The creative impulse : an introduction to the arts

著者

• Sporre, Dennis J.

書誌事項

The creative impulse : an introduction to the arts

Dennis J. Sporre

Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009

8th ed

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [622]-624) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Creative Impulse introduces the arts of the Western tradition with a chronological organization. It covers a wide variety of subjects including painting, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, literature, and film, all in their historical context. Up-to-date material on modern artistic movements and achievements broadens the scope of the coverage.

目次

SPORRE, CREATIVE IMPULSE 8 Contents Preface 11 Introduction Understanding the Arts 13 GETTING STARTED 14 Two-Dimensional Art 14 Media 14 Composition 15 Techniques: Linear Perspective 16 Sculpture 17 Dimensionality 17 Texture 17 Techniques: Lost-Wax Casting 17 Architecture 18 Music 19 Genres 19 Melody and Form 19 Techniques: Musical Notation 19 Theatre 20 Genres 20 Plot, Character, and Visual Elements 20 Literature 20 Genres 20 Point of View, Character, and Plot 21 Theme and Language 21 Cinema 21 Dance 22 Genres 22 Line, Form, and Repetition 22 Features 22 Glossary and Dating 22 Pronunciation 23 Profiles 23 Technology 23 Masterwork 23 A Dynamic World 23 Maps and Timelines 24 Chapter Opener 24 Chapter Review 24 Cybersources and Examples 24 PUTTING THE ARTS IN CONTEXT 24 The Arts and Ways of Knowing 24 What Concerns Art? 25 Creativity 25 Aesthetic Communication 25 Symbols 26 Fine and Applied Art 26 The Functions of Art 26 Entertainment 26 Political and Social Commentary 26 Therapy 27 Artifact 27 Evaluating Works of Art 27 Approaches to Criticism 28 Making Judgments 29 1 The Ancient World 31 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 32 Contexts 32 The Stone Age 32 Mesopotamia 33 Ancient Egypt 34 Concepts 34 Individuality and Symbols 34 Civilization 35 Religion 35 Technology: The Invention of the Wheel 35 Literacy 36 Law 37 THE ARTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 38 Painting 38 Sculpture 39 Masterwork: The Human Form 1: The Tell Asmar Statues 40 A Dynamic World: Ancient China 41 Profile: Akhenaton and Nefertiti 45 Architecture 46 Music 47 Dance 48 Literature 48 2 The Aegean and Archaic Greece 53 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 54 Contexts 54 Minoans 54 Mycenaeans 56 Technology: The Olive Press 58 The Dark Centuries 58 The Hellenes 58 Concepts 59 The Polis 59 The Olympian Gods 60 "Love of Wisdom" 61 THE ARTS OF THE AEGEAN AND ARCHAIC GREECE 61 Painting 61 Geometric Style 61 Archaic Style 62 Red- and Black-Figure Pottery 62 Sculpture 63 A Dynamic World: Native America 63 Architecture 66 Music 67 Dance 68 Literature 68 Masterwork: Heroes 1: Homer, The Iliad 69 Profile: Sappho 70 3 Greek Classicism and Hellenism 75 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 76 Contexts 76 The Persian War 76 The "Golden Age" of Pericles 77 The Peloponnesian Wars 78 The Hellenistic Age 79 Technology: Hero's Steam Turbine 80 Concepts 81 Historia 81 Sophistry 81 Stoicism and Epicureanism 82 Cynicism and Skepticism 82 Mystery Cults 82 Ethics 83 Aesthetics 83 Classicism and Hellenism 85 THE ARTS OF THE CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC AGES 85 Painting 85 Sculpture 86 Classical Style 86 A Dynamic World: The Nok Style of Africa 87 Masterwork: The Human Form 2: Myron, Discus Thrower 88 Late Classical Style 90 Hellenistic Style 92 Architecture 93 Theatre 98 Tragedy 98 Profile: Aeschylus 99 Masterwork: Heroes 2: Sophocles, Oedipus the King 101 Comedy 102 Theatre Layout and Form 103 Music 104 Dance 105 Literature 105 4 The Roman Period 111 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 112 Contexts 112 The Etruscans 112 The Roman Republic 112 The Roman Empire 114 Concepts 117 Roman Law 117 Stoicism 117 Neo-Platonism 118 Divinities and Mystery Cults 118 Classicism 119 Utilitarianism and Pragmatism 120 THE ARTS OF THE ROMAN PERIOD 120 Painting 120 A Dynamic World: Chinese Painting 123 Sculpture 124 Architecture 126 Technology: Cement 129 Masterwork: The Dome 1: The Pantheon 130 Theatre 132 Comedy 132 Blood Sport 133 Music 133 Dance 134 Literature 134 Profile: Vergil 135 5 Judaism and Early Christianity 141 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 142 Contexts 142 Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews 142 Profile: Solomon 146 The Late Roman Empire 146 Technology: Matches 147 Concepts 148 Judaism 148 Christianity 149 THE ARTS OF JUDAISM AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY 155 Painting 155 Judaism 155 Christianity 155 Sculpture 156 Late Roman 156 Early Christian 157 A Dynamic World: Shinto Sculpture in Japan 157 Architecture 159 Jerusalem 159 Masterwork: Buildings as Symbols 1: The Temple of Jerusalem 160 The Roman Empire 162 Music and Dance 165 Literature 165 The Hebrew Bible 166 Apocalyptic Literature 169 The New Testament 169 6 Byzantium and Islam 175 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 176 Contexts 176 Byzantium 176 Muhammad and the Rise of Islam 179 Profile: Muhammad 180 Concepts 182 Orthodoxy 182 Islam 182 Intellectualism 183 Icons 184 Byzantine Cultural Influence 184 THE ARTS OF BYZANTIUM AND ISLAM 185 Painting, Mosaics, and Manuscript Illumination 185 Byzantium 185 Islam 188 Sculpture 189 Architecture 192 Byzantium 192 Technology: Spanning Space with Triangles and Pots 192 Masterwork: The Dome 2: Hagia Sophia 194 Profile: Anthemius of Tralles 195 Islam 197 A Dynamic World: Chinese Theatre 200 Theatre, Music, and Dance 201 Byzantium 201 Islam 201 Literature 202 Byzantium 202 Islam 203 7 The Early Middle Ages The Monastic and Feudal Romanesque Period 209 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 210 Contexts 210 The Middle Ages 210 The Medieval Church 211 Profile: Pope Gregory I, the Great 211 Charlemagne's Empire 212 Concepts 213 Monasticism 213 Mysticism 214 Asceticism and Sufism 215 Feudalism 215 Technology: The Viking Ships 217 The Carolingian Renaissance 218 THE ARTS OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 218 Painting 218 A Dynamic World: Igbo-Ukwu 220 Sculpture 221 Masterwork: Organizing the Image 1: The Bronze Doors of Hildesheim Cathedral 222 Architecture 226 Theatre 229 Music 229 Sacred Music 229 Secular Music 230 Profile: Hildegard of Bingen 230 Dance 231 Literature 231 Legends 231 Poets and Scholars 232 8 The High Middle Ages The Gothic Age 237 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 238 Contexts 238 The Social Order 238 The Hundred Years' War 240 Technology: A Better Horse Collar 240 The Plague 241 The Great Schism 241 Profile: Joan of Arc 242 The Crusades 243 Concepts 245 Chivalry 245 Secularism 245 Aristotelianism 246 Industrialization 246 THE ARTS OF THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES 248 Painting 248 Sculpture 253 Architecture 256 Masterwork: Buildings as Symbols 2: Chartres Cathedral 258 Theatre 262 A Dynamic World: Noh Theatre of Japan 263 Music 265 Dance 266 Literature 267 Religion 267 Profile: Geoffrey Chaucer 268 Profile: St Francis of Assisi 272 Secularism 272 9 The Early Renaissance 277 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 278 Contexts 278 The Renaissance 278 The World Discovered 279 Technology: Flywheels and Connecting Rods 280 The Papal States 280 Italian City-States 280 The Quattrocento in Florence 282 Concepts 283 Humanism 283 Individualism 284 Scientific Naturalism 284 Capitalism 284 THE ARTS OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE 285 Painting 285 The Masaccian Heritage 285 Lyricism 289 A Dynamic World: Chinese Painting and Music 291 Sculpture 292 Architecture 295 Masterwork: The Dome 3: Florence Cathedral 296 Theatre 298 Music 299 Dance 299 Literature 300 Profile: Niccolo Machiavelli 301 10 The High Renaissance and Mannerism 305 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 306 Contexts306 The Expanding World 306 The Papal States 307 Spain's Golden Century 308 Technology: Leonardo: Turning the Screw 310 The Ottoman Turks 311 Concepts 311 Classicism 311 The High Renaissance 312 Mannerism 312 THE ARTS OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM 313 Painting 313 The High Renaissance in Rome 313 Profile: Michelangelo 316 The High Renaissance in Venice 320 Mannerism 322 A Dynamic World: Painting in India 322 Sculpture 324 Masterwork: The Human Form 3: Michelangelo, David 325 Architecture 326 Theatre 330 Music 333 Sacred Choral Music 333 Secular Choral Music 334 Instrumental Music 335 Literature 335 11 Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe 341 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 342 Contexts 342 The Reformation 342 Reformers 342 Profile: Martin Luther 344 Science 347 Technology: Naval Artillery 348 Concepts 348 Christian Humanism 348 Utopianism 349 THE ARTS OF THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION IN THE NORTH 349 Painting 349 Flanders 349 The Netherlands 351 Germany 353 A Dynamic World: Ming Dynasty Porcelain 357 France 357 England 358 Architecture 358 Theatre 358 Masterwork: Heroes 3: Shakespeare, Hamlet 360 Music 361 Flanders 361 Germany 363 France 363 England 363 Dance 365 Literature 366 12 The Baroque Age 371 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 372 Contexts 372 The Catholic and Counter-Reformation 372 The Wars of Religion 374 The Scientific Revolution 374 Technology: Standardized Measurement 375 Concepts 377 Academicism 377 Scientific Rationalism 377 Social Contract 377 Absolutism 378 THE ARTS OF THE BAROQUE AGE 379 Painting 379 Italy 380 Spain 381 Flanders 382 France 383 The Netherlands (Holland) 384 Sculpture 387 Architecture 390 A Dynamic World: The Taj Mahal 390 Profile: Sir Christopher Wren 394 Masterwork: The Dome 4: St Paul's Cathedral 394 Theatre 396 Music 398 Instrumental Music 398 Profile: Johann Sebastian Bach 399 Vocal Music 400 Opera 401 Dance 403 Literature 404 Spain 404 England 404 13 The Enlightenment 409 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 410 Contexts 410 The Enlightenment 410 Technology 412 Technology: James Watt and the Steam Engine 412 Economics and Politics 413 Profile: Maria Theresa 414 Concepts 415 Rationalism 415 Aesthetics 415 Humanitarianism 415 Profile: Voltaire 417 Classicism 418 Feminism 418 THE ARTS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 419 Painting 419 Rococo Style 419 The English School 420 Genre 423 Neoclassicism 423 Masterwork: Organizing the Image 2: David, The Oath of the Horatii 424 Sculpture 425 Architecture 427 Theatre 430 Britain 430 America 430 France 431 A Dynamic World: Japanese Kabuki Theatre 431 Music 432 Pre-Classical Style 432 Expressive Style 432 Classical Style 433 Dance 437 Literature 438 Rococo 438 Neoclassicism 441 Humanitarianism 442 Feminism 442 Genre 443 Pre-Romantic 443 14 The Romantic Age 447 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 448 Contexts 448 Technology 448 Technology: Exact Tolerance 449 Social Changes 449 The Victorian Age 451 Concepts 451 Marxism 451 Evolution 451 Idealism 452 Positivism and Materialism 452 Internationalism 452 Patronage 453 Romanticism 453 THE ARTS OF THE ROMANTIC AGE 454 Painting 454 Masterwork: Organizing the Image 3: Gericault, The Raft of the "Medusa" 455 A Dynamic World: Japanese Painting 457 Profile: Rosa Bonheur 459 Architecture 460 Theatre 460 Popularism and Historicism 462 Melodrama 463 Music 463 Lieder 463 Piano Works 464 Program Music 465 Symphonies 466 Trends 466 Choral Music 466 Profile: Johannes Brahms 467 Opera 468 Dance469 Literature 471 Romanticism in Europe 471 American Renaissance 475 15 Realism, Impressionism, and Beyond 481 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 