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100 Things to Know about Art by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
How do you sum up the amazing world of art in just 100 words? This striking book takes on the challenge! From pottery to Pointillism, each of the carefully chosen 100 words has its own 100-word long description and quirky illustration, providing a fascinating introduction to art. Basically, everything y ...Show more
50 Art Ideas You Really Need to Know by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
The ultimate guide to the most important ideas in art through the ages
50 Art Ideas: You Really Need to Know by Susie Hodge
Category: Art | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
The perfect guide to the most important ideas and concepts that underpin Western art: Romanesque; Byzantine; International Gothic; Early Renaissance; High Renaissance; Northern Renaissance; Mannerism; Baroque; Caravaggism; Dutch Golden Age; Rococo; Neoclassicism; Romanticism; Academic Art; Orientalism; ...Show more
50 Art Ideas You Really Need to Know by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Susie Hodge introduces and explains the central concepts that underpin Western art and design. From Romanesque to Realism, Pop Art to Pluralism, 50 Art Ideas is a complete introduction to the most important art concepts in history.
Animals by Susie Hodge
Category: Art Instructional | Series: How to Draw S.
People are probably more interested in drawing their pets and other animals than they are in drawing their friends and family, yet as with drawing people, beginners think that drawing animals is very difficult. In this book Susie Hodge demonstrates just how easy it is, in a series of 10 progressive demo ...Show more
Architecture in Minutes by Susie Hodge
Category: Architecture | Series: In Minutes Ser.
In this hyper-compact, fully illustrated guide to architecture, Susie Hodge outlines the history and theory of architecture from the earliest structures to the cutting-edge concepts of the present day. Along the way she profiles 200 key buildings, historic styles, architectural movements and celebrated ...Show more
Art: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Artists and Their Works by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
Art introduces readers to 100 of the world's most important artists and their paintings, from the 13th century to the modern era. Works by artists including Caravaggio, Vermeer, van Gogh and Warhol are reproduced in superb high quality, arranged chronologically and set in their historical context by Sus ...Show more
Art: Everything You Need to Know about the Greatest Artists and Their Work by Susie Hodge
Category: Art
From the influential craftsmen of the high renaissance to the Dutch masters, and from the rococo and neoclassical movements of the 18th century to romanticism, modernism and contemporary art, the lives of the great artists are as varied and multifaceted as the works of creative genius they produced. "Th ...Show more
Art: Explained: 100 Masterpieces and What They Mean by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
Why did Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, or Rembrandt obsess over painting his own image? What's the secret behind the Terracotta Army, or Andy Warhol's soup cans? Art: Explained offers straightforward and satisfying answers to 100 of these fascinating questions. If you've ever looked at an art ma ...Show more
Art Nouveau: 50 Works of Art You Should Know: 50 Works of Art You Should Know by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
A new edition to Prestel's popular "50s" series, this collection of the finest examples of Art Nouveau shows how the movement impacted every artistic discipline. The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediately before and after 1900. However it was a tremendousl ...Show more
Art Quake - The Most Disruptive Works in Modern Art by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design | Series: Culture Quake Ser.
Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up. ArtQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy. Causi ...Show more