Full name: Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Cynthia Freeland Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Art, Non Fiction, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780192804631 9780192853677 0192804634 0192853678

About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, and Literary Theory to History. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given topic. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how it has developed and influenced society. Whatever the area of study, whatever the topic that fascinates the reader, the series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable. Similar books: Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Dr. Seuss The Art Spirit by Robert Henri Georgia O'Keeffe by Nancy Frazier Norman Rockwell's America by Christopher Finch Ways of Seeing by John Berger The Art Detective by Philip Mould The Mission of Art by Alex Grey False Impressions by Thomas Hoving Spilling Open by Sabrina Ward Harrison The $12 Million Stuffed Shark by Don Thompson Transfigurations by Alex Grey Norman Rockwell 332 Magazine Covers by Christopher Finch Magnetic Storm by Roger Dean Art as Experience by John Dewey Another Way of Telling by John Berger Perspective as Symbolic Form by Erwin Panofsky Meaning in the Visual Arts by Erwin Panofsky What Art Is by Arthur C. Danto The Nude by Kenneth Clark