How To Understand A Painting
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How To Understand A Painting
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Author : Francoise Barbe-Gall
language : en
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Release Date : 2011-07-26
How To Understand A Painting written by Francoise Barbe-Gall and has been published by Frances Lincoln this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-26 with Art categories.
Choosing ten symbols from the natural world (the sun, the shell, the bird) and ten man-made (the window, the book, the mirror), Françoise Barbe-Gall illuminates our understanding of how these have been used and developed in art from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century, with sixty-eight wonderfully vivid examples. Painting has always made abundant use of forms and objects to convey abstract ideas: love, hope for eternal life, loyalty or betrayal. These recurring motifs, which were familiar to many in the past, have mostly become mysterious to the audiences of today. Today's art-lover will have to learn to look out for all the small things that can so easily seem like unimportant details, or simply decoration. But a flower, a reflection in a mirror or a bird in flight nearly always mean more than they first appear to. From Holbein's apple of knowledge to the black cat at the foot of Manet's Olympia, from Magritte's mysterious candles to Georgia O'Keeffe's flowers, this book shows how each work makes use of the language of symbols in an original and more meaningful way.
How To Read A Painting
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Author : Patrick De Rynck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-12-07
How To Read A Painting written by Patrick De Rynck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-07 with Art categories.
This book decodes the imagery of more than 150 of the most influential and admired artworks of all time.
How To Read Paintings
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Author : Liz Rideal
language : en
Publisher: Herbert Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
How To Read Paintings written by Liz Rideal and has been published by Herbert Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with categories.
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.
How To Read Chinese Paintings
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Author : Maxwell K. Hearn
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2008
How To Read Chinese Paintings written by Maxwell K. Hearn and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
"Together the text and illustrations gradually reveal many of the major themes and characteristics of Chinese painting. To "read" these works is to enter a dialogue with the past. Slowly perusing a scroll or album, one shares an intimate experience that has been repeated over the centuries. And it is through such readings that meaning is gradually revealed."--BOOK JACKET.
How To Look At A Painting
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Author : Justin Paton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
How To Look At A Painting written by Justin Paton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Painting categories.
This book needs no introduction. Out of stock for several months, it now returns by popular demand - with an eye-catching new cover by Awa Press Young Designer of the Year Keely O'Shannessy and expanded illustration section - and still at the same RRP! Justin Paton's brilliant TV series has had repeated screenings during 2011 and 2012 on TV One and TVNZ7, and won a whole new audience for this acclaimed art writer. How to Look at a Painting was declared one of the Best Books of the Year by many, including the Listener. Raves include: 'A cultural exploration that deserves to become a classic' The Press 'Paton is a brilliant stylist. The intimate, almost confidential address to the reader is one of the book's strengths' The Dominion Post 'Nothing gets between Paton and a painting ...... a lively and sensual stylist with a knack for making you feel his enthusiasms' Listener 'If you've ever gone to an exhibition and felt intimidated, underwhelmed or just plain confused - and haven't we all? - this is the book for you' Leaf Salon
How To Read A Painting
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
How To Read A Painting written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Art criticism categories.
Learning art criticism skills to enrich the museum experience.
Understanding Paintings
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Author : Alexander Sturgis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Understanding Paintings written by Alexander Sturgis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Painting categories.
Bringing together Western paintings from medieval to modern times, this title takes a thematic approach to art. With topics including religious paintings, portaiture, allegory and abstract art, the paintings are located within their cultural history.
Understanding Paintings
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Author : Frederick Malins
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1981
Understanding Paintings written by Frederick Malins and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Composition (Art) categories.
How To Read Art
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Author : Liz Rideal
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2015-04-14
How To Read Art written by Liz Rideal and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-14 with Art categories.
This charmingly illustrated, highly informative field guide to understanding art history is small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers. This seventh entry in the hugely popular How to Read series is a one-stop guide to understanding the world’s great artworks. The book explains the aesthetics of schools of painting from the Renaissance masters and Impressionists to the Cubists and Modernists. It enables readers to develop swiftly an understanding of the vocabulary of painting and to discover how to look at diverse paintings in detail.In the first part of the book, the author reveals how to read paintings by considering five key areas: shape and support, style and medium, compositional devices, genre, and the meaning of recurring motifs and symbols. The second part explores fifty paintings through extracted details, accompanied by insightful commentary, training the reader and viewer to understand context and discover meaning within art. How to Read Art is the perfect companion for anyone interested in paintings and a book that no art lover’s home should be without.
How To Look At A Painting
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Author : Fran oise Barbe-Gall
language : en
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Release Date : 2011-03-01
How To Look At A Painting written by Fran oise Barbe-Gall and has been published by Frances Lincoln this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Art categories.
Which of us, in the presence of a painting, has not felt that we lack the keys to decipher it? We feel an emotional response, but the work still seems to evade our understanding. Francoise Barbe-Gall combines a nuanced understanding of the way viewers respond to paintings with a rich knowledge of their context and circumstances of their creation. The result is like a tour of an extraordinary museum in the company of a gentle yet authoritative guide. A fascinating range of works are grouped in six thought-provoking chapters that examine our different responses to the ways in which paintings define reality.ÿ The author takes as her point of departure the impressions that we all feel when confronted by a canvas and takes us on a voyage of discovery fired by her own passionate enthusiasm for the subject. What is the painting's relationship with the real world? Has the artist idealized nature, or distorted it? Did they want to shock the viewer, or provide consolation? With a clear approach and straightforward yet subtle analysis, the meaning of each work slowly becomes clear. From Raphael's penetrating character study of Castiglione, through Hopper's cinematic take on the wee small hours of the morning, Barbe-Gall begins by covering a number of ostensibly realistic works, made from the stuff of everyday life. Going in quite the other direction, she then looks at the way paintings can express moments of heightened reality, from the perfection of Boticelli's Primavera to the arresting glance of Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring. She discusses paintings that distort the visible world (Parmigianino's Madonna with an improbably long neck, Dali's melting clocks) and those that sow confusion to make us pay closer attention to the real world (Cezanne's depiction of a forest glade, a mysterious fifteenth century altarpiece). Questions of history, style, iconography and composition are dealt in context of the paintings she discusses. Lavishly illustrated and featuring thirty-six fascinating works from Raphael to Rothko, Breughel to Bacon, this is also a magnificent art book.