Beginner's Guide to the Humanities, A, 2/E
Philip E. Bishop, Valencia Community College

ISBN-10: 0132213842
ISBN-13: 9780132213844

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 176 pp
Published: 06/28/2006

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An ideal supplemental text for any undergraduate course in humanities or Introduction to the Arts.

 

This practical beginner's guide to appreciating and experiencing culture provides a handy introduction to the world of art that teaches students how to observe, enjoy, and analyze the arts.

 

Professor Philip Bishop wrote this book because there was no concise handbook on the market covering the arts as a whole. His text provides a succinct and affordable guide to the arts and humanities geared to students who are starting from scratch in their study of the arts. Self-contained chapters provide an essential companion guide to understanding a specific discipline–including painting, sculpture, music, and theater–with a clear and insightful explanation of the discipline’s process of creation.

How do you help student place art in context?

 

Features that help students place art in context–“Art Worlds” features included in each chapter present a commentary defining the art in some social, historical, or psychological context. This material provides students with a point of reference and puts them in the know by relating the art to the real world.

 

“Real Encounter” features–In these insightful sections, Professor Bishop shares his recollections of his own encounters with works of art in the particular medium under discussion. These features help make the learning experience more intimate and tangible.

 

Hallmark Features

A glossary of essential terms for each chapter–Each chapter includes a “Tool Kit” for the discipline under study that arms students with definitions of important terms for each art form.

 

An instructional “Style Guide” for each discipline–This section offers a short list of important styles and/or principal artists for each discipline, helping students grasp the principal types or notable creators of each form of art.

 

Step-by-step instructions for experiencing art–Helpful “The Experience” features offer easy-to-follow instructions for understanding a specific art form when encountering it for the first time. This material guides students step-by-step through their experience of a work of art.

 

A succinct summary of each chapter–“A Companion to the Art”–one page per chapter containing questions to ask and terms to remember–provides students with a handy page they can photocopy and take with them on their next cultural outing, encouraging them to think and feel for themselves.

A new chapter on literature–The Second Edition includes an entirely new chapter introducing readers to poetry and prose fiction, including literary terms and topics and a portable “Companion to Encountering Literature” section.

 

Added content from non-Western cultures–Additional topics and illustrations from non-Western cultures have been integrated throughout the text. Examples include hand scroll, Noh theater, stupa, Japanese woodblock print, kabuki, and African dance masks.

 

A “Real Encounter” feature focused on abstract painting–This new feature provides students with a model for responding to the most difficult kind of art: the abstract art of their own time and place.

 

Case studies of “extreme art”–New provocative case studies of works of contemporary art that take it to the edge prompt student discussion and reflection about the nature and boundaries of each art form.

1    Painting

 

2    Sculpture

 

3    Architecture

 

4    Music

 

5    Theater

 

6    Opera and Musical Theater

 

7    Dance

 

8    The Printed Image: Prints, Photos, Digital Art

 

9    Literature

 

10   Movies

 

11   Encountering the Arts

 

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