Designed for courses in Creativity, Two-, Three- or Four-Dimensional Design, Launching the Imagination offers
a comprehensive framework on which students, teachers, and administrators can build. The approach in this third
edition is refined, distilled, and updated, using over 600 examples drawn from traditional and contemporary sources.
Interviews of artists and designers, known as Profiles, introduce students to working processes, career choices,
and criteria for excellence from a remarkable group of masters.
Launching the Imagination is available in a comprehensive volume treating 2D design, Creativity and Problem-solving,
3D design, and time-based (4D) design; or in split volumes containing either 2D or 3D design, plus the material
on Creativity and Problem-solving.
This edition of Launching the Imagination moves the content of the Core Concepts in Art CD-ROM to the Online Learning
Center. With free access, this website, which engages students interactively with the elements and principles of
art through numerous interactive exercises, has been re-organized and expanded.
Preface Introduction **PART 1: TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN *
CHAPTER 1: BASIC ELEMENTS Line Shape Texture Value Profile: Phillia Yi, Printmaker
CHAPTER 2: THE ELEMENT OF COLOR Color Theory Color Physics Color Interaction Defining Color Color Schemes Composing
with Color Color, Emotion, and Expression Profile: Ann Baddley Keister, Fiber Artist
CHAPTER 3: PRINCIPLES OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN Unity and Variety Balance Scale and Proportion Rhythm Movement
Emphasis Profile: Ken Botnick, Graphic Designer
CHAPTER 4: ILLUSION OF SPACE AND ILLUSION OF MOTION Creating the Illusion of Space Animated Space: Constructing
Mulan The Illusion of Movement Profile: Ken Stout, Painter PART 2: CONCEPTS AND CRITICAL THINKING
CHAPTER 5: CULTIVATING CREATIVITY Design and Creativity Seven Characteristics of Creative Thinking Goal Setting
Time Management Profile: Nancy Callahan, Artist; and Diane Gallo, Writer
CHAPTER 6: PROBLEM SEEKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING Problem Seeking Convergent and Divergent Thinking Brainstorming
Visual Research Variations on a Theme An Open Mind Habits of Mind Habits of Work Profile: Heidi Lasher-Oakes, Sculptor
CHAPTER 7: DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING Establishing Criteria Form, Subject, and Contents Stop, Look, Listen, Learn
Types of Critiques Developing a Long-Term Project Turn up the Heat: Pushing Your Project's Potential Concept and
Composition Accepting Responsibility Profile: Bob Dacey, Illustrator
CHAPTER 8: CONSTRUCTING MEANING Building Bridges Purpose and Intent Context Connections Aesthetics Drama Profile:
Roger Shimomura, Painter PART 3: THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN
CHAPTER 9: ELEMENTS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN Defining Form Form and Function Orthographic Projection Degrees
of Dimensionality Line Plane Volume Mass Space Texture Light Color Time The Complexity of Three-Dimensional Design
Profile: Rick Paul, Sculptor
CHAPTER 10 PRINCIPLES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN Unity and Variety Balance Scale Proportion Emphasis Repetition
and Rhythm Profile: Marilyn da Silva, Metalsmith
CHAPTER 11: MATERIALS AND METHODS Choice of Materials Connections Transitions Traditional Materials, Contemporary
Uses Student Materials Materials and Meanings Profile: David MacDonald, Ceramicist
CHAPTER 12: PHYSICAL AND CEREBRAL
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