| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
x, 502 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
The nature of the visual experience. Art appreciation and the esthetic experience ; The art object ; Art as communcation -- The language and vocabulary of the visual dialogue: two-dimensional forms. Painting: the plastic elements; Painting: esthetic organization; The visual language: the representation of the third dimension; Drawing; Prints and printmaking. The language and vocabulary of the viusal dialogue: three-dimensional forms. Sculpture: the plastic elements; Sculpture: representation and esthetic organization; Architecture: the plastic elements; Architecture: esthetic and expressive organization; Structural systems of architecture -- Expression and response. The expressive image -- The visual dialogue. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 479-482. |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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Art appreciation.
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Art -- Technique.
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| ISBN |
0030813425 |
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