Author : Thomas Munro
Publisher : Cleveland : Press of Western Reserve University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Arts and Their Interrelations by : Thomas Munro
Download or read book The Arts and Their Interrelations written by Thomas Munro and published by Cleveland : Press of Western Reserve University. This book was released on 1967 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Arts and Their Interrelations" is the first book of its kind. It did much to stimulate the present educational trend toward comparative surveys of the arts. This enlarged edition opens the way to further progress in the understanding of the arts from a standpoint of content, form, and function. Most book on the arts today are highly specialized, focusing on one art form, artist, style, or collection. By contrast, "The Arts and Their Interrelations" deals with all the arts: the visual arts, literature, music, theater, film, and industrial arts. Dr. Munro offers a theoretical explanation of these arts which is applicable to works of any place and period. The nature of each major art form of today is outlined, and comparisons are made with earlier art forms with respect to media and psychological materials, to forms, techniques, and processes employed, and to functions served in society. A concise historical sketch of the changing concepts of art and systems of classification since the time of Plato is also presented. -- From publisher's description