Awards

• Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture Category 2006
• Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture Category 2006.
• Winner of PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Typography 2009
• Winner of PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Typography 2009.

Overview

Have you ever looked at a painting a just wondered what it all means? How can you distinguish the 'good' from the 'bad'? A great artist from a terrible one? Or even if it's art at all?To the average art aficionado, trying to make sense of all the various artistic movements, techniques, types and trends can be overwhelming. In this superb volume, acclaimed art writer Justin Paton takes us on a journey of artistic exploration through the centuries and across the painted world - from the luscious fruits of Caravaggio's Italy to the mysterious 'tombstones' of Japanese artist On Kawara.Whether you are a keen art collector, serious student or just visit the occasional gallery, ""How to Look at a Painting"" will open your eyes to things you've never seen before.

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Justin Paton is an internationally renowned art writer and the Curator of Contemporary Art at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand.

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