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How art works.

Contributor(s): Braine, Aliki [editor.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 223 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241450819 (hardback)Other title: How art works : the concepts visually explainedSubject(s): Art | Arts -- Themes, motives | Art -- Technique | Arts -- History | Art appreciation | Art criticismDDC classification: 701.18 Summary: An art book like no other, How Art Works uses practical graphics to demonstrate the techniques, styles, materials, and concepts that lie behind great art. It shows you how to interpret paintings, drawings, and sculptures, and reveals how art is made, laying out the key techniques and materials in visual detail. It also explains the nuts and bolts of the technical aspects behind art, such as perspective and composition, and shows how to identify major artistic styles and movements. Providing all you need to know to build on your artistic understanding and appreciation, this is the perfect book for art lovers - and for anyone who wants to know more about art but isn't sure where to begin.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction	701 .18 HOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31111084216470

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Includes index.

An art book like no other, How Art Works uses practical graphics to demonstrate the techniques, styles, materials, and concepts that lie behind great art. It shows you how to interpret paintings, drawings, and sculptures, and reveals how art is made, laying out the key techniques and materials in visual detail. It also explains the nuts and bolts of the technical aspects behind art, such as perspective and composition, and shows how to identify major artistic styles and movements. Providing all you need to know to build on your artistic understanding and appreciation, this is the perfect book for art lovers - and for anyone who wants to know more about art but isn't sure where to begin.

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