Robert Cumming

Slow Looking can lead to unexpected and huge rewards. In Book One - Learning to Look Robert Cumming shares his own slow discovery of the pleasures of looking and aesthetic experience, and in so doing encourages you to explore art through your own eyes. He takes you to Madrid to explore Velazquezs Las Meninas, travels with you to Cortona in Tuscany to look at a Fra Angelico altarpiece, takes you to St Petersburg to immerse yourself in Canalettos Venice, and examines with you the minute details of a Jackson Pollock in New York. You will have your eyes truly opened by this artistic odyssey with Robert as your fellow traveller. With illustrations by the artist Gino Ballantyne, Slow Looking - Book One is the start of an eye-opening adventure. In Book Two - Continuing to Look Robert and Gino continue the journey by casting fresh eyes on the Mona Lisa and paintings by Brueghel, Matisse, Turner, Constable, Poussin and Manet. Book Three - Seeing is Believing concludes with Rembrandt, Picasso, Rubens, Degas, Sir Luke Fildes and Bridget Riley.

Slow Looking can lead to unexpected and huge rewards. In Book One - Learning to Look Robert Cumming shares his own slow discovery of the pleasures of looking and aesthetic experience, and in so doing encourages you to explore art through your own eyes. He takes you to Madrid to explore Velazquezs Las Meninas, travels with you to Cortona in Tuscany to look at a Fra Angelico altarpiece, takes you to St Petersburg to immerse yourself in Canalettos Venice, and examines with you the minute details of a Jackson Pollock in New York. You will have your eyes truly opened by this artistic odyssey with Robert as your fellow traveller. With illustrations by the artist Gino Ballantyne, Slow Looking - Book One is the start of an eye-opening adventure. In Book Two - Continuing to Look Robert and Gino continue the journey by casting fresh eyes on the Mona Lisa and paintings by Brueghel, Matisse, Turner, Constable, Poussin and Manet. Book Three - Seeing is Believing concludes with Rembrandt, Picasso, Rubens, Degas, Sir Luke Fildes and Bridget Riley.

Art is not what you see but what you make others see Edgar Degas Covering every era and over 650 artists this comprehensive illustrated guide offers an accessible yet expansive view of art history featuring everything from iconic works and lesser known gems to techniques and themes Offering a comprehensive overview of Western artists themes paintings techniques and stories Art A Visual History is packed full of large full colour images of iconic works and lesser known gems Exploring every era from 30 000BCE to the present it includes features on the major schools and movements as well as close up critical appraisals of 22 masterpieces from Botticelli s Primavera to J M W Turner s The Fighting Temeraire With detailed referencing crisp reproductions and a fresh design this beautiful book is a must have for anyone with an interest in art history from first time gallery goers to knowledgeable art enthusiasts What makes great art Discover the answer now with Art A Visual History

La guía ilustrada del aficionadoGuía ilustrada que incluye toda la información que necesita un aficionado para conocer el arte de cada periodo histórico, desde la prehistoria hasta los movimientos actuales, con sus autores mas importantes y las obras maestras del arte universal. Una amena introduccion sobre el concepto de arte y un acercamiento a las principales tecnicas y materiales empleados en cada una de las modalidades artisticas completan esta obra fundamental sobre el arte occidental.El arte es una de las principales manifestaciones culturales del ser humano y cuenta con muchos aficionados. Su disfrute esta estrechamente relacionado no solo con la cultura en un sentido teorico sino tambien con una de sus realizaciones practicas mas popular: el turismo.