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Student toolkit

Part 1: The visual world : understanding the art you see. Discovering a world of art ; Developing visual literacy

Part 2: The formal elements and their design : describing the art you see. Line ; Shape and space ; Light and color ; Texture, time, and motion ; The principles of design

Part 3: The fine arts media : learning how art is made. Drawing ; Painting ; Printmaking ; Photography and time-based media ; Sculpture ; The craft media ; Architecture ; The design profession

Part 4: The visual record : placing the arts in historical context. The ancient world ; The age of faith ; The Renaissance through the Baroque ; The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ; From 1900 to the present

Part 5 :The themes of art : seeing continuity and change over time. Spiritual belief ; The cycle of life ; Love and sex ; The body, gender, and identity ; The individual and cultural identity ; Power ; Science, technology, and the environment

The critical process

Glossary.