Fine Art Books: Art - The Whole Story (9780500288955) By Stephen Farthing, Richard Cork
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- Title: Art: The Whole Story
- Author: Stephen Farthing, Richard Cork
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
- Published Date: September 2010
- ISBN: 9780500288955
- Pages: 576
- Format: Paperback
- Price: United Kingdom USA
- Comprehensive book leads through the world’s iconic images – on a newspaper, in a gallery, or at the front cover of a novel
- Traces the development of art period by period
- Illustrated text covering every genre, from painting and sculpture to conceptual art and performance art
- Also included cultural timelines to help to the reader with historical context
- Accessible history of world art ever assembled
- More than 1100 colour illustrations
- Designed in a user-friendly fashion
- Masterpieces that epitomize each period or movement are highlighted and analysed
- Everything from use of colour and visual metaphors to technical innovations is explained
- Enables you to interpret the meanings of world famous masterpieces
- Written by an international team of artists, art historians and curators
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Stephen Farthing - Studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London Royal College of Art, London. Was awarded an Abbey Major Scholarship, taking him to The British School at Rome for a year from 1976. Teaching career - Began as a Lecturer in Painting at Canterbury College of Art, after which he was a Tutor in painting at the Royal College of Art, London. Went on to become Head of Painting and Head of Department of Fine Art at West Surrey College of Art and Design. From 1990 he was Ruskin Master at the Ruskin School of Fine Art and Professorial Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford until 2000. |
- Perfectly designed as a one stop reference guide - indispensable – Artists & Illustrators
- Done an amazing job of packing a comprehensive, concise, history of world art – RA Magazine
Buy: United Kingdom USA
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