Art History 101

The Essential Guide to Understanding the Creative World

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John Finlay

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Hardback

Series:

Knowledge 101

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This highly-visual, full-color hardback provides a rich and accessible overview of art history, perfect for students and enthusiasts alike. Written by expert art historian John Finlay, Art History 101 is presented in an attractive hardback format in full-color, featuring iconic works of art through the ages. With timelines, feature spreads and information boxes, readers will quickly get to grips with the fundamentals of art and its fascinating evolution across history. Learn to distinguish Impressionism from Post-Impressionism, analyze a painting's brush strokes, discover the influences of Pablo Picasso and much more. - 'Ways of Seeing': Introduction to the Visual Analysis of the Arts - The Italian Renaissance - Seventeenth-Century Spanish Art: The Golden Age - Theory of Art: The Fundamentals of Modern Art Theory - Modernism: Art in France, 1906-1936 ABOUT THE SERIES: Knowledge 101 brings together highly visual, hardback introductions to many intriguing disciplines, featuring reader-friendly text, spectacular images, and informative diagrams to make the learning experience easier than ever.

Author Biography:

John Finlay is an historian of French history, specializing in twentieth-century modern art. He studied Art History and Theory at Essex University and received an MA and PhD on Picasso from the Courtauld Institute of Art. His previous books include Picasso's World (2011); Pop! (2016) and Andy Warhol: The Mechanical Art (2017). He has also contributed to international journals, publishing articles on Picasso and Giacometti in the Burlington Magazine. Finlay is funded by FABA (Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte, Brussels) and is currently working on its collection of Picasso's Vollard Suite (1930-37). He lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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June 4th, 2024

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