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Reality Through the Arts, 6/E
Dennis J. Sporre, Elon University

ISBN-10: 0131958585
ISBN-13: 9780131958586

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 432 pp
Published: 03/21/2006

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For One-Semester Introduction to the Humanities and General Humanities courses.

Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, cinema, and literature.

Reality Through the Arts is a brief text ideal for the one-semester introduction to humanities course. This is a successful text because of its unique organization, which makes it an excellent alternative to the standard chronological organization found in most other humanities text. Part I, “The Media of the Arts,” offers independent chapters on two dimensional art (drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography), sculpture, architecture, music, theatre, cinema, dance and literature. Part II, “The Styles of the Arts,” is a brief chronology, focusing on styles rather than encyclopedic detail. The book is written at a level for students with little or no background in the arts and draws on author Dennis Sporre’s nearly 50 years experience with the arts in the classroom and around the world.

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Do you teach a one-semester Introduction to Humanites course? Would a book organized by medium in the first half and chronologically in the last half appeal to you?

NEW–Reorganized chapters in Part 1 so the visual arts, sculpture, and architecture now appear in a sequence that provides a more logical organization.

NEW–“Getting Started” sections preceding each Part now appears in the Introduction provides all the basics students need to know appear in one place for easier access.

How do you encourage your students to think critically?

“Thinking Critically”: Questions about specific issues and works appear at the end of each chapter help students develop their analytical skills.

How do you emphasize key artists and works?

“Profile” boxes: Artists of particular note have dedicated biographical profiles

“Masterworks” boxes: A feature of Part II, these focus on artworks that represent a pinnacle of creative expression in specific genres and eras focus on the most important or influential works

How do you introduce your students to the creative process?

“Human Reality” boxes: A feature of Part I, these focus on the strategies artists use to portray reality in various genres give students a further understanding of the artistic process.

How do you ensure that your students understand the historical context of art?

NEW–New “Context” sections in each chapter of Part 2 provide more historical context to the arts.

NEW–New “Context” section in each chapter of Part 2 provides more historical context to the arts.

NEW–New illustrations and literature selections provide more examples of the arts for students to study and compare.

NEW–“Music for the Humanities” CD now included with each new book enables students to listen to musical excerpts..

NEW–More coverage of photography and cinema place smore emphasis on these important media.

NEW–Reorganized chapters in Part 1 so the visual arts, sculpture, and architecture now appear in a sequence provides a more logical organization.

NEW–“Getting Started” sections preceding each Part now appears in the Introduction provides all the basics students need to know appear in one place for easier access.

Preface

Introduction

Part I- The Media of the Arts: What Artists Use to Express “Reality”

Chapter One–Two Dimensional Art: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography

Chapter Two– Sculpture

Chapter Three– Architecture

Chapter Four– Music and Opera

Chapter Five–Theatre

Chapter Six– Cinema

Chapter Seven– Dance

Chapter Eight– Literature

Part II- The Styles of The Arts: How Artists Portray “Reality”

Chapter Nine– Ancient Approaches c. 30,000 to c. 480 B.C.E.

Chapter Ten– Artistic Reflections in the Pre-Modern World c. 480 B.C.E to c. 1400 C.E.

Chapter Eleven– Artistic Styles in the Emerging Modern World c. 1400 to c. 1800

Chapter Twelve– Artistry in an Age of Industry

Chapter Thirteen–The Arts in a Modern, Postmodern, and Pluralistic World 1900 to the Present

Notes

Glossary with Pronunciations

Bibliography

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Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, cinema, and literature.

Reality Through the Arts is a brief text ideal for the one-semester introduction to humanities course. This is a successful text because of its unique organization, which makes it an excellent alternative to the standard chronological organization found in most other humanities text. The Introduction puts the humanities in perspective by discussing the arts and ways of knowing, art's main concerns, purposes, and functions, as well as artistic style and how to apply critical skills. Part I, “The Media of the Arts,” offers independent chapters on two dimensional art (drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography), sculpture, architecture, music, theatre, cinema, dance and literature. 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 andfocusing on styles rather than encyclopedic detail. The book is written at a level for students with little or no background in the arts.

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