How to Read Paintings: A Crash Course in Meaning and Method - Couverture souple

Rideal, Liz

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472525124 ISBN 13 : 9781472525123

Editeur : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2014

Synopsis

How to Read Paintings is a valuable visual guide to Western European painting. Through a gallery of artworks accompanied by informative commentary, it enables readers to swiftly develop their understanding of the grammar and vocabulary of painting, and to discover how to look at diverse paintings in detail, closely reading their meanings and methods. In the first part of the book, the Grammar of Paintings, the author reveals how to read paintings by considering five key areas: shape and support, medium and materials, composition, style and technique, and signs and symbols, as well as the role of the artist. In the second part, we explore fifty paintings through extracted details, accompanied by insightful commentary, training the reader and viewer to understand context and discover meaning within art. As a collection, the pictures featured in How to Read Paintings have a strong relationship with one another, and underpin the story of painting. This book will be a valuable tool whether you are viewing the real thing on a gallery wall, or simply reading around the subject to learn more about Western art.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

How to Read Paintings is a valuable visual guide to Western European painting. Through a gallery of artworks accompanied by informative captions, it enables readers to swiftly develop their understanding of the grammar and vocabulary of painting; and to discover how to look at diverse paintings in detail.

In the first part of the book, the Grammar of Art, the author reveals how to read paintings by considering five key areas: shape and support, style and medium, compositional devices, genre and the meaning of recurring motifs and symbols. In the second part, we explore fifty paintings through extracted details, accompanied by insightful commentary, training the reader and viewer to understand context and discover meaning within art.

As a collection, the pictures featured in How to Read Paintings have a strong relationship with one another, and underpin the story of painting. This book will be a valuable tool whether you are viewing the real thing on a gallery wall, or simply reading around the subject to learn more about Western art.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Liz Rideal is an artist, writer, and lecturer. She teaches Fine Art at the Slade School of Art, University College London, UK, and engages with visitors within the Education Department of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Her own work is held in the Tate Gallery, London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Yale Center for British Art. She is the author of Mirror, Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women (2002) and Self-Portraits (2005).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1472525124
• ISBN 13: 9781472525123
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256