Theory

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Cynthia Freeland - But Is It Art__ An Introduction to Art Theory (2002)

Architecture

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Francis D.K. Ching - Architecture_ Form, Space, & Order (2014)

1 Primary Elements

  • Primary Elements
  • Point
  • Point Elements
  • Two Points
  • Line
  • Linear Elements
  • Linear Elements Defining Planes
  • From Line to Plane
  • Plane
  • Planar Elements
  • Volume
  • Volumetric Elements

2 Form

  • Form
  • Properties of Form
  • Shape
  • Primary Shapes
  • Circle
  • Triangle
  • Square
  • Surfaces
  • Curved Surfaces
  • Primary Solids
  • Regular & Irregular Forms
  • Transformation of Form
  • Dimensional Transformation
  • Subtractive Form
  • Subtractive & Additive Forms
  • Additive Form
  • Centralized Form
  • Linear Form
  • Radial Form
  • Clustered Form
  • Grid Form
  • Formal Collisions of Geometry
  • Circle & Square
  • Rotated Grid
  • Articulation of Form
  • Edges & Corners
  • Corners
  • Surface Articulation

3 Form & Space

  • Form & Space
  • Form & Space: Unity of Opposites
  • Form Defining Space
  • Horizontal Elements Defining Space
  • Base Plane
  • Elevated Base Plane
  • Depressed Base Plane
  • Overhead Plane
  • Vertical Elements Defining Space
  • Vertical Linear Elements
  • Single Vertical Plane
  • L-Shaped Configuration of Planes
  • L-Shaped Planes
  • Parallel Vertical Planes
  • Parallel Planes
  • U-Shaped Planes
  • Four Planes: Closure
  • Four Planes: Enlosure
  • Openings in Space-Defining Elements
  • Openings within Planes
  • Openings at Corners
  • Openings between Planes
  • Qualities of Architectural Space
  • Degree of Enclosure
  • Light
  • View

4 Organization

  • Organization of Form & Space
  • Spatial Relationships
  • Space within a Space
  • Interlocking Spaces
  • Adjacent Spaces
  • Spaces Linked by a Common Space
  • Spatial Organizations
  • Centralized Organizations
  • Linear Organizations
  • Radial Organizations
  • Clustered Organizations
  • Grid Organizations

5 Circulation

  • Circulation: Movement through Space
  • Circulation Elements
  • Approach
  • Entrance
  • Configuration of the Path
  • Path-Space Relationships
  • Form of the Circulation Space

6 Proportion & Scale

  • Proportion & Scale
  • Material Proportions
  • Structural Proportions
  • Manufactured Proportions
  • Proportioning Systems
  • Golden Section
  • Regulating Lines
  • Classical Orders
  • Renaissance Theories
  • Modulor
  • Ken
  • Anthropometry
  • Scale
  • Visual Scale
  • Human Scale
  • A Scalar Comparison

7 Principles

  • Ordering Principles
  • Axis
  • Symmetry
  • Hierarchy
  • Datum
  • Rhythm
  • Repetition
  • Transformation
  • Conclusion

History of Art

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Fred S. Kleiner-Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History (2012)
  • Introduction: What is Art History?
    • Art History in the 21st Century
    • Different Ways of Seeing
  • 1: Art before History
    • Framing the Era: The Dawn of Art
    • Paleolithic Art
    • Neolithic Art
    • The Big Picture: Art before History
  • 2: Mesopotamia and Persia
    • Framing the Era: The Cradle of Civilization
    • Mesopotamia
    • Persia
    • The Big Picture: Mesopotamia and Persia
  • 3: Egypt under the Pharaohs
    • Framing the Era: Divine Kingship on the Nile
    • Egypt and Egyptology
    • Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods
    • Old Kingdom
    • Middle Kingdom
    • New Kingdom
    • First Millennium BCE
    • The Big Picture: Egypt under the Pharaohs
  • 4: The Prehistoric Aegean
    • Framing the Era: Greece in the Age of Heroes
    • Greece before Homer
    • Cycladic Art
    • Minoan Art
    • Mycenaean Art
    • The Big Picture: The Prehistoric Aegean
  • 5: Ancient Greece
    • Framing the Era: The Perfect Temple
    • The Greeks and Their Gods
    • Geometric and Orientalizing Periods
    • Archaic Period
    • Early and High Classical Periods
    • Late Classical Period
    • Hellenistic Period
    • The Big Picture: Ancient Greece
  • 6: The Etruscans
    • Framing the Era: The Rediscovery of Etruscan Art
    • Etruria and the Etruscans
    • Early Etruscan Art
    • Later Etruscan Art
    • The Big Picture: The Etruscans
  • 7: The Roman Empire
    • Framing the Era: The Ancient World's Greatest Empire
    • Rome, Caput Mundi
    • Republic
    • Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius
    • Early Empire
    • High Empire
    • Late Empire
    • The Big Picture: The Roman Empire
  • 8: Late Antiquity
    • Framing the Era: Romans, Jews, and Christians
    • The Late Antique World
    • Dura-Europos and Jewish Art
    • The Catacombs and Funerary Art
    • Architecture and Mosaics
    • Luxury Arts
    • The Big Picture: Late Antiquity
  • 9: Byzantium
    • Framing the Era: Church and State United
    • The Christian Roman Empire
    • Early Byzantine Art
    • Middle Byzantine Art
    • Late Byzantine Art
    • The Big Picture: Byzantium
  • 10: The Islamic World
    • Framing the Era: The Rise and Spread of Islam
    • Early Islamic Art
    • Later Islamic Art
    • The Big Picture: The Islamic World
  • 11: Early Medieval Europe
    • Framing the Era: Missionaries Spread Christian Art
    • Art of the Warrior Lords
    • Hiberno-Saxon Art
    • Visigothic and Mozarabic Art
    • Carolingian Art
    • Ottonian Art
    • The Big Picture: Early Medieval Europe
  • 12: Romanesque Europe
    • Framing the Era: The Rebirth of Monumental Sculpture
    • European Culture in the New Millennium
    • France and Northern Spain
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • Italy
    • Normandy and England
    • The Big Picture: Romanesque Europe
  • 13: Gothic Europe
    • Framing the Era: The Age of the Great Cathedrals
    • France
    • England
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • The Big Picture: Gothic Europe
  • 14: Late Medieval Italy
    • Framing the Era: Late Medieval or Proto-Renaissance?
    • 13th Century
    • 14th Century
    • The Big Picture: Late Medieval Italy
  • 15: South and Southeast Asia before 1200
    • Framing the Era: The Life of the Buddha
    • South Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • The Big Picture: South and Southeast Asia before 1200
  • 16: China and Korea to 1279
    • Framing the Era: Chinese Silk for the Afterlife
    • China
    • Korea
    • The Big Picture: China and Korea before 1280
  • 17: Japan before 1333
    • Framing the Era: Buddhism Spreads to Japan
    • Japan before Buddhism
    • Buddhist Japan
    • The Big Picture: Japan before 1333
  • 18: Native Arts of the Americas before 1300
    • Framing the Era: Ancient Cities in a New World
    • The Ancient Americas
    • Mesoamerica
    • Intermediate Area
    • South America
    • North America
    • The Big Picture: Native Arts of the Americas before 1300
  • 19: Africa before 1800
    • Framing the Era: Sacred Kingship in Benin
    • African Peoples and Art Forms
    • Prehistory and Early Cultures
    • 11th to 18th Centuries
    • The Big Picture: Africa before 1800
  • 20: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe
    • Framing the Era: The Virgin in a Flemish Home
    • Northern Europe in the 15th Century
    • Burgundy and Flanders
    • France
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • The Big Picture: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe
  • 21: The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy
    • Framing the Era: Medici Patronage and Classical Learning
    • Renaissance Humanism
    • Florence
    • The Princely Courts
    • The Big Picture: The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy
  • 22: Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy
    • Framing the Era: Michelangelo in the Service of Julius II
    • High and Late Renaissance
    • Mannerism
    • The Big Picture: Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy
  • 23: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain
    • Framing the Era: Earthly Delights in the Netherlands
    • Northern Europe in the 16th Century
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • France
    • The Netherlands
    • Spain
    • The Big Picture: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain
  • 24: The Baroque in Italy and Spain
    • Framing the Era: Baroque Art and Spectacle
    • "Baroque" Art and Architecture
    • Italy
    • Spain
    • The Big Picture: The Baroque in Italy and Spain
  • 25: The Baroque in Northern Europe
    • Framing the Era: Still-Life Painting in the Dutch Republic
    • War and Trade in Northern Europe
    • Flanders
    • Dutch Republic
    • France
    • England
    • The Big Picture: The Baroque in Northern Europe
  • 26: Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18th Century in Europe and America
    • Framing the Era: Art and Science in the Era of Enlightenment
    • A Century of Revolutions
    • Rococo
    • The Enlightenment
    • "Natural" Art
    • Neoclassicism
    • The Big Picture: Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18th Century in Europe and America
  • 27: Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870
    • Framing the Era: Napoleon at Jaffa
    • Art under Napoleon
    • Romanticism
    • Realism
    • Architecture
    • Photography
    • The Big Picture: Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870
  • 28: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900
    • Framing the Era: Impressions of Modern Life
    • Marxism, Darwinism, Modernism
    • Impressionism
    • Post-Impressionism
    • Symbolism
    • Sculpture
    • Architecture and Decorative Arts
    • The Big Picture: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900
  • 29: Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945
    • Framing the Era: Global War, Anarchy, and Dada
    • Global Upheaval and Artistic Revolution
    • Europe, 1900 to 1920
    • United States, 1900 to 1930
    • Europe, 1920 to 1945
    • United States and Mexico, 1930 to 1945
    • The Big Picture: Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945
  • 30: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980
    • Framing the Era: Art and Consumer Culture
    • The Aftermath of World War II
    • Painting, Sculpture, and Photography
    • Architecture and Site-Specific Art
    • Performance and Conceptual Art and New Media
    • The Big Picture: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980
  • 31: Contemporary Art Worldwide
    • Framing the Era: Art as Sociopolitical Message
    • Social and Political Art
    • Other Movements and Themes
    • Architecture and Site-Specific Art
    • New Media
    • The Big Picture: Contemporary Art Worldwide
  • 32: South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980
    • Framing the Era: Painting at the Mughal Imperial Court
    • India
    • Southeast Asia
    • The Big Picture: South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980
  • 33: China and Korea, 1279 to 1980
    • Framing the Era: The Forbidden City
    • China
    • Korea
    • The Big Picture: China and Korea, 1279 to 1980
  • 34: Japan, 1336 to 1980
    • Framing the Era: Famous Views of Edo
    • Muromachi
    • Momoyama
    • Edo
    • Meiji and Showa
    • The Big Picture: Japan, 1336 to 1980
  • 35: Native Arts of the Americas, 1300 to 1980
    • Framing the Era: The Founding of Tenochtitlan
    • Mesoamerica
    • South America
    • North America
    • The Big Picture: Native Arts of the Americas after 1300
  • 36: Oceania before 1980
    • Framing the Era: Maori Men's Meetinghouses
    • Island Cultures of the South Pacific
    • Australia and Melanesia
    • Micronesia
    • Polynesia
    • The Big Picture: Oceania before 1980
  • 37: Africa, 1800 to 1980
    • Framing the Era: Kalabari Ijaw Ancestral Screens
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
    • The Big Picture: Africa, 1800 to 1980