{"product_id":"looking-at-pictures-art-essentials-9780500293218","title":"Looking at Pictures (Art Essentials)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated with some of the world's greatest pictures, from cave paintings and Roman mosaics to Picasso and Damien Hirst, this affordable guide explains the art of looking at and understanding pictures, equipping the reader with the vision and tools to approach any museum picture with confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking at pictures can be an exciting or moving experience, but some pictures--often the most rewarding--require some explanation before they can be fully understood. Delving into the origins, designs, and themes of over one hundred pictures from different periods and places, this book illuminates the art of looking at--and talking about--pictures. Susan Woodford shows how one can read a picture by examining the formal and stylistic devices used by an artist, and she explores popular themes and subject matter, and the relationship of pictures to the societies that produced them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis indispensable guide is supplemented by a glossary of key terms, ranging from art movements and technical terms to religious and classical terminology, to give readers all the information they need at their fingertips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoodford, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSusan Woodford\u003c\/strong\u003e received her BA from Harvard University and her MA and PhD from Columbia University. She now teaches art history as well as lectures at the British Museum. She is the prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLooking at Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e, also in the Art Essentials series.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412569133330,"sku":"9780500293218","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4895d3f1-ec7e-4a0b-9604-81ec4afea0db.jpg?v=1729317178","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/looking-at-pictures-art-essentials-9780500293218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}