Artforms, 5e Edition-Value Edition

by Preble, Sarah Preble, Duan Preble

For Art Appreciation, Art for Non-Majors, and Introduction to Art.Introducing students to the theory, practice, and history of art--and emphasizing art's impact on everyday life--Artforms is known for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321031059
• ISBN13: 9780321031051
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

great text

this is a great text book. inside the book is nice with many many pictures! about 1-3 on each page. the reading is easy and each chapter is outlined by subjects such as Design elements, Style, Photography, Drawing, etc. it covers seemingly all there is to know about art in the last thousand years or so. it is not a full history book though. it mainly goes through the idea and reasons for art and design, things of that matter. I got it for an art class and apparently the newer additions aren't to much different because my teacher said we could get 7th, 8th or 9th editions. just so you know... this one is WAAAAYYY cheaper so I'd opt for it any day over the other two, which can be up to $150.

ARTFORMS

Last semester i had taken a visual arts course at my college, Artforms was the text that we use and that the school still uses. If you are wanting to familiarize yourself with past and modern works of art from all cultures then this is a complete introduction to the reasoning behind specific artforms. After reading it you will get an overall gist of what art was in societies before ours and how it continues to live on and how it is viewed in present day societies.

Want to know about art? This is the book

This book deserves to be in any person's library. It tells you the different thecnics of painting, the differents colors, how they divide, how to recognize the paintings. If you are studiying art or just like it, you must get this book.