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Launching the Imagination, 2/e
Mary Stewart, Northern Illinois University School of Art

ISBN: 0072870613
Copyright year: 2006

Table of Contents


Launching the Imagination, 2e

Preface

Introduction

**PART 1: TWO DIMENSIONAL DESIGN

*CHAPTER 1: BASIC ELEMENTS
  • Line
  • Shape
  • Texture
  • Value
  • Profile: Phillia Yi, Printmaker
CHAPTER 2: THE ELEMENT OF COLOR
  • Color Theory
  • Color Physics
  • Color Interaction
  • Defining Color
  • Color Schemes
  • Composing with Color
  • Weight and Balance
  • Distribution and Proportion
  • Color as Emphasis
  • Color and Emotion
  • Profile: Ann Baddley Keister, fiber artist
CHAPTER 3: PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
  • Unity and Variety
  • Gestalt: Theory and Application
  • Patterns and Grids
  • Balance
  • Symmetrical Balance
  • Scale and Proportion
  • Rhythm
  • Emphasis
  • Creating the Illusion of Space
  • Linear Perspective
  • Other ways to create the Illusion of Space
  • Using of Illusion of Space
  • Dynamic Space: Constructing Mulan
  • Illusion of Movement
  • Determining Priorities
  • Profile: Ken Stout, Painter

PART 2: CONCEPTS AND CRITICAL THINKING

CHAPTER 4: CULTIVATING CREATIVITY
  • Design and Creativity
  • Seven Characteristics of Creative Thinking
  • Receptivity
  • Curiosity
  • Wide Range of Interests
  • Attentiveness
  • Connection Seeking
  • Conviction
  • Complexity
  • Goal Setting
  • Time Management
  • Profile: Nancy Callahan, Artist, and Diane Gallo, Writer
CHAPTER 5: PROBLEM SEEKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
  • Problem Seeking
  • Convergent and Divergent Thinking
  • Brainstorming
  • Visual Research
  • Variations on a Theme
  • An Open Mind
  • Profile: Heidi Lasher-Oakes, Sculptor
CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING
  • Establishing Criteria
  • Form, Subject, and Contents
  • Stop, Look, Listen, Learn
  • Types of Critiques
  • Developing a Long-Term Project
  • Self-Assignment by Jason Chin: The Mythological Alphabet
  • Turn Up the Heat: Pushing Your Project's Potential
  • Accepting Responsibility
  • Profile: Bob Dacey, Illustrator
CHAPTER 7: CONSTRUCTING MEANING
  • Building Bridges
  • Clichés
  • Surprise
  • Purpose and Intent
  • Context
  • Connections
  • Drama
  • Aesthetics and Anesthetics
  • Profile: Ken Botnick, Graphic Designer

PART 3: THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN

CHAPTER 8: THREE DIMENSIONAL ELEMENTS
  • Defining Form
  • Mass
  • Space
  • Texture
  • Light
  • Color
  • Time
  • The Complexity of Three-Dimensional Design
  • Profile: Rodger Mack
CHAPTER 9 THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINCIPLES
  • Unity and Variety
  • Balance
  • Scale
  • Proportion
  • Emphasis
  • Rhythm and Repetition
  • Profile: David MacDonald, Ceramicist
CHAPTER 10: MATERIALS AND METHODS
  • Choice of Materials
  • Methods of Construction
  • Connections
  • Transitions
  • Traditional Materials, Contemporary Uses
  • Student Materials
  • Materials and Meanings
  • Profile: Todd Slaughter, Sculptor
CHAPTER 11: PHYSICAL AND CEREBRAL
  • Constructed Thought
  • Degrees of Representation
  • Bases and Places
  • Physical Forces
  • Weight and Gravity
  • Compression and Expansion
  • Tension and Torsion
  • Presence/Absence
  • Process and Product
  • Cerebral Qualities of Sculptural Objects
  • Contemporary Questions, Contemporary Answers
  • Expressing Ideas in Physical Form
  • Profile: Rick Paul, Sculptor

PART 4: TIME DESIGN

CHAPTER 12: ASPECTS AND ELEMENTS OF TIME
  • Constructing Time
  • Duration
  • Tempo
  • Intensity
  • Scope
  • Setting
  • Setting and Actor
  • Sound: The Hidden Dimension
  • Chronology
  • Schindler's List: Content and Composition
  • Profile: Sharon Greytak, Filmmaker
CHAPTER 13: NARRATIVE AND NON-NARRATIVE
  • Tell Me a Story
  • Working with Multiple Images
  • Multiple Image Structures
  • From Scene to Screenplay
  • Establishing Boundaries
  • Style
  • Causality
  • Story and Style in Citizen Kane
  • A 15-second Narrative
  • Non-Narrative
  • Profile: Jerome Witkin, Painter
CHAPTER 14: INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS
  • Exploring The Visual Book
  • Installation Art
  • Performance Art
  • Profile: Abelardo Morell, Photographer

Glossary

Credits

Index

*Each Chapter includes: Key Questions interspersed throughout, Summaries, and Key Terms
**Each Part concludes with Multimedia Resources guide.
For student independent study: the Multimedia Resources guide suggested relevant exercises on the Online Learning Center(OLC) and the Core Concepts in Art CD-ROM.
For instructors: the Multimedia Resources guide suggests additional resources available on the password-protected teacher's OLC and the Instructor's Resources CD-ROM such as projects and other assignments.
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