This comprehensive introduction to the elements and principles of design explores the process of making art as the process of making meaning.Making Art: Form and Meaningoffers a framework for understanding how all the aspects of an artwork--subject matter, medium, form, process, and contexts--interact. The text's wide array of examples and emphasis on late-modernism and postmodern art gives students a thorough look at the expressive possibilities of design elements and principles, including their use in computer-based, time-based, and lens-based media. With artist quotes, clearly defined key terms, and a chapter dedicated to studio critiques, it provides students with a solid foundation for both making and discussing art.