Table of Contents

Preface/Front Matter


PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 
1 Living with Art 
2 What Is Art? 
3 Themes of Art 


PART TWO: THE VOCABULARY OF ART 
4 The Visual Elements 
5 Principles of Design 


PART THREE: TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA 
6 Drawing 
7 Painting 
8 Prints
9 Camera and Computer Arts
10 Graphic Design 


PART FOUR: THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA 
11 Sculpture and Installation 
12 Arts of Ritual and Daily Life 
13 Architecture 


PART FIVE: ARTS IN TIME 
14 Ancient Mediterranean Worlds 
15 Christianity and the Formation of Europe 
16 The Renaissance 
17 The 17th and 18th Centuries
18 Arts of Islam and of Africa 
19 Arts of Asia: India, China, and Japan 
20 Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas 
21 The Modern World: 1800–1945 
22 From Modern to Postmodern 
23 Contemporary Art around the World 


Pronunciation Guide 
Suggested Readings 
Glossary 
Index 

About the Author

Mark Getlein arrived in New York to pursue advanced music studies at the Juilliard School, but he quickly became equally fascinated by the city's vibrant downtown art scene and magnificent museum collections. For a decade or so he led an interesting but precarious life as a pianist and painter. As a writer and development editor, he has helped to create a series of ground-breaking college textbooks in art and literature, including Art History (Abrams, 1995), A History of Art in Africa (Abrams, 2001), The HarperCollins World Reader, The Longman Anthology of British Literature, and The Longman Anthology of World Literature. This is his fourth edition as author of Living with Art.