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The Elements Of Art: Ten Ways To Decode The MasterpiecesStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThe Elements of Art deconstructs great works of art into manageable components so that you can better understand and appreciate them.Knowing how to interpret art is one of the biggest issues facing casual gallery-goers. They may ask themselves questions like: Why is the Mona Lisa so small? Why are some frames gilded in gold while others are non-existent? What can the use of material say about a work, whether it's an oil painting, collage or made of found objects? And does the life of the artist matter?This book answers all of these questions and more and introduces the key elements with which you can analyse and better understand artwork. From colour, medium and size to where the piece is situated, and the artist who made it, you'll learn what's important and what's not so important.The book includes two parts: Author descriptionSusie Hodge is a UK author who has written widely on art, art history and art techniques. She has published over 100 books, including The Short Story of Art, Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained and Modern Art Explained. Table of contentsPART ONE: The Elements 1. Scale 2. Colour 3. Light 4. Movement 5. Medium 6. Technique 7. Content 8. Location 9. Time 10. The Artist PART TWO: The Artworks 1. A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, Wang Ximeng (1113) 2. Fowling in the Marshes, Thebes (c.1350) 3. The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck (1434) 4. Creation of Adam, Michelangelo (1508-12) 5. David with the Head of Goliath, Caravaggio (c.1610) 6. Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi (c.1620) 7. The Serenade, Judith Leyster (1629) 8. The Monk by the Sea, Caspar David Friedrich (1808-10) 9. Under the Wave off Kanagawa, Hokusai (1820-31) 10. The Cradle, Berthe Morisot (1872) 11. The Death of Cleopatra, Edmonia Lewis (1876) 12. The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh (1889) 13. Still Life with Plaster Cast, Paul Cezanne (c.1894) 14. The Kiss, Gustav Klimt (1907-8) 15. Woman's Head, Amadeo Modigliani (1912) 16. Composition with Figures, Lyubov Popova (1913) 17. Oriental Poppies, Georgia O'Keeffe (1928) 18. Guernica, Pablo Picasso (1937) 19. From the top of the Great Pyramid, Lee Miller (1937) 20. In the Ladies' Enclosure, Amrita Sher-Gil (1938) 21. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, Frida Kahlo (1940) 22. Nighthawks, Edward Hopper (1942) 23. Desert Moon, Lee Krasner (1955) 24. Campbell's Soup Cans, Andy Warhol (1962) 25. Rhythm 0, Marina Abramovic (1974) 26. Untitled (Skull), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1981) 27. Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, Cornelia Parker (1991) 28. Xenon Projections (01), Jenny Holzer (2000) 29. Gleaming Lights of the Souls, Yayoi Kusama (2008) 30. Mural, Julie Mehretu (2010) |