Artist and Audience Book

Part I Communicating in a World of Art1 Art Worlds Roles in the Art World The Artist The Art Dealer The Patron and the Collector The Critic and the Art Historian The Audience Two Case Histories The Vietnam Memorial The Rockefeller Center Mural Art Museums 2 Interpreting Works of Art The Traditional Subjects of Art Portraits of Individuals The Still Life The Nude Figure The Landscape The Divine Powers Abstract Art Part II Analyzing Works of Art 3 The Elements of Art Line Some Uses of Line in Sculpture Shape Value Color Texture Mass and Space Sculptural Mass and Space Illusions of Mass and Space Size and Scale Four Systems of Perspective Time and Movement 4 Understanding Design Unity Variety Balance Rhythm Emphasis Proportion The Golden Mean The Canon of Human Proportions Intuitive Proportions Composing Designs The Circle and the Square The Triangle The Problem of Style Part III Art Media 5 The Graphic Media Drawing The Sketch, the Study, and the Finished Drawing (and more...)