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A Short Guide to Writing about Art

Paperback • 2011 • English

A Short Guide to Writing about Art

By Sylvan Barnet

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About the book

This book is intended for art courses where there is a writing component. Would you like your students to have the tools to write confidently about art? 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 text includes: Coverage of essential writing ...Show more

Paintings and painting
Human figures depicted in art
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Book details

ISBN

9780205779345

Publisher

Pearson Education

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

A Short Guide to Writing about Art

Format

Paperback

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