A Short Book About Art (Expanded Edition)
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Tate Publishing
Publishing:3rd Apr '25
£15.00
This title is due to be published on 3rd April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The bestselling survey of art history, newly expanded with additional artworks and fresh commentary across six overarching themes: looking, materials, mind, devotion, power, and sex.
How is art made? How can we interpret the meaning behind it? And what is the significance of the way in which it is displayed? Using six common themes that bind together art from around the globe, this lively and illuminating journey through art history seeks to answer these questions and more, drawing parallels across different time periods and cultures – from cave paintings to contemporary multi-media works.
This expanded edition of Dana Arnold's bestselling survey offers news illustrations and fresh insights – the perfect companion for anyone seeking to learn more across a stunning breadth of art.
The most compelling short exploration of the visual arts that I have read since John Berger's Ways of Seeing.
-- Edward DimendbergA wonderful introduction to art: precise, accessible and informative. The reader is expertly conducted through the major approaches to the making and understanding of art across the world.
-- David Peters CorbettA highly readable introduction to art, drawing on a deep historical sensibility, engaged by the voices of the artists as well as the aesthetic criteria involved in making and looking at art. No other introduction to art addresses these basic aspects of viewing so pertinent to the age of the image.
-- Catherine M. SoussISBN: 9781849769471
Dimensions: 180mm x 135mm x 20mm
Weight: unknown
224 pages