Living with Art

Analyze, understand, and appreciate. "Living with Art" provides the tools to help students think critically about the visual arts. Using a wealth of examples, the first half of the text examines the nature, vocabulary, and elements of art, offering a foundation for students to learn to analyze art effectively. The latter half sets out a brief but comprehensive history of art, l...

Analyze, understand, and appreciate. "Living with Art" provides the tools to help students think critically about the visual arts. Using a wealth of examples, the first half of the text examines the nature, vocabulary, and elements of art, offering a foundation for students to learn to analyze art effectively. The latter half sets out a brief but comprehensive history of art, leading students to understand art within the context of its time and place of origin. High quality images from a wide range of periods and cultures bring the art to life, and topical essays throughout the text foster critical thinking skills. Taken together, all of these elements help students to better appreciate art as a reflection of the human experience and to realize that living with art is living with ourselves.

马克·盖特雷恩（Mark Getlein）原本在纽约朱莉亚音乐学院学习音乐，但他很快就被纽约的艺术活动和丰富的博物馆收藏深深地迷住了。他既是钢琴家，也是画家。作为作家和策划编辑，他参与开发了一系列开创性的大学文学与艺术课本，包括《艺术史》《非洲艺术史》《哈珀柯林斯世界文学》《朗曼英国文学选》和《朗曼世界文学选》等，本书是作者独立编写的最有名的艺术基础概论课本。

王滢，北京大学艺术学院艺术学专业研究生。曾为广西师范大学出版社编辑，现为自由职业者。曾参与翻译《詹森艺术史》《MoMA 亮点：纽约现代艺术博物馆精选作品350 件》和《世界艺术地图》等。