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This book invites readers to explore the characteristics and scope of visual arts, bridging historical legacies with contemporary expressions. It celebrates the diversity of artistic creation across eras, highlighting original monuments erected by each generation.
It examines creative processes, design structures, subject matter attitudes, and the influence of science, considering architecture, crafts, painting, sculpture, and graphic methods. The tradition of humanism within the arts is championed, and the importance of aesthetics in resolving environmental issues is put forward. Awareness, achieved through knowledge, sensitivity, and judgement, is promoted, rather than just appreciation.
Including insights from artists and featuring photographs, the book offers a blend of philosophy and history. It celebrates the validity of different movements.
Used (good, see images, some markings, minor cover wear, handwritten name, and some page marking) Hardcover
