THE PRODUCTION......Page 151 PROFILE: William Shakespeare......Page 159 Sense Stimuli......Page 161 THEATRE & HUMAN REALITY: David Rabe, Hurly-Burly......Page 162 Important Terms......Page 164 Formal and Technical Qualities......Page 165 CLASSIFICATIONS......Page 166 THE PRODUCTION......Page 168 CINEMA & HUMAN REALITY: Sergei Eisenstein, Battleship Potemkin......Page 170 VIEWPOINT......Page 172 DIRECT ADDRESS......Page 173 MAGNITUDE AND CONVENTION......Page 174 STRUCTURAL RHYTHM......Page 175 AUDIO......Page 176 Important Terms......Page 178 FORMS......Page 179 CHOREOGRAPHY......Page 181 PROFILE: Akram Khan......Page 186 Sense Stimuli......Page 189 COLOR......Page 190 Important Terms......Page 191 PART II: THE STYLES OF THE ARTS: How Artists Portray "Reality"......Page 192 THE STONE AGE......Page 193 EUROPE......Page 194 THE STONE AGE......Page 195 THE MIDDLE EAST......Page 197 MASTERWORKS: The Tell Asmar Statues......Page 200 PROFILE: Nefertiti......Page 206 ASIA......Page 212 AMERICA......Page 213 EUROPE......Page 216 Important Terms......Page 219 EUROPE......Page 220 THE MIDDLE EAST......Page 221 ASIA......Page 222 AMERICA......Page 223 EUROPE......Page 224 MASTERWORKS: Myron, Discus Thrower......Page 226 PROFILE: Hildegard of Bingen......Page 237 THE MIDDLE EAST......Page 246 ASIA......Page 255 AFRICA......Page 264 AMERICA......Page 265 Important Terms......Page 267 EUROPE......Page 268 AFRICA......Page 270 EUROPE......Page 271 MASTERWORKS: William Shakespeare, Hamlet......Page 288 PROFILE: Johann Sebastian Bach......Page 296 MASTERWORKS: Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii......Page 302 ASIA......Page 309 AFRICA......Page 314 AMERICA......Page 315 Important Terms......Page 318 EUROPE......Page 319 AMERICA......Page 320 EUROPE......Page 321 PROFILE: Rosa Bonheur......Page 323 MASTERWORKS: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice......Page 326 PROFILE: Johannes Brahms......Page 329 ASIA......Page 349 AFRICA......Page 352 AMERICA......Page 353 Important Terms......Page 358 MODERNISM......Page 359 PLURALISM......Page 360 HISTORY......Page 361 MODERN DIRECTIONS......Page 362 MASTERWORKS: Frank Lloyd Wright, Kaufmann House......Page 376 POSTMODERN DIRECTIONS......Page 382 PROFILE: Richard Danielpour......Page 390 PLURALISM......Page 392 Important Terms......Page 405 NOTES......Page 406 A......Page 408 C......Page 409 D......Page 410 F......Page 411 I......Page 412 M......Page 413 P......Page 414 R......Page 415 S......Page 416 Z......Page 417 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 418 B......Page 420 C......Page 421 E......Page 422 H......Page 423 L......Page 424 M......Page 425 P......Page 426 S......Page 427 T......Page 428 Z......Page 429 CREDITS......Page 430 SELECTIONS FROM "MUSIC FOR THE HUMANITIES"......Page 433

Thematic and Chronological Approach to the Humanities

Reality Through the Arts is a popular choice for professors because it provides both a topical and chronological approach to the humanities. Part I, “The Media of the Arts,” offers independent chapters on two dimensional art (drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography), sculpture, architecture, music, literature, theatre, cinema, and dance. Part II, “The Styles of the Arts,” is a chronological history of the arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, organized by artistic discipline and focusing on styles rather than encyclopedic detail.

This edition continues its uniquely flexible organization, allowing readers to cover individual art forms and historical context. In addition, the eighth edition is now available with MySearchLab, an online program that includes an interactive etext, assessment, and help with research and writing.

A better teaching and learning experience

This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience– for you and your students. Here’s how:

• Personalize Learning – The new MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
• Improve Critical Thinking – Questions about specific issues appear at the end of each chapter, helping students develop their analytical skills.
• Engage Students – Human Reality features and vibrant illustrations throughout the book give students a further understanding of the artistic process.
• Support Instructors – New MySearchLab, Music for Humanities CD, Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank are available for this text.

Note: MySearchLab with eText does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab with eText, please visit www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab with eTExt (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN 10: 0205861148 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205861149.

Thematic and Chronological Approach to the Humanities Reality Through the Arts is a popular choice for professors because it provides both a topical and chronological approach to the humanities. Part I, The Media of the Arts, offers independent chapters on two dimensional art (drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography), sculpture, architecture, music, literature, theatre, cinema, and dance. Part II, The Styles of the Arts, is a chronological history of the arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, organized by artistic discipline and focusing on styles rather than encyclopedic detail. This edition continues its uniquely flexible organization, allowing readers to cover individual art forms and historical context. In addition, the eighth edition is now available with MySearchLab, an online program that includes an interactive etext, assessment, and help with research and writing. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience for you and your students. Heres MySearchLab with eText does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab with eText, please visit (http://www.mysearchlab.com) www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab with eTExt (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN 10: 0205861148 / ValuePack 9780205861149.