Description
| Product ID: | 9780415238120 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Learning to Look at Modern Art |
| Authors: | Author: Mary Acton |
| Page Count: | 360 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 - |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This companion text to the author's Learning to Look at Paintings addresses some of the questions most commonly asked about modern art, covering key movements of the modern and postmodern periods in a richly illustrated and engaging volume. This companion volume to the author''s Learning to Look at Paintings suggests that the best way to understand modern art is to look closely at it, and to consider the different elements that make up each art work: composition, space and form, light and colour, and subject matter. Engaging and beautifully-written, this guide to art of the modern and postmodern period covers key art movements including:
The book is richly illustrated with colour and black and white images by the artists, designers and architects discussed, ranging from Picasso and Matisse to Le Corbusier, Andy Warhol and Rachel Whiteread. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-05-27 |
