How Art Works : The Concepts Visually Explained
Issued Date
Copyright Date
2022
Resource Type
Language
eng
Book
Book
File Type
application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
223
ISBN
9780241450819
Rights Holder(s)
สถาบันพิพิธภัณฑ์การเรียนรู้แห่งชาติ
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Aliki Braine, Editorial Consultant
Duncan Turner, Senior Art Editor
Stephen Bere, Amy Child, Mark Lloyd, Project Art Editors
Hugo Wilkinson, Senior Editor
Anna Fischel, Ian Fitzgerald, Kathryn Hill, Natasha Kahn, Alice Nightingale, Editors
Michael Duffy, Managing Art Editor
Angeles Gavira Guerrero, Managing Editor
Saloni Singh, Managing Jackets Editor
Duncan Turner, Senior Art Editor
Stephen Bere, Amy Child, Mark Lloyd, Project Art Editors
Hugo Wilkinson, Senior Editor
Anna Fischel, Ian Fitzgerald, Kathryn Hill, Natasha Kahn, Alice Nightingale, Editors
Michael Duffy, Managing Art Editor
Angeles Gavira Guerrero, Managing Editor
Saloni Singh, Managing Jackets Editor
Other Contributor(s)
Ed Burn, Vicky Clarke, Natalie Clay, Mark Clifton, Mark Ruffle, Gus Scott, Illustrators
Emily Kho, Editorial Assistant
Sophia MTT, Jacket Designer Development Manager
George Bray, Theodore Gordon, Alison Hand, Susie Hodge, Natasha Kahn, Contributors
Surabhi Wadhwa-Gandhi, Jackets Design
Priyanka Sharma, Senior Jackets Coordinator
Suhita Dharamjit, Senior Jacket Designer
Harish Aggarwal, Senior DTP Designer
Laura Andrews, Production Controller
Kavita Varma, Production Editor
Liz Wheeler, Associate Publishing Director
Karen Self, Art Director
Jonathan Metcalf, Publishing Director
Emily Kho, Editorial Assistant
Sophia MTT, Jacket Designer Development Manager
George Bray, Theodore Gordon, Alison Hand, Susie Hodge, Natasha Kahn, Contributors
Surabhi Wadhwa-Gandhi, Jackets Design
Priyanka Sharma, Senior Jackets Coordinator
Suhita Dharamjit, Senior Jacket Designer
Harish Aggarwal, Senior DTP Designer
Laura Andrews, Production Controller
Kavita Varma, Production Editor
Liz Wheeler, Associate Publishing Director
Karen Self, Art Director
Jonathan Metcalf, Publishing Director
Abstract
The simplest, most visual explanation of art - ever
How does perspective work? Why do some paintings make us feel
certain ways? What is Impressionism and why is it important?
Art can be daunting for beginners - but it doesn't have to be. With the help
of this book you can see how art is made, learn about its different forms,
and understand the ways artists convey messages.
With clear, easy-to-understand graphics and packed with fascinating facts,
How Art Works explains everything you need to know about art, from the
basic tools and techniques to the meanings of great masterpieces.
Table of contents
DEFINING ART
What is art?
What does art do?
Forms of art --
MEDIA AND MATERIALS
Mark making
Tools
Pencils and charcoal
Inks
Pastels and chalks
Watercolour
Gouache
Acrylic
Oil
Egg tempera
Sculpture basics
Sculpture techniques
Woodcuts
Etching
Screen printing
and lithography
Mixed media
Ceramics
Textile arts
Paper arts
Digital art
Mural art
Installation art --
SUBJECTS AND CATEGORIES
Portraits
Self-portraits
Life drawing
Still life
Landscape
Fine and decorative art
Realism
Abstraction
Religious art
The art of history
Political, social,
and propaganda art --
ELEMENTS OF ART
How colour works
Pigments
Line
Shape
Form
Texture
Light, shade,
and contrast
Space
Linear perspective
Perspective illusions
Subject
Composition
Viewpoint
Atmosphere and
Weather
Size, scale,
and proportion
Positive and
negative space
Using illusion
Symmetry and
asymmetry
Pattern
Creating movement
The art of expression
Understanding
perception
Telling a story
Expressing emotion
Conveying information.
Communicating ideas
Signs and symbols --
MOVEMENTS
Stone Age art
First Australian art
Mesopotamian art
Polynesian art
Egyptian art
Greek art
Roman art
West African art
Indian art
Byzantine art
Islamic art
Chinese art
Japanese art
Mesoamerican art
Medieval art
Gothic art
Italian Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
Mannerism
Baroque
Neoclassicism
Romanticism
Pre-Raphaelites
Realism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Arts and Crafts
Symbolism
Art Nouveau
Expressionism and Fauvism
Cubism and Futurism
Surrealism
Bauhaus
Abstract Expressionism
Pop Art
Minimalism
Conceptual art
Index
Acknowledgments