When a student gets to the evaluation in this book I don’t suppose they might be prepared to know the analysis the authors present. The textual content is fairly constant in its terminology and appears to be organized by an overall framework, starting with the vocabulary, then supplies, then finally themes of Art. I would like to see more ties between the completely different sections utilizing the vocabulary. For example, in the earlier part on the Formal Elements and the later part on visual evaluation, the vocabulary used in the early part isn’t introduced forward in a clear and constant means. I addressed a few of this within the “consistency” evaluate above but this is one of the books largest strengths. It is very straightforward to pull only one a part of the book and train from sections.
It is handled like a separate and outlying practice as an alternative of being rigorously woven into the rest of the chapters on kind, manufacturing, supplies, etc. Likewise, chapter 7, though integral and vital, seems misplaced. It would perhaps best be placed earlier than the chapter on meaning, since Art & Media it offers background on socio-cultural habits as basis by way of which to better perceive art. This could be a good text to use in an art appreciation course however not in a survey art historical past course. I was pleasantly stunned with the knowledge listed in several parts of the textual content.