In its fourth edition, Gilbert's Living with Art, won a first-place award for outstanding design and production at the 1995 New York Book Show. The new sixth edition is even more luxurious and beautiful. Not only a book about art, but also an artfully made book, Gilbert's Living with Art has earned a reputation for elegance and the highest standards of quality.
Gilbert's Living with Art supports student efforts to develop an appreciation of art by clearly communicating the ways one can approach various forms of expression -- offering a comprehensive introduction to the visual arts from several perspectives: themes and purposes of art; the vocabulary of art; individual art media (painting, drawing, camera arts, sculpture, architecture, etc.); and the chronological history of art. The book is rich with illustrations drawn from a wide range of artistic cultures and time periods.
The text of Gilbert's Living with Art is written in a warm, engaging style that one reviewer has characterized as "information being communicated by real flesh and blood, by someone who is a scholar but also has a sincere love of art." From the first edition, the goal of the book has been to encourage students -- with lavish image and compelling word -- to embark on their own lifetime experience with art.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education