The 12-hour art expert : Everything you need to know about art in a dozen masterpieces / Noah Charney.
Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not “get” it? Already a fan and wishing to immerse yourself in a fun, engaging, informative and informed read that will refresh and top up your Art History 101 and Introduction to Art courses from college?The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces avoids the common approach of throwing hundreds of images at a reader and expecting them to learn from and memorize them all.Instead, the book will guide its readers through a brief series of masterpieces of Western art—from cave paintings to sharks in formaldehyde. This book twelve chapters teach readers about art, the art trade, and art history in a thorough (though concise) fashion.Each chapter is linked to one notable masterpiece, with references to others, giving readers a fixed, digestible number of objects that they will get to know in depth, and which they can use as a lens to understand the thousands of other, related objects that they might encounter in the future.Museums can be daunting, and art presents a strange new language, one that certainly intrigues but is often intimidating and foreign. This book, written by one of the world’s best-known art historians uses entertaining stories to break down intimidating barriers and invites readers of all ages for a one-stop immersion into art.--Amazon. Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538156599
- ISBN: 1538156598
- Physical Description: xi, 169 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
- Publisher: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2022]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Art is for All -- Is It Even Art? Defining Art and the Human Need for Creativity -- Art as Object and Technique -- Find Crivelli's Pickle. Saint Spotting 101, Iconography and the Covert Language of Art -- The Isms Cheat Sheet in thirty Paintings -- The "Complete"(ish) History of Sculpture -- When Bad Things Happen to Good Art: Conservation, Loss and Crime -- A Digital Light in the Forest: High-Tech Art History Reveals Secrets -- What Would Freud Say? Art, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience -- Art and Value:The Art Market, Digitalization and How to Shop for Art -- Art History as Mystery: New Discoveries (and What Happens When the Experts Get it Wrong) -- The Future of Art. |
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Subject: | Art appreciation. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | 701.18 CHARNEY 2022 (Text) | 0001012493142 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Archie | 701.18 CHA 2022 (Text) | 0002205428747 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Drexel | 701.18 CHA 2022 (Text) | 0002205428754 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 701.18 CHA 2022 (Text) | 0002205428762 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Sullivan | 701.18 CHA (Text) | 300773214+ | NonFiction | Available | - |
Trails Regional-Concordia | 701.18 CHA (Text) | 2205291145 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Washington Public Library | 701.18 CHA (Text) | 3151398884 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |