Appreciating Art - New / 3rd Edition (2021)

Written by the authors of the best-selling Leaving Certificate Art textbook, Appreciating Art, New Appreciating Art has everything you need to cover Visual Studies and prepare for the written exam.

• All Sections of Focus are covered to provide you with maximum choice and to provide ample inspiration for practical work
• All chapters in the Europe and Ireland Content Areas are carefully structured under the six elements as headings, to ensure that learning is aligned to the requirements of the specification
• Illustrated timelines at the start of each unit place the artistic movements in context
• Up-to-date content with units on Modernism and Post-1960s Art and a section on Today’s World with ‘Meet the Artist’ profiles on contemporary Irish artists
• Attractive design, images and layout, student-friendly writing, key terms and definitions and a glossary make the content accessible and support the use of critical and visual language
• A useful Introduction to Visual Studies and engaging Research, Create and Respond activities integrate the practical and theoretical parts of the course and support learning across all strands
• Annotated photos and artworks with composition analysis diagrams foster analytical skills
• Chapter Reviews include questions that increase in difficulty from fact retrieval to open-ended higher-order questions and questions on unseen pieces of artwork to allow for differentiation

Free eBook of this textbook: See inside front cover for details. Gill Education eBooks can be accessed both online and offline!

Digital Resources

New Appreciating Art is supported by a suite of digital resources, all easily accessible on www.gillexplore.ie:

• Extra in-depth material for selected Sections of Focus
• A PowerPoint presentation for each unit
• Carefully chosen web links and videos
• Printable timeline posters for each period
• Editable planning documents