Drawing

A Contemporary Approach, International Edition

Claudia Betti, Teel Sale (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2007 | International Edition
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-495-11934-0 (ISBN)

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Emphasizing the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social significance of art, this book aims to teach you drawing. It traces the development of art from the past, showing drawing's meaning and continuity. It offers various exercises and drawings as models, focusing on artists who draw in a multicultural world.

One of the best-selling drawing texts in the market, DRAWING: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH goes beyond conventional approaches, emphasizing the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social significance of art. The authors trace the development 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.

Teel Sale is an artist, writer, and teacher, and has had a career of national and international shows (drawing, painting, printmaking, and performance art). She has served as art editor of Trilobite Press, book designer for university presses, book reviewer for Texas Books in Review, and visiting artist/lecturer at colleges and universities nationwide. Recipient of a Pouch Cove Foundation Grant (June, 2001) for drawing, Sale was a faculty member (drawing, painting, and honors) at the University of North Texas from 1975 through 1989.

Preface.
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING.
1. Drawing: Definitions and Purposes.
2. Learning to See: Gesture and Other Beginning Approaches.
Part II: SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ART ELEMENTS.
3. Shape /Plane and Volume.
4. Value.
5. Line.
6. Texture.
7. Color.
8. Antiperspective: The Triumph of the Picture Plane.
Part III: A CONTEMPORARY VIEW
9. Organizing the Picture Plane.
10. Thematic Development.
11. A Look at Drawing Today.
Part IV: PRACTICAL GUIDES.
Guide A: Materials.
Guide B: Keeping a Sketchbook.
Guide C: Breaking Artistic Blocks and Making Critical Assessments.
Guide D: Presentation.
Glossary.
Suggested Readings.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.2.2007
Verlagsort	Belmont, CA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 274 mm
Gewicht	934 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
ISBN-10	0-495-11934-2 / 0495119342
ISBN-13	978-0-495-11934-0 / 9780495119340
Zustand	Neuware