书名：How to Read a Modern Painting: Understanding and Enjoying the Modern Masters
定价：196.0
ISBN：9780500286432
作者：Jon Thompson
出版时间：2007-01

内容提要：

ISBN：9780500286432

书名：How to Read a Modern Painting: Understanding and Enjoying the Modern Masters

作者：Jon Thompson

出版：Thames and Hudson，2007

装帧：平装，400页

语种：英文

开本：17×24cm

The complex themes and characteristics of modern art can intimidate and baffle the casual observer. In this accessible, practical guide, Jon Thompson explores more than 200 works, helping readers to unlock each painting’s meaning. Beginning with the Barbizon school and the Realist movement of the mid-19th century and continuing right up to the 1980s avant-garde, he analyses works by some of the greatest and most popular artists of the modern era, including Bonnard, Van Gogh, Picasso, Pollock, Rauschenberg, Warhol and Basquiat, describing each artist’s use of media and symbolism, and providing useful biographical information.

The perfect museum companion for art lovers everywhere, this book is a vibrant, informative trip through one of art history’s most compelling periods.