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The Art of Understanding Art: A Behind the Scenes Story

ISBN: 978-0-470-65834-5
Paperback
280 pages
April 2012, ©2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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An online companion site with links to additional illustrations is available at http://faculty.csuci.edu/irina.costache/book/

•Offers an inquiry—unique among introductory art texts—into the learning process of understanding and appreciating art
•Examines the multiple issues and processes essential to making, analyzing and evaluating art
•Uses cross-cultural examples to help readers develop comprehensive, yet personal, ways of looking at and thinking about art
•Includes an annotated glossary of the 'Art World', institutions and individuals that play a role in defining art as well as diagrams, textboxes callouts and other visual elements to highlight information and enhance learning
•Richly illustrated with over 40 images
•Suggests innovative class assignments and projects useful for developing lesson plans

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