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Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning

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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 textbooks 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 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. Originally published at https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/arts-textbooks/3/.

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  • Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning

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  • 1 What is Art?
    3 The Structure of Art
    3 Significance of Materials Used in Art
    4 Describing Art
    5 Meaning in Art
    6 Connecting Art to our Lives
    7 Form in Architecture
    8 Art and Identity
    9 Art and Power
    10 Art and Ritual Life
    11 Art and Ethics

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

LeMieux, Jeffery, et al. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning. University of North Georgia Press. palsave.hykucommons.org/concern/oers/4529f244-9d77-4316-95e8-38ca1a80fb82?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

L. Jeffery, S. Pamela, T. Rita, & B. Peggy. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning. https://palsave.hykucommons.org/concern/oers/4529f244-9d77-4316-95e8-38ca1a80fb82?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

LeMieux, Jeffery, Sachant, Pamela, Tekippe, Rita, and Blood, Peggy. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning. University of North Georgia Press. https://palsave.hykucommons.org/concern/oers/4529f244-9d77-4316-95e8-38ca1a80fb82?locale=en.

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