...isms: Understanding Art
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...isms: Understanding Art by Stephen Little
Revised Edition, Updated 2017 Isms: Understanding Art is the perfect pocket-sized guide for gallery and museum lovers who have a general interest in the arts, but not necessarily any formal education in the visual arts. With this portable and indispensable tool in hand, anyone can guide themselves through the world's prestigious museums and major art collections and recognize and intelligently discuss the significant movements that have shaped the world of art.Using an informative and engaging style with informal and direct tone, each of the numerous isms that are used to define-but often misleadingly cloud-art movements are explained in simple terms and made accessible to the casual art lover. Readers are encouraged to think of styles as useful tools for conversation and exploration rather than as hard and fast academic definitions, and to relate to the art itself rather than to a merely conceptual idea.
Each spread is devoted to a single art historical period and begins with an introduction that explains when the movement first emerged, the historical period to which it applies, and the principal disputes over its applicability, usefulness, or significance. The rest of the chapter is divided into several sections illustrating the most important artists and works within the period, related key words, and illustrations that best represent the distinctive features. This comprehensible structure makes it possible for any reader to gain a clear understanding of Classicism or Cubism while sitting in a cafe or visiting a gallery.
STEPHEN LITTLE is Florence and Harry Sloan Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Chinese, Korean, and South and Southeast Asian Departments at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
VIRGINIA MOON is Assistant Curator of Korean Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
VIRGINIA MOON is Assistant Curator of Korean Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780789312099 |
| ISBN 10 | 0789312093 |
| Title | ...isms: Understanding Art |
| Author | Stephen Little |
| Series | Understanding |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Universe Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-11-13 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |