A new way of seeing : the history of art in 57 works
Grovier, Kelly2022
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A new way of appreciating art that puts the artwork front and centre, brought to us by one of the freshest and most exciting voices in cultural criticism. What makes great art great? Why do some works pulse in the imagination, generation after generation, century after century? From Botticelli's Birth of Venus to Picasso's Guernica, some paintings and sculptures have become so famous, so much a part of who we are, that we no longer really look at them. We take their greatness for granted; our eyes have become near-obsolete. We need a new way of seeing. Stepping away from biography, style and the chronology of 'isms' that preoccupies most art history, Grovier tells a new story in which we learn from the artworks, not just about them.
Main title:
A new way of seeing : the history of art in 57 works / Kelly Grovier.
Author:
Grovier, Kelly, author
Imprint:
London : Thames and Hudson, 2022.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.
ISBN:
9780500295564 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1205850