Preface

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

1. Living with Art
2. What Is Art?
3. Themes of Art

PART TWO: THE VOCABULARY OF ART

4. The Visual Elements
5. Principles of Design

PART THREE: TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA

6. Drawing
7. Painting
8. Prints
9. Camera and Computer Arts
10. Graphic Design

PART FOUR: THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA

11. Sculpture and Installation
12. Crafts
13. Architecture

PART FIVE: ARTS IN TIME

14. Ancient Mediterranean Worlds
15. Christianity and the Formation of Europe
16. The Renaissance
17. The 17th and 18th Centuries
18. Arts of Islam and of Africa
19. Arts of East Asia: India, China, and Japan
20. Arts of the Pacific and the Americas
21. The Modern World: 1800-1945
22. Art Since 1945

Pronounciation Guide
Suggested Readings
Notes to the Text
Glossary