Brimming with examples from across the artistic spectrum, this is the perfect primer to hook future art enthusiasts.
This book, written by one of the world\'s best-known art historians uses entertaining stories to break down intimidating barriers and invites readers of all ages for a one-stop immersion into art..
Museums can be daunting, and art presents a strange new language, one that certainly intrigues but is often intimidating and foreign.
Each chapter is linked to one notable masterpiece, with references to others, giving readers a fixed, digestible number of objects that they will get to Know in depth, and which they can use as a lens to understand the thousands of other, related objects that they might encounter in the future.
This book twelve chapters teach readers about art, the art trade, and art history in a thorough (though concise) fashion.
Instead, the book will guide its readers through a brief series of Masterpieces of Western art--from cave paintings to sharks in formaldehyde.
Publishers Weekly Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not get it? Already a fan and wishing to immerse yourself in a fun, engaging, informative and informed read that will refresh and top up your Art History 101 and Introduction to Art courses from college? The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces avoids the common approach of throwing hundreds of images at a reader and expecting them to learn from and memorize them all.
Brimming with examples from across the artistic spectrum, this is the perfect primer to hook future art enthusiasts
