Visual Literacy Skills: How To See

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• Volume Info: 7,012

• Series: The Great Courses

• Year: 2019-09

• Pages: 160

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• Language: English

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• Toc: Professor Biography......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 5 Course Scope......Page 7 Lesson 1—Visual Power: What It Is and Why It Matters......Page 9 Visual Choices......Page 10 Slow Observation......Page 11 Lesson 2—Seeing as a Skill......Page 14 Process 1: How People See......Page 15 Process 3: Function and Context......Page 16 Representation, Abstraction, and Symbolism......Page 18 Lesson 3—Sensing and Perceiving: How You See......Page 20 The Physiology of Seeing......Page 21 Vision in the Brain......Page 22 Gestalt Principles......Page 23 Lesson 4—Should You Believe What You See?......Page 26 Cognitive Functions......Page 27 Optical Illusions......Page 28 Frank Lloyd Wright......Page 29 Interior Design......Page 30 Lesson 5—Representation and Illusion......Page 32 Ways of Seeing......Page 33 Drawings......Page 34 Lesson 6—Elements of Visual Syntax......Page 36 The Design Principles of Art......Page 37 Visual Syntax: The Damascus Room and the Magic Garden......Page 38 Visual Syntax: The Peacock Room and a Studio......Page 40 Conclusion......Page 42 Lesson 7—Visual Foundations: Dot, Line, and Shape......Page 44 Dots......Page 45 Shapes......Page 46 Lines, Shapes, and Dots in Action......Page 48 Lesson 8—Visual Foundations: Value......Page 50 Training the Eye to See Value......Page 51 Chiaroscuro, Sfumato, and Materials......Page 52 Making an Achromatic Gray Scale......Page 54 Creating Tints and Shades......Page 55 Vocabulary Terms......Page 56 Lesson 9—Visual Foundations: Color......Page 58 Color and the Eye......Page 59 Three Aspects of Color......Page 60 Picking Colors......Page 61 Vocabulary Terms......Page 62 Lesson 10—Visual Foundations: Texture......Page 64 The Body’s Perception of Texture......Page 65 Implied Texture......Page 66 Lesson 11—Visual Foundations: Space......Page 70 The Picture Plane......Page 71 Tools for Artists and Designers......Page 72 Linear Perspective......Page 73 Oblique Projection and Isometric Projection......Page 74 Lesson 12—Thinking in Three Dimensions......Page 76 High Relief Art......Page 77 Clothing Design......Page 78 Lesson 13—Building in Three Dimensions......Page 80 Volume, Mass, and Strength......Page 81 Scale and Proportion......Page 82 Case Study: A Tiny House......Page 83 Lesson 14—The Limits of Space: Visual Landscapes......Page 86 Linear Perspective......Page 87 Oblique or Axonometric Projection......Page 88 Landscapes of Nature......Page 89 Unique Experiences.