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OverviewLooking at pictures can be a delightful, exciting or moving experience, but some pictures - and these are often the most rewarding - require some explanation before they can be fully understood. Delving into the origins, designs and themes of over 100 pictures from different periods and places, this book illuminates the art of looking at - and talking about - pictures. Woodford shows how you can read a picture by examining the formal and stylistic devices used by an artist, and explores popular themes and subject matters, and the relationship of pictures to the societies that produced them. The book is supplemented by a glossary of key terms, ranging from art movements and technical terms to religious and classical terminology, to give readers all the information they need at their fingertips. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan WoodfordPublisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd Weight: 0.410kg ISBN: 9780500293218ISBN 10: 050029321 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 26 April 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction * 1. Ways of Looking at Pictures * 2. Land and Sea * 3. Portraits * 4. Everyday Things * 5. History and Mythology * 6. The Christian World * 7. Creating Patterns on Flat Surfaces * 8. Tradition * 9. Design and Organization * 10. The Depiction of Space * 11. Formal Analysis * 12. Hidden Meanings * 13. QualityReviewsAuthor InformationSusan Woodford was born and educated in the USA (BA Harvard; MA and PhD Columbia). Since moving to London, she has taught art history and lectured at the British Museum. She has published many books and articles on Greek and Roman art and has also written Looking at Pictures in the Art Essentials series. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |