How to Read Paintings: A Crash Course in Meaning and Method - Brossura

Rideal, Liz

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1472525124 ISBN 13: 9781472525123

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2014

Riassunto

A concise introduction to paintings in the Western European tradition, through the stories of 50 powerful artworks by artists from Van Gogh to da Vinci.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Liz Rideal is an artist and writer. She is a Reader in Fine Art in the Painting Department at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK, and a lecturer and educational resource writer at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has exhibited widely in Europe and the USA, including two major retrospectives. Her own artwork is held in public collections including the Tate, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, Yale Center for British Art, the Portland Art Museum and George Eastman House. She is the author of Mirror Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists (2001) and Insights: Self-Portraits (2005).

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How to Read Paintings is a valuable visual guide to Western European painting. Through a gallery of artworks accompanied by informative commentary, it enables readers to swiftly develop their understanding of the grammar and vocabulary of painting, and to discover how to look at diverse paintings in detail, closely reading their meanings and methods. In the first part of the book, the Grammar of Paintings, the author reveals how to read paintings by considering five key areas: shape and support, medium and materials, composition, style and technique, and signs and symbols, as well as the role of the artist. In the second part, we explore fifty paintings through extracted details, accompanied by insightful commentary, training the reader and viewer to understand context and discover meaning within art.As a collection, the pictures featured in How to Read Paintings have a strong relationship with one another, and underpin the story of painting. This book will be a valuable tool whether you are viewing the real thing on a gallery wall, or simply reading around the subject to learn more about Western art. - See more at: http://bloomsbury.com/uk/how-to-read-paintings-9781472525123/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_content=More%20Info&utm_campaign=How%20to%20Read%20Paintings#sthash.ivRRsUqI.dpuf

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1472525124
• ISBN 13: 9781472525123
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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