How to Read Art: A Crash Course in Understanding and

How to Read Art: A Crash Course in Understanding and Interpreting Paintings

This charmingly illustrated, highly informative field guide to understanding art history is small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers. This seventh entry in the hugely popular How to Read series is a one-stop guide to understanding the worldâ€™s great artworks. The book explains the aesthetics of schools of painting from the Renaissance masters and Impressionists to the Cubists and Modernists. It enables readers to develop swiftly an understanding of the vocabulary of painting and to discover how to look at diverse paintings in detail.In the first part of the book, the author reveals how to read paintings by considering five key areas: shape and support, style and medium, compositional devices, genre, and the meaning of recurring motifs and symbols. The second part explores fifty paintings through extracted details, accompanied by insightful commentary, training the reader and viewer to understand context and discover meaning within art. How to Read Art is the perfect companion for anyone interested in paintings and a book that no art loverâ€™s home should be without.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Rizzoli Universe
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2015-04-14
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780789329165

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Rizzoli Universe
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2015-04-14
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780789329165

How to Read Art: A Crash Course in Understanding and Interpreting Paintings