Susie Hodge

Why Is Art Full of Naked People?

And Other Vital Questions about Art

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Artists ask questions when they make art - and viewers ask questions when they look at art. This book provides an engaging way for young people to start asking and answering questions for themselves. It is structured around 22 questions, each one tackled over two spreads.

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Produktdetails

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• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 189mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780500650806
• ISBN-10: 0500650802
• Artikelnr.: 44607925

Autorenporträt

Susie Hodge is an art historian, author, artist and journalist with more than 100 books to her name. She has an MA in the History of Art from Birkbeck, University of London, and is a Fellow of the RSA. She has twice been named the No. 1 art writer by the Independent.

Inhaltsangabe

Are stick men art?: Cave painting
Are there any ugly sculptures?: Greek and Roman sculpture
Why do paintings need frames?: Who looks at art?
Why is everything flat?: Painting in the Middle Ages
Why is art full of naked people?: Renaissance art and the body
What
s the story?: Romanticism and narrative
Who are all these people?: Portraiture
What
s with all the fruit?: Still lifes
Why paint so many fields?: Landscapes
Is it meant to be blurry?: Impressionism
Is it finished?: Artists
work-in- progress
What is it exactly?: Abstract art
Is it upside-down?: Cubism
That
s just weird: Surrealism
Is that it?: Minimalism
Do artists ever copy each other?: Pop art
My kid sister could do that!: Conceptual art
What
s the point?: Why art matters
Why is art so expensive?: The value of art
Is it good or bad?: The art world
Why do I have to be quiet in a gallery?: Installations and performance art
Whös who and location of artworks