For One-Semester Introduction to the Humanities and General Humanities courses. Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, ...
For any introductory course in Humanities or Interdisciplinary Arts Appreciation. This text chronologically introduces the arts of Western tradition: architecture, literature, visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, in a contextual overview of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics surrounding them. Additional ...
Buildings, pictures, sculptures, music, drama, literature, dances, and landscapes confront us at every turn and give our lives richness and diversity. Enjoying and getting the most from relationships with works of art depend on knowing what to see and hear in them. The more we understand about cathedrals, paintings, poems, and plays, the more ...
For use in one-semester, introductory courses in humanities or interdisciplinary art appreciation, and for study-abroad programs. This text is an introductory exploration of basic artistic concepts and terms to assist with "travel" to the arts in physical, imaginary, or cyber ways. In so doing it treats uniformly the arts of architecture, ...
An introduction to theatre, which aims to show how theatre functions as a means to understanding human reality. This text explores how theatre artists work to develop a portrait of that reality, the media that they use in that portrayal, and the history of Eastern and Western theatre.
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