Art: The Definitive Visual Guide (DK Definitive Cultural Histories)

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This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. I'll also note that the modern art descriptions and stuff are often absolutely laughable but tbh I hate a lot of the modern art stuff they have in this book so I guess I would say that. Interspersed through the book, double-page features show how different artists have approached the same popular themes. This book is not a specialized look at one particular period or a handful of canonized artists, but devotes a good amount of space to artists we are not as familiar with, placed in context with other artists and works we are more familiar with.

The book opens with a short section detailing how artists use color, composition, light and shade, perspective, and different media to bring their ideas to fruition. Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world.Doubling up as a riveting reference book for anyone with an interest in art history who wants to gain a broader knowledge of the subject, as well as the perfect classroom companion in schools, libraries and more, Art: The Definitive Visual Guide is a must-have for your bookshelf. colour illusts, very good hardback with decorated boards (no dustwraper as issued) This is a heavy book so expect extra freight charges. Filled with more than 8,000 paintings and sculpture from around the world, this is ultimate visual guide to the history of art.

Explore the pages of this awe-inspiring art history book to discover: - Over 2500 of the world's most influential paintings and sculptures. Aunque es un libro ambicioso, su orden diacrónico y su más de 2500 ilustraciones, entrega un panorama muy amplio de las artes plásticas, sus principales creadores y sus obras más representativas.

They do at least try and they have some stuff on like Chinese ink painting though so it's better than some.