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A Short Guide to Writing About Art

ISBN: 9780205708253 | 0205708250

Edition: 10th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/3/2010

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Summary Table of Contents

For art courses where there is a writing component.This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing.

This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process.� Students are shown how to�analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photograp... MORE

PREFACE xi

1–WRITING ABOUT ART 1

2–WRITING ABOUT ART: THE BIG PICTURE 36

3–FORMAL ANALYSIS AND STYLE 46

4–ANALYTIC THINKING 69

5–WRITING A COMPARISON 135

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7–WRITING A REVIEW OF AN EXHIBITION 157

8–HOW TO WRITE AN EFFECTIVE ESSAY 175

9–STYLE IN WRITING 186

10–ART-HISTORICAL RESEARCH 220

11–SOME CRITICAL APPROACHES 239