How to Read a Modern Painting
Jon Thompson • Thames & Hudson • ISBN 9780500286432
How to Read a Modern Painting
Jon Thompson • Thames & Hudson • ISBN-13 9780500286432
ISBN-10 Not provided • 2006 • 1st Edition
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ISBN 9780500286432 • Completeness 48
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In this accessible, practical guide, Jon Thompson explores more than 200 works, helping readers to unlock each painting’s meaning. Beginning with the Barbizon school and the Realist movement of the mid-19th century and continuing right up to the 1980s avant-garde, he analyses works by some of the greatest and most popular artists of the modern era, including Bonnard, Van Gogh, Picasso, Pollock, Rauschenberg, Warhol and Basquiat, describing each artist’s use of media and symbolism, and providing useful biographical information. The perfect museum companion for art lovers everywhere, this book is a vibrant, informative trip through one of art history’s most compelling periods.
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