Learning to Look at Paintings
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Book Overview
Learning to Look at Paintings is an accessible guide to the study and appraisal of paintings, drawings and prints. Mary Acton shows how you can develop visual, analytical and historical skills in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0415148901
ISBN13:9780415148900
Release Date:March 1997
Publisher:Routledge
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Easy to read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is written in a plain, clear style---it is a good reference book to look up anything about art. The chapters are short.
Informative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I enjoyed this book on the principles and elements of design. I think she selected exemplary pictures to illustrate her point. I especially enjoyed the chapter on "subject matter". The only drawback of this book was having to flip back and forth from the reading to the painting. Also, she talked about some of the paintings color combinations that were printed in black and white. In the paperback version some of the details of the paintings were lost because they were reproduced on a small scale. Overall, though I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about design elements.
Fine introduction
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Composition, space, form, tone, color, subject-matter, and other pictorial elements of the plastic arts are considered and their interrelationships explained in this handy introduction, with over ninety well-chosen illustrations, some in color. The author, an experienced art teacher, has also included illuminating essays on drawing and its purposes, looking at prints, a handy glossary of art terms, and references for further reading. Highly recommended as eminently suitable for an Introduction to Art course, and for anyone else interested in learning to see more in paintings. (The "score" rating is an unfortunately ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)
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