Looking At Pictures

Author:   Susan Woodford
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:  

9780500293218


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Susan Woodford
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780500293218


ISBN 10:   050029321
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction * 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. Quality

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A useful set of guidebooks to the fields that inform contemporary art [that] are fully illustrated, well produced, informative, and concise.-- ""Choice""


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Susan 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.

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