Main entry:

Feldman, Edmund Burke, author.

Title & Author:

Art as image and idea / Edmund Burke Feldman.

Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1967]
©1967

Description:

511 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Rev. ed. published in 1972 under title: Varieties of visual experience.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-501) and index.
Personal functions of art -- The social functions of art -- The physical functions of art -- The style of objective accuracy -- The style of formal order -- The style of emotion -- The style of fantasy -- The visual elements: grammar -- Organization of the elements: design -- Perceiving the elements: aesthetics -- Painting -- Sculpture -- Architecture -- The theory of criticism -- The critical performance.

Summary:

A book on the functions, styles and structure of the major visual art forms, this text is reputed to have the best treatment available on the theory and practice of art criticism. It examines the connection between the visual, social, and physical dimensions of everyday life in which the arts perform essential roles, while illustrating clearly the common features of theme and style in works of art separated by time and culture.

Subject:

Art Psychology.
Composition (Art)
Art criticism.
Art History.
Art
Art Psychologie.
Art Histoire.
Critique d'art.
composition (artistic arrangement)
art criticism.
art history.
Art Philosophy.
Art Psychological aspects.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 131024
Call No.: ID:85-B23266
Status: Available