Living with Art has been known for the use of an innovative in-text essay program covering the broad themes of Artists, Art People, Art Issues, and Crossing Cultures. Thinking about Art essays have been added to the seventh edition. Readers will find 4 Thinking About Art essays, covering such topics as Iconoclasm, Aesthetics, Academies, and Points of View. Thinking about Art essays have been added to the seventh edition. Readers will find 2-3 essays per chapter.
Superb Support: Teaching and learning from Living with Art has never been easier. Our interactive student CD-ROM (Core Concepts in Art version 2.0) is packaged with each copy of the text. This exciting study tool offers students an interactive tutorial in the elements and media, as well as review aides and quizzes to help them better master the text material In the new 2.5 version, users are treated to an image study tool called SAWYER-Study Art with Your Electronic Resource.
For instructors, an Instructors Resource CD-ROM (Instructors Manual and Test Bank), Online Learning Center, and slide sets are available.
Broader Coverage of Non-Western and of Contemporary Art: Recent changes in the world of art are always reflected in Living with Art. To incorporate a broader sense of the aesthetics and traditions of the world, new works have been included in Part I. These images introduce artists from non-Western cultures to the opening sections of the text and provide a greater emphasis on context and meaning in art.
Chapters 1 and 2 have been revised and re-organized in order to introduce students to the world of art more effectively. Chapter 1 includes two additional roles that artist have fulfilled in life and society, to introduce the full range of works that students will find in the pages of the text. Chapter 2 has been completely rewritten to enable a more thorough yet more accessible approach to the question posed by its title, “What Is Art?” Highlights of the newly conceived chapter include topics such as “Artist and Audience,” “Art and Meaning,” “Art and the Object.”
In Chapter 7, Painting, the illustration program has been refreshed to underscore the ongoing importance and liveliness of painting as an art. Artists added for this edition include Elizabeth Peyton, Takashi Murakami, Elizabeth Murray, and Fred Tomaselli.
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