Introduction to Art
Design, Context, and Meaning
Editor-in-Chief Pamela J. Sachant, Ph.D.
Editors Peggy Blood, Ph.D.
Jeffery LeMieux, MFA
Rita Tekippe, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-940771-29-8
Print Version: $39.99
Digital Version: Free
Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning is a free, comprehensive art textbook featuring over 400 images and multimedia links. It explores art’s meaning, form, materials, and impact through global, historical, and technical perspectives.
Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. Combining the best elements of both a traditional textbook and a reader, it introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, and form; and its diverse effects on our lives. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding the students’ educational experiences beyond the textbook. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making it an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.
This textbook is an Open Educational Resource (OER). It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.
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