The 12-hour art expert : everything you need to know about art in a dozen masterpieces
Charney, Noah2022
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Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not "get" it? Already a fan and wishing to immerse yourself in a fun, engaging, informative and informed read that will refresh and top up your Art History 101 and Introduction to Art courses from college? The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces avoids the common approach of throwing hundreds of images at a reader and expecting them to learn from and memorize them all. Instead, the book will guide its readers through a brief series of masterpieces of Western art-from cave paintings to sharks in formaldehyde. The book's twelve chapters teach readers about art, the art trade, and art history in a thorough (though concise) fashion. Each chapter is linked to one notable masterpiece, with references to others, giving readers a fixed, digestible number of objects that they will get to know in depth, and which they can use as a lens to understand the thousands of other, related objects that they might encounter in the future. Museums can be daunting, and art presents a strange new language, one that certainly intrigues but is often intimidating and foreign. This book, written by one of the world's best-known art historians uses entertaining stories to break down intimidating barriers and invites readers of all ages for a one-stop immersion into art.
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Author:
Charney, Noah, author
Imprint:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]©2022
Collation:
xi, 169 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index.
Contents:
Art is for AllIs It Even Art? Defining Art and the Human Need for CreativityArt as Object and TechniqueFind Crivelli's Pickle. Saint Spotting 101, Iconography and the Covert Language of ArtThe Isms Cheat Sheet in thirty PaintingsThe "Complete"(ish) History of SculptureWhen Bad Things Happen to Good Art: Conservation, Loss and CrimeA Digital Light in the Forest: High-Tech Art History Reveals SecretsWhat Would Freud Say? Art, Psychoanalysis and NeuroscienceArt and Value: The Art Market, Digitalization and How to Shop for ArtArt History as Mystery: New Discoveries (and What Happens When the Experts Get it Wrong)The Future of Art.
ISBN:
9781538156599 (hbk)9781538156599
Dewey class:
701.18
LC class:
N7477
Language:
English
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BRN:
536986
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft | 701.18 CHA | Available |