Thinking About Art
Description
Consumerism
Pop art
Mechanisation
Baroque
Kitsch
Postmodern
Vanitas
Antiquity
Oeuvre
Chiaroscuro
Patron
Picture plane
Cubism
Ionic
Humanism
Critic
Abstracted
Screen print
Art market
Thinking About Art explores some of the most influential works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history.
The book ranges across time and topics, from the Parthenon to the present day and from patronage to ethnicity, to reveal art history in new and varied lights.
With over 200 colour illustrations and a wealth of formal and contextual analysis, Thinking About Art is a companion guide for art lovers, students and the general reader. It is also the first A-level Art History textbook, written by a skilled and experienced teacher of art history, Penny Huntsman.
The book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/thinkingaboutart. Companion Website vi
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Formal Analysis Toolbox 6
Chapter 1 Genres and Subjects 20
Chapter 2 Materials, Techniques and Processes 74
Chapter 3 Form, Style and Function 114
Chapter 4 Social and Historical Contexts 156
Chapter 5 Patronage and the Social and Cultural Status of the Artist 190
Chapter 6 Gender, Nationality and Ethnicity 230
Glossary 274
Index 289
Consumerism
Pop art
Mechanisation
Baroque
Kitsch
Postmodern
Vanitas
Antiquity
Oeuvre
Chiaroscuro
Patron
Picture plane
Cubism
Ionic
Humanism
Critic
Abstracted
Screen print
Art market
Thinking About Art explores some of the most influential works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history.
The book ranges across time and topics, from the Parthenon to the present day and from patronage to ethnicity, to reveal art history in new and varied lights.
With over 200 colour illustrations and a wealth of formal and contextual analysis, Thinking About Art is a companion guide for art lovers, students and the general reader. It is also the first A-level Art History textbook, written by a skilled and experienced teacher of art history, Penny Huntsman.
The book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/thinkingaboutart.
PUBLISHER:
Wiley
ISBN-13:
9781118905173
BINDING:
Hardback
BISAC:
ART
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
Dimensions: 221.00(W) x Dimensions: 287.00(H) x Dimensions: 20.80(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General/Adult
LANGUAGE:
English