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• BASIC DEFINITIONS
- What does the word "art" mean?
• EXTERNAL FACTORS
- The Origins of Art; Play and Magic; Child Art and Primitive Art.
- The Influences on Art: Geography, Climate, Society, Culture
• BASIC AIMS
- Representation: Art as the "Mirror" of Visual Reality
- Decoration: Art as the Creation of a Beautiful Order
- Expression: Art as the Voice of Man
• BASIC INGREDIENTS
- Form in Art (1): The Vocabulary of the Visual Arts
- Form in Art (2): Composition and Design
- Styles: Distinctive Handling of Form by Individuals, Periods, Cultures
- Meanings: Art as the Realization of Ideas and Feelings
• THE VISUAL EVIDENCE
- The Work, from Original Conception to Final Execution
• THE DIMENSION OF TIME
- Art-History: Main Phases in the Development of Art
• THE DIMENSION OF VALUE
- Quality; What is "Good" Art?
• THE DIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
- Architecture: Social, Technical and Aesthetic Problems
- Sculpture: its Uses, Techniques and Styles
- Painting (1): Reality and Illusion
- Painting (2): Reality and Illusion
- Drawing and the Graphic Techniques
- Photography and Film
• THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION
- Art in the Modern World (1): Its Centers, Social Function and the Modern Artist's Place in Society
- Art in the Modern World (2): Art Public, Art Dealers, Museums and Exhibitions
Each chapter of this book will concentrate on one topic, outlining the main problems involved, illustrating them with examples chosen from art history, and suggesting explanations for your consideration. Unlike problems in mathematics or the natural sciences, the problems of art can usually not be resolved with a single, positive answer or proof. Individual judgments, rather than exact measurements or statistical data, must provide what solutions we can hope to arrive at, and these solutions will never be quite final or complete. But if they are to have any value at all, they must be based on logic and supported by the evidence of history. This book will help to guide you through this visual exploration.
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