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
