A History of Western Art 5th Edition by Laurie Adams
ISBN: 9780073379227
MHID: 0073379220
Key Features
Setting the Stage: “Why Do We
Study the History of Art?”
A History of Western Art begins by introducing readers to
the discipline of art history by first asking and then answering
the question “Why do we study the history of art?” I
describe the human impulse to create art and consider why
people the world over have made art for thousands of years.
The Introduction surveys various ways art is valued—
for
example, religious, political, economic, psychological, and
aesthetic values. In addition to presenting key methodologies,
I survey the formal elements of art, such as composition,
plane, balance, line, shape, space, light and color, and
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