About this title: DRAWING: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH takes you beyond conventional approaches, emphasizing the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social significance of art. The authors trace the evolution of today's art from that of the past, showing drawing's meaning and continuity. DRAWING: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH offers a combination of effective pedagogy, good exercises, and high-quality, contemporary drawings as models, focusing on contemporary artists who draw in a multicultural world.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Date Published: 2003-06-23
ISBN-13:9780534613358ISBN:0534613357
Description: Very Good. Fifth edition. PAPERBACK with minimal wear to softcover with a little light scuffing and edgewear. No creases on spine. NO INFOTRAC. No notes, underlining, highlights, or dogears found inside. A tight, clean copy. Text only, does not include any supplemental materials such as InfoTrac, web access codes, or CDs. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Date Published: 2003-06-23
ISBN-13:9780534613358ISBN:0534613357
Description: Fair. SAVE MONEY. The covers of this book show moderate to heavy wear. There are a few notes inside the front cover. There is highlighting on the first 60 or so pages, clean thereafter. That makes this book an entirely useful copy. Good binding, clean text. No infotrac. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomson Learning
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780534613358ISBN:0534613357
Description: Very good. Paperback. Has minor wear and/or markings. INFOTRAC Not Included. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 24314731 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780534613358. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomson Learning
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780534613358ISBN:0534613357
Description: Fine. Paperback. Almost New. INFOTRAC Included. Almost new condition. SKU: 23440595 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780534613358. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomson Learning
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780534613358ISBN:0534613357
Description: Paperback. New Condition. INFOTRAC Included. SKU: 23885684 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780534613358. read more
Description: Good. 0534613357 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. 5th edition paperback. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: Fair. 0495094919 Textbook 6th Student Edition. CD NOT INCLUDED. Heavy wear, wrinkling, creasing, or tears on the cover and spine. BINDING IS BROKEN CAUSING SECTIONS OF LOOSE PAGES. Broken spot on binding causing some loose pages. Missing up to 10 pages. May have unnoticed missing pages, as this is a USED book and pages get lost easily. Light writing and highlighting. Marker on cover or bottom edge of book. ct. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780495094913ISBN:0495094919
Description: Acceptable. Moderate shelf wear, minor scuffs on cover, corners/edges slightly worn and bent, minor marks on cover, 6th edition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780495094913ISBN:0495094919
Description: Paperback. Not Pretty. All text is legible, may contain markings, cover wear, loose/torn pages or staining and much writing. SKU: 23893075 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780495094913 Not Pretty. All text is legible, may contain markings, cover wear, loose/torn pages or staining and much writing. SKU: 23893075 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780495094913ISBN:0495094919
Description: Very good. Paperback. Good Used. Instructor Edition: Same as student edition but has free copy markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 23873276 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780495094913. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780495094913ISBN:0495094919
Description: Very good. Paperback. Has minor wear and/or markings. Instructor Edition: Same as student edition but has free copy markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 24314711 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780495094913. read more
"This is the best book on drawing I have ever seen. It has examples of all the Great Masters, usually unseen sketches from modern masters, and contemporary artists. Some of the newer drawings blew me away. There is a picture of a work by the artist, Nancy Rubins, which measures 14'x24'x3'. The paper is one value completely drawn with pencil.
The book is also universal; there are examples from artists who are untrained to trained from around the world.
The book takes a theoretical analysis of different line values, studies in depth of both perspective and value from the Renaissance to the present. The book also integrates use of modern computer software and its emerging relationship to traditional drawing.
Each chapter has ingenious projects for developing and expanding an artist's vocabulary. At the end of the book are guides for using traditional and experimental mediums for drawing and a great glossary of terms. I had never heard of an ant's eye view, but consistently experimented with it. There is also a chapter devoted to different techniques for presenting and archiving your work.
Finally, this book has a strong bent on historical process and its importance for the development of drawing techniques. Each chapter has quotes from different artists:
Drawing is the true test of art.-Ingres Drawing is a verb.-Serra Two of the most valuable assets for an artist are a retentive memory and the ability to tap into the unconscious.-from the text"
"This is the book that I learned to draw out of and it has many pros and cons. It contains a lot of good images from the past hundred years in its chapters on gesture, shape/plane and volume, value, line, texture, color, thematic development, etc. It also covers why contemporary art is important and worth our time. This book is for higher learning/secondary students and goes more into the philosophy of these chapter headings instead of a step-by-step process of creation. I would have liked something easier to read, the language is just not appealing to me."
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