1st Edition

Learning to Look at Modern Art

By Mary Acton Copyright 2004
360 Pages 25 Color & 137 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

408 Pages 25 Color & 137 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more
1: Introduction  Chapter 1: Picasso and Modernism  Chapter 2: The Dynamic View  Chapter 3: Duchamp and Conceptual Art  Chapter 4: Expressionism and Self-Expression  Chapter 5: New Concepts of Composition  Chapter 6: Space and Form  Chapter 7: Light and Colour  Chapter 8: Traditional Subjects  Chapter 9: Epilogue: Film, Photography and Fine Art 

Biography

Mary Acton