Living with art /
Mark Getlein.
- Twelfth edition.
- xviii, 574 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Living with art -- What is art? -- Themes of art -- The visual elements -- Principles of design -- Drawing -- Painting -- Prints -- Camera and computer arts -- Graphic design -- Sculpture and installation -- Arts of ritual and daily life -- Architecture -- Ancient Mediterranean worlds -- Christianity and the formation of Europe -- The Renaissance -- The 17th and 18th centuries -- Arts of Islam and of Africa -- Arts of Asia : India, China, and Japan -- Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas -- The modern world : 1800-1945 -- From modern to postmodern -- Contemporary art around the world.
"An introduction to how and why art is made, and a history of art worldwide from prehistory to the present day"--