A world of art /
Henry M. Sayre
- Eight Edition
- Boston : Pearson, c2016
- xx, 694 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Dear students -- Additional resources & choices -- Student toolkit -- Part 1. The visual world: understanding -- Part 2. The formal elements and their design: describing the art you see -- Part 3. The fine arts media: learning how art it is made -- Part 4. The visual record: placing the arts in historical context -- Part 5. The themes of art: seeing continuity and change over time -- The critical process -- Glossary -- Credits -- Index.
"The cover of this book reflects the kind of critical and creative thinking that is focus of a World of Art. The designers wanted to create a composition that reflects the wide range of stylistic possibilities available to the modern art." Back cover.