Looking at pictures can be a delightful, exciting or moving experience, but some pictures - and these are often the most rewarding - require some explanation before they can be fully understood. Delving into the origins, designs and themes of over 100 pictures from different periods and places, this book illuminates the art of looking at - and talking about - pictures. Woodford shows how you can read a picture by examining the formal and stylistic devices used by an artist, and explores popular themes and subject matters, and the relationship of pictures to the societies that produced them. The book is supplemented by a glossary of key terms, ranging from art movements and technical terms to religious and classical terminology, to give readers all the information they need at their fingertips.
By:
Susan Woodford Imprint: Thames & Hudson Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 410g ISBN:9780500293218 ISBN 10: 050029321X Series:Art Essentials Pages: 176 Publication Date:01 April 2018 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active