This text aims to provide students with the story of Western art within its historical and cultural context. This edition includes sections on Renaissance painting in Venice, court patronage in France, the Harlem Renaissance, and women artists and patrons.

A History of Western Art

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Adams,Laurie

History & Criticism

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A History of Western Art - 3rd edition

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History of Western Art, Trade Edition

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About the Author\nLaurie Schneider Adams received a Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. She is Professor of Art History at John Jay College, City University of New York, where she teaches art survey, and at the Graduate Center, where she teaches courses on the Italian Renaissance and on Art and Psychoanalysis. She has published articles on iconography and on art and psychology. She is the editor of Giotto in Perspectiveand of the journal Source: Notes in the History of Art; the author of A History of Western Art, The Methodologies of Art, Art and Psychoanalysis, and Art on Trial; and co-author (with Maria Grazia Pernis) of Federico da Montefeltro and Sigismondo Malatesta: The Eagle and the Elephant and of 5 children's books (with Allison Coudert).

Study Guide for use with History of Western Art

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Conceived, designed, and written by students for students under the leadership of Bonnie Mitchell (Bowling Green State University), a preeminent multimedia designer, History of Western Art’s Core Concepts in Art CD-ROM, Version 2.0 provides valuable review material plus exercises and information in the elements and techniques of art. Study Art With Your Electronic Resource (SAWYER) allows students to develop individual flashcard sets through a series of pedagogically sound exercises: 1) Who Am I? questions, 2) Search the Internet, 3) Flashcard Generator, and 4) Quiz Engine Contents: Elements of Art: Allow your students to interact with the formal elements of art by working through over 70 exercises designed to illustrate line, shape, color, light, dark, and texture. Art Techniques: Take your students on a tour of a variety of art studios. Art Techniques shows artists at work with a variety of media from bronze pouring, to painting, to video techniques – each illustrated by extensive, narrated video segments. Chapter Resources: Study resources correlated to each chapter of History of Western Art. Both a review and test preparation, students will find key terms, chapter summaries, and self-correcting study quizzes which help them prepare for in-class tests, midterms, and finals. Also included is an exercise on methodologies that details the application of various methods to the same work of art, The Arnolfini Portrait. Research and the Internet: Introduces students to the research process from idea generation, to organization, to researching on- and off-line, and includes guidelines for incorporating sources for term papers and bibliographies. Study Skills: Help your students adjust to the rigors of college work. The Study Skills section of the CD-ROM provides practical advice on how to succeed in college.

History of Western Art's Core Concepts CD-ROM, V2.0

Adams, Laurie Schneider

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Appropriate for one-semester art history survey or historically-focused art appreciation classes, A History of Western Art offers online support, additional color plates, and a number of new text features in this third edition. Now packaged with the free History of Western Art's Core Concepts CD-ROM, V2.0, the text provides an excellent multimedia introduction to art techniques, elements, and research.

History of Western Art, 3/e, w/ Core Concepts CD-ROM, V2.0

Art across Time speaks to students in a voice they will remember, combining sound scholarship with lively prose enhanced with a lavishly presented program of images. Most of the illustrations are presented in a larger format than in other art history texts to allow students to view details and elements of composition with greater ease and interest. The new third edition offers a variety of improvements, including new visual Connections between works, increased color and architectural diagrams, an enhanced map program to reinforce geographical context, new boxed readings, and a revised art program and text design. Art across Time offers readers more than a chronology of art; it introduces political, economic, social, and personal concerns that influence the artists and inform their work, uniquely conveying the ideas, beliefs, and circumstances that inspire creativity. 
In addition, the illustration program is available to adopting instructors in digital format in The Image Vault, McGraw-Hill's new web-based presentation manager. Instructors can incorporate images from The Image Vault in digital presentations that can be used in class offline, burned to CD-ROM, or embedded in course Web pages. See www.mhhe.com/theimagevault for more details.

Art across Time Vol. 2: The Fourteenth Century to the Present

Elements of Art Exercises to enhance understanding of art concepts. Each concept includes an introduction, plenty of interactive exercises (4-5 exercises per topic) to demonstrate the concepts, and examples of the concepts in art works. Line Line Quality, Defining Mass, Linear Perspective Shape: Defining Shape, Figure/Ground, Composition Texture: Actual Texture, Visual Texture, Pattern Color: Functions of Light, Properties of Color, Expressive Qualities, Optical Effects Art Techniques Visual exploration of art in action. Each technique is illustrated through video. Techniques include painting, sculpture, printmaking, new media, glass, jewelry, and photography. Chapter Resources Overview of each chapter from the book along with sample tests. Each chapter includes a chapter summary, key terms from the chapter, self-assessment, and SAWYER flashcards. SAWYER: Study Art With Your Electronic Resources A flashcard generator enables students to download visual images of art from the text, study, and quiz themselves. Internet Resources Provides a guide for online research. It includes an internet primer, a guide to electronic research, and a link to McGraw-Hill&rsquo;s Online Learning Center. Study Skills Primer Offers advice on studying, including doing well in college, study strategies, and references.

History of Western Art's Core Concepts CD-ROM, V 2.5

The Core Concepts CD-ROM is made up of five components to offer students essential study material in conjunction with this text. Elements and principles of art are illustrated with interactive exercises and animations. Art techniques are demonstrated and explained with brief video segments. Chapter Resources include study guides and quizzes. Internet Resources provide a guide to using the Internet for research. Study Skills Primer, provides students with essential advice on how to be successful when studying during college.

Core Concepts in Art: Art Across Time, Vols. 1 and 2; Second Edition

Appropriate for one-semester art history surveys or historically-focused art appreciation classes, A History of Western Art, Fifth Edition, combines sound scholarship, lavish visuals, and a lively narrative to provide students with an accessible and engaging introduction to art history. Focusing on the Western canon, the text presents a compelling chronological narrative from prehistory to the present. A non-Western supplement, World Views: Topics in Non-Western Art, addresses specific areas of non-Western art and augments the Western chronology by illustrating moments of thematic relationships and cross-cultural contact.

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A History of Western Art

A History of Western Art - 3rd edition

History of Western Art, Trade Edition

Study Guide for use with History of Western Art

History of Western Art's Core Concepts CD-ROM, V2.0

History of Western Art, 3/e, w/ Core Concepts CD-ROM, V2.0

Art across Time Vol. 2: The Fourteenth Century to the Present

History of Western Art's Core Concepts CD-ROM, V 2.5

Core Concepts in Art: Art Across Time, Vols. 1 and 2; Second Edition

A History of Western Art