Arts Textbooks
Guide to Ancient Aegean Art
Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker
Publisher: Smarthistory
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Aegean, including Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean art.
(1 review)
Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema
Contributor: Sharman
Publisher: University of Arkansas
Textbook for 1000- level Communication course: Introduction to Films Studies
(8 reviews)
Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art
Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker
Publisher: Smarthistory
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Egyptian art.
(1 review)
Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art
Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker
Publisher: Smarthistory
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian / Ur III, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian art.
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Sight-Reading for Guitar
Contributor: Green
Publisher: Rebus Community
Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds to understand, read and play modern staff notation in real time. The Keep Going Method is designed to impart the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency, fun and encouragement. The skill of sight-reading is a difficult to develop, primarily because it is traditionally taught inefficiently. Further, students encounter high levels of emotional discomfort in the beginning stages of skill acquisition. The method in this book is designed to impart the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency, clarity and encouragement. All types of guitars apply: electric, steel-string and nylon-string.
(1 review)
An Introduction to Technical Theatre
Contributor: Sanders
Publisher: Pacific University Press
An Introduction to Technical Theatre draws on the author’s experience in both the theatre and the classroom over the last 30 years. Intended as a resource for both secondary and post-secondary theatre courses, this text provides a comprehensive overview of technical theatre, including terminology and general practices.
(9 reviews)
Music Fundamentals 1: Pitch and Major Scales and Keys
Contributors: Ewell and Schmidt-Jones
Publisher: OpenStax CNX
This collection is the first of five dealing with the rudiments of music.
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Music Fundamentals 2: Rhythm and Meter
Contributors: Ewell and Schmidt-Jones
Publisher: OpenStax CNX
This collection is the second of five dealing with the rudiments of music.
(6 reviews)
Sound Reasoning
Contributors: Brandt and McClure
Publisher: OpenStax CNX
“Sound Reasoning” is a web-based, introductory music appreciation course. It offers a new approach to music appreciation for adults, focusing on style-independent concepts. While the course concentrates primarily on Western classical and modern music, the concepts that are introduced apply to music of any style or era. The goal of “Sound Reasoning” is to equip you with questions that you may ask of any piece of music, thereby creating a richer and more comprehensive understanding of music both familiar and unfamiliar. Here are some additional features of the course. 1) ”Sound Reasoning” is completely listening based. No ability to read music is required. 2) The course assumes little or no musical background. A minimum of terminology is invoked. 3) Musical examples are interpolated directly into the text. 4) The course is interactive. A “listening gallery” with exercises follows each module, so that you may practice and refine your listening skills. 5) The modules may be studied in sequence or individually. 6)You may easily print a .pdf of any module.. “Sound Reasoning” is designed as both a stand-alone, self-paced course as well as a supplement to existing university classes.
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Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What’s so exciting about movies?
Contributor: Reich
Publisher: Open SUNY
Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students' learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.
(14 reviews)