Art
by
Cumming, Robert.
Title
:
Art
Author
:
Cumming, Robert.
ISBN
:
9781405310543
9780756613587
Personal Author
:
Cumming, Robert.
Publication Information
:
London : Dorling Kindersley, 2005.
Physical Description
:
512 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series
:
Eyewitness companions
Eyewitness companions.
Contents
:
Introduction -- Introducing art -- What is art? -- Media and materials -- The history of art -- Early art -- Gothic and Early Renaissance -- High Renaissance and mannerism -- The Baroque era -- From Rococo to Neo-Classicism -- Romantic and academic art -- Modernism -- Contemporary art -- Glossary -- Index.
Abstract
:
This book tries to capture the involvement of the audience in informed discussion or exchange of opinions about a particular work of art, or specific issues. Also to address the four basic questions usually asked: 1. What should I look for? What are the key features in a Picasso, Rembrandt, Raphael or a Turner. 2. What is going on? What is the story? Who is Hercules? What is the Nativity? Who is that girl with a broken wheel? Who is the man abducting the woman who looks like a tree? Does that big red square mean anything? 3. What is its value? Am I looking an ten pounds, ten thousand pounds, one million, ten million? 4. Is it any good? And in front of a pile of bricks or an unmade bed, am I being taken for a ride?
Subject Term
:
Art -- Encyclopedias.
Art appreciation.
Artists.
Art. (OCoLC)fst00815177
Art appreciation. (OCoLC)fst00815447
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| RC Braamfontein | General Books | 000016966 | 701.1 CUM | 1 |
| RC Pretoria CBD | General Books | 000030242 | 701.1 CUM | 1 |