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Story of Painting

DK, Andrew Graham Dixon

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      An original and breathtakingly beautiful perspective on how art developed through the ages, this book reveals how new materials and techniques inspired artists to create their greatest works.The Story of Painting will completely transform your understanding and enjoyment of art. Covering a comprehensive array of topics, from the first pigments and frescos to linear perspective in Renaissance paintings, the influence of photography, Impressionism, and the birth of modern art, it follows each step in the evolution of painting over the last 25,000 years, from the first cave paintings to the abstract works of the last 100 years. Packed with lavish colour reproductions of paintings and photographs of artists at work and the materials they used, it delves into the key paintings from each period to analyse the techniques and secrets of the great masters in detail.Immerse yourself in the pages of this stunning book and find yourself dazzled by new colours; marvel at the magic of perspective; wonder at glowing depictions of fabric and flesh; understand cubism; and embrace abstraction. You will look at paintings in a whole new light.
      CONTRIBUTORS: DK, Andrew Graham Dixon EAN: 9780241335185 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 1532 g HEIGHT: 262 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Dorling Kindersley Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-08-01 CITY: GENRE: ART / History / General, ART / Techniques / Painting WIDTH: 221 cm SPINE:

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      Baroque, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Renaissance style, Theory of art, History of art, The Arts: techniques and principles, Painting, drawing and art manuals

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      Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. He has presented numerous landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as numerous individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years, he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and, more recently, in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of books on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture to contemporary art.

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      An original and breathtakingly beautiful perspective on how art developed through the ages, this book reveals how new materials and techniques inspired artists to create their greatest works.The Story of Painting will completely transform your understanding and enjoyment of art. Covering a comprehensive array of topics, from the first pigments and frescos to linear perspective in Renaissance paintings, the influence of photography, Impressionism, and the birth of modern art, it follows each step in the evolution of painting over the last 25,000 years, from the first cave paintings to the abstract works of the last 100 years. Packed with lavish colour reproductions of paintings and photographs of artists at work and the materials they used, it delves into the key paintings from each period to analyse the techniques and secrets of the great masters in detail.Immerse yourself in the pages of this stunning book and find yourself dazzled by new colours; marvel at the magic of perspective; wonder at glowing depictions of fabric and flesh; understand cubism; and embrace abstraction. You will look at paintings in a whole new light.
      CONTRIBUTORS: DK, Andrew Graham Dixon EAN: 9780241335185 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 1532 g HEIGHT: 262 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Dorling Kindersley Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-08-01 CITY: GENRE: ART / History / General, ART / Techniques / Painting WIDTH: 221 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Baroque, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Renaissance style, Theory of art, History of art, The Arts: techniques and principles, Painting, drawing and art manuals

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      Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. He has presented numerous landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as numerous individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years, he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and, more recently, in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of books on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture to contemporary art.

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