The Art of Understanding Art von Irina D. Costache | A Behind the Scenes Story | ISBN 9781118132388

The Art of Understanding Art

A Behind the Scenes Story

von Irina D. Costache
Buchcover The Art of Understanding Art | Irina D. Costache | EAN 9781118132388 | ISBN 1-118-13238-6 | ISBN 978-1-118-13238-8
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"Through its refreshing, innovative approach to its subject, its short, thoughtful essays, and its selective case studies, IrinaCostache's The Art of Understanding Art gives students andeducators of art history a valuable new resource.„
- Clare Kunny, The J. Paul Getty Museum
“The Art of Understanding Art offers the readersmulti-layered approaches to the visual history of being human, andto interpreting these visual representations; and it has veryengaging creative assignments and writing projects for eachchapter."
- Laura Ruby, University of Hawai'i-Manoa
„Costache goes far beyond any other introductory text inits range of inquiry and examples, and the extent to which she mapsout the art world, including the academic world the students whowill be using the book find themselves in. Instead of talkingabout only works by Monet and Van Gogh, in museums that none willvisit, she connects the dots between the odd and perplexing stuffstudents are likely to see being made around them by fellow artstudents or faculty, and the art hanging in museums.“
- Bruce Robertson, Professor, History of Art and Architecture, and Acting Director, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSanta Barbara

The Art of Understanding Art

A Behind the Scenes Story

von Irina D. Costache
The Art of Understanding Art reveals to students and otherreaders new and meaningful ways of developing personal ideas andopinions about art and how to express them with confidence.
* Offers an inquiry--unique among introductory arttexts--into the learning process of understanding andappreciating art
* Examines the multiple issues and processes essential to making, analyzing and evaluating art
* Uses cross-cultural examples to help readers developcomprehensive, yet personal, ways of looking at and thinking aboutart
* Includes an annotated glossary of the 'Art World', institutionsand individuals that play a role in defining art as well asdiagrams, textboxes callouts and other visual elements to highlightinformation and enhance learning
* Richly illustrated with over 40 images
* Suggests innovative class assignments and projects useful fordeveloping lesson plans, and offers an online companion site foradditional illustrations and information