Previous edition: Jacaranda, 2000
Includes index

Table of contents includes: Nature
Abstraction
The imagination
The figure
Technology
Cultural comment
Architecture

YEARS 11 - 12 Senior Artwise 2 is a new resource in the popular Senior Artwise series, expanding the range of material to support the Stage 6 Visual Arts syllabus in New South Wales. This text features a fresh selection of artists, with an increased focus on contemporary Australian and Asian examples, as well as some early European artists, and modern European and American artists. Senior Artwise 2 is designed to help students achieve the HSC course outcomes and develop their awareness of the frames, conceptual framework and artistic practice. The key features of this text also make it a valuable resource for teachers and students of Visual Arts everywhere. They include: High-quality colour reproductions of at least two examples of each artist's works Stimulating descriptions of artist's lives, influences and aspects of artmaking practice a careful selection of artist's statements as well as extracts from articles and reviews of art historians and critics Vocabularly lists and questions accompanying the extracts to help students to analyse and interpret art criticism and art history Exam-style short-answer questions, essay topics, enrichment tasks and some sample student responses Ideas for make art, and suggested sources for further research (such as books, articles and websites) to aid students' own investigations of critical and historical cases.