482 Contexts 482 European Migration 482 Workers and Socialism 483 The German Reich 484 A Scientific Explosion 484 Technology: Coca-Cola 485 Nietzschean Philosophy 486 Freudian Psychology 487 Concepts 487 Aestheticism 487 Functionalism 488 THE ARTS: REALISM, IMPRESSIONISM, AND BEYOND 488 Painting and Sculpture 488 Realism 488 Masterwork: Organizing the Image 4: Manet, Dejeuner sur l'herbe 490 Pre-Raphaelites 491 Impressionism 492 A Dynamic World: Japanese Painting 496 Post-Impressionism 497 Cubism 500 Mechanism and Futurism 502 Expressionism 502 Fauvism 503 Architecture 504 Profile: Louis Sullivan 506 Theatre 507 Realism and Naturalism 507 Symbolism 508 Aestheticism 508 Expressionism 508 Music 509 Impressionism 509 Naturalism 509 Nontraditionalism 510 Profile: Igor Stravinsky 511 Dance 512 Ethnic Foundations 512 Ballet 512 Modern Dance 514 Literature 514 Realism 514 Pre-Raphaelites 515 Naturalism 515 Impressionism 516 Symbolism 517 Futurism 517 Expressionism 517 Cubism 518 Cinema 518 16 Modernism 523 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 524 Contexts 524 The Modern World in Conflict 524 Between the Wars 527 World War II 529 Science and War 531 Technology: Computers 532 Concepts 532 Pragmatism 532 Existentialism 533 Abstraction 533 Modernism 534 THE ARTS IN THE MODERN WORLD 534 Painting and Sculpture 534 Abstraction 535 Dada 535 Surrealism 536 American Painting 537 Profile: Georgia O'Keeffe 537 The Harlem Renaissance 539 Central American Painting 540 African and Primitive Influences 540 A Dynamic World: African Masks 540 Photography 542 Architecture 543 Masterwork: Buildings as Symbols 3: Wright, Kaufmann House 544 Theatre 547 Epic Theatre 547 Absurdism 547 Music 548 Modern Traditionalism 548 Departures 548 Jazz 550 Dance 550 Modern Dance 550 Literature 551 Modernism 551 The Chicago Renaissance 554 The Harlem Renaissance 555 Cinema 555 Europe 555 The Rise of the Studio 556 New Genres 556 Social Commentary 556 17 From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond 559 CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS 560 Contexts 560 Decolonization 560 The Cold War 561 European Unification 562 Science and Liberty 562 Technology: Robots 562 Concepts 563 Postmodernism 563 Pluralism 563 THE ARTS FROM MODERNISM TO POSTMODERNISM AND BEYOND 564 Painting and Sculpture 565 Postwar Modernism 565 Masterwork: Organizing the Image 5: Frankenthaler, Buddha 566 Profile: Pablo Picasso 567 Postmodernism 577 Pluralism 585 Architecture 586 Postwar Modernism 586 Postmodernism 589 Pluralism 593 Theatre 593 Postwar Modernism 593 Postmodernism 594 Pluralism 596 Music 598 Postwar Modernism 599 Postmodernism 601 Profile: Richard Danielpour 602 Pluralism 603 Dance 605 Modern 605 Ballet 606 Postmodern 606 Pluralism 606 Literature 607 Postmodernism 607 Pluralism 608 Cinema 611 International Film and the Demise of the Studio 611 Pluralism 612 Glossary 614 Further Reading 622 Notes 624 Literary Acknowledgments 625 Picture Credits 626 Index 627 MAPS 1.1 Sites of prehistoric importance in Europe 33 1.2 The ancient Near and Middle East, showing peoples 34 2.1 The Aegean 55 3.1 Ancient Greece 77 4.1 The Roman Republic, 264-31 B.C.E. 114 4.2 The Roman Empire to 280 C.E. 115 5.1 Lands of the Bible, showing trade routes 143 5.2 The Roman Empire in the fourth century C.E. 148 5.3 The spread of Christianity 150 6.1 The empire of Justinian I, showing peoples 177 6.2 The Byzantine Empire, 1340-1403 179 6.3 The Byzantine and Islamic empires, 814 181<

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• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB01385149
• ISBN:
  • 9780136034933
• LCCN: 2007048415
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Upper Saddle River, NJ
• ページ数/冊数: 640 p.
• 大きさ: 28 cm.
• 付属資料: 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
• 分類:
  • LCC : NX440
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Arts -- History