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Author | : Roger G. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Commemorates the achievements of the artists put to work by the government and explores how their art repaired the national sense of self. From publisher description.
Author | : Andy Pankhurst |
Publisher | : B.E.S. Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780764147883 |
(back cover) Why do some artworks stand head and shoulders above others? Exceptional art somehow satisfies viewers at a deeper level than more ordinary paintings and sculptures. WHEN ART REALLY WORKS showcases a selection of eighty outstanding masterworks from around the world and spanning the millennia, assessing just what it is that makes each of them so great. Some owe their greatness to composition or color, others offer profound insights into their human subjects, and some convey their message with extraordinary emotional impact. Andy Pankhurst and Lucinda Hawksley's succinct appraisals will open your eyes to the unique defining qualities of these key works, enabling you to appreciate groundbreaking talents that have emerged in every age.
Author | : Shannon Jackson |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2011-02-21 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1136979832 |
‘a game-changer, a must-read for scholars, students and artists alike’ – Tom Finkelpearl At a time when art world critics and curators heavily debate the social, and when community organizers and civic activists are reconsidering the role of aesthetics in social reform, this book makes explicit some of the contradictions and competing stakes of contemporary experimental art-making. Social Works is an interdisciplinary approach to the forms, goals and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art. Shannon Jackson uses a range of case studies and contemporary methodologies to mediate between the fields of visual and performance studies. The result is a brilliant analysis that not only incorporates current political and aesthetic discourses but also provides a practical understanding of social practice.
Author | : Ellen Winner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0190863358 |
"How Art Works explores puzzles that have preoccupied philosophers as well as the general public: Can art be defined? How do we decide what is good art? Why do we gravitate to sadness in art? Why do we devalue a perfect fake? Could 'my kid have done that'? Does reading fiction enhance empathy? Drawing on careful observations, probing interviews, and clever experiments, Ellen Winner reveals surprising answers to these and other artistic mysteries. We may come away with a new understanding of how art works on us."--Jacket.
Author | : Nicholas Wolterstorff |
Publisher | : Clarendon Library of Logic and |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
In this book the author treats art as an action performed by the artist as agent, rather than examining it from the point of view of its audience as contemplators.
Author | : Ann Kay |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-11-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1465468021 |
This engaging introduction to art appreciation for kids explores art history, themes in art, and art techniques, from cave paintings to modern art. Art and How It Works takes children on a journey through the history of art, from prehistoric paintings, Impressionism, and abstract art, through to the art of today. This bright and colorful book includes biographies of major artists, such as Fra Angelico and David Hockney, and cuts through the jargon that surrounds the art world to offer a fresh and accessible approach for children. Young readers will begin to notice and explore shapes, colors, patterns, styles, themes, and techniques. By taking a close look at famous paintings and answering the open-ended question prompts dotted throughout the book, kids will discover a new way to see and appreciate the art all around them.
Author | : Heikala |
Publisher | : 3dtotal Publishing |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2019-02 |
Genre | : Illustrators |
ISBN | : 9781909414815 |
This exquisitely presented hardback art book showcases the finest works and helpful thoughts of popular Finnish artist, Heikala.
Author | : DK |
Publisher | : Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2022-09-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0241607736 |
What goes into creating art? How can we learn to "read" paintings? What are the key elements of composition? An art ebook like no other, How Art Works uses practical graphics to demonstrate the techniques, styles, materials, and concepts that lie behind great art. It shows you how to interpret paintings, drawings, and sculptures, and reveals how art is made, laying out the key techniques and materials in visual detail. It also explains the nuts and bolts of the technical aspects behind art, such as perspective and composition, and shows how to identify major artistic styles and movements. Providing all you need to know to build on your artistic understanding and appreciation, this is the perfect ebook for art lovers - and for anyone who wants to know more about art but isn't sure where to begin.
Author | : Kelly Grovier |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 050023907X |
Bold and engaging predictions of which artists and artworks from the past two decades will endure through their power to question, provoke, and inspire Just as Picasso’s Guernica or Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa survive as powerful cultural documents of their time, there will be works from our own era that will endure for generations to come. Kelly Grovier curates a compelling list of one hundred paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, performances, and video pieces that have made the greatest impact from 1989 to the present. The global cast includes Marina Abramovic , Matthew Barney, Christian Boltanski, Louise Bourgeois, Maurizio Cattelan, Marlene Dumas, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Gursky, Cristina Iglesias, On Kawara, Jeff Koons, Ernesto Neto, Gerhard Richter, Pipilotti Rist, Kara Walker, and Ai Weiwei. Many of the pieces reflect the cultural upheavals of recent times, from the collapse of the Berlin Wall to the blossoming of the Arab Spring. A daring yet convincing analysis of which artworks best capture the zeitgeist of our time, Grovier’s list also provides a much-needed map through the landscape of contemporary art. Illustrations of key works are supplemented by comparative images, and short texts offer a biography of each artwork, tracing its inception and impact, and offering a view not only into the imagination of the artist but into the age in which we live.
Author | : Kelly Grovier |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-03-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0500295565 |
An exciting new critical voice explores what it is that makes great art great through an illuminating analysis of the world’s artistic masterpieces. From a carved mammoth tusk (ca. 40,000 BCE) to Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (1505–1510) to Duchamp’s Fountain (1917), a remarkable lexicon of astonishing imagery has imprinted itself onto the cultural consciousness of the past 40,000 years. Author Kelly Grovier devotes himself to illuminating these and more than fifty other seminal works in this radical new history of art. Stepping away from biography, style, and the chronology of “isms” that preoccupies most of art history, A New Way of Seeing invites a new interaction with art, one in which we learn from the artworks and not just about them. Grovier identifies that part of the artwork that bridges the divide between art and life and elevates its value beyond the visual to the vital. This book challenges the sensibility that conceives of artists as brands and the works they create as nothing more than material commodities to hoard, hide, and flip for profit. Lavishly illustrated with many of the most breathtaking and enduring artworks ever created, Kelly Grovier casts fresh light on these famous works by daring to isolate a single, and often overlooked, detail responsible for its greatness and power to move.