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Um livro muito bem estruturado, interessante e preparado de forma muito acessível.
informative
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
informative
Μικρό ,συνοπτικό και ευκολοδιάβαστο. Ιδανικό για μια πρώτη επαφή με τα σημαντικότερα έργα τέχνης.
informative
medium-paced
This book favors a western view on art history. There is a large gap between the first movement (prehistoric) and the second (ancient greek and roman) that largely ignores Chinese, Egyptian, African, Oceanic, and various other art movements that are critical to art history. Second, there is no mention of photography which was also important to art history (I know photography has its own book in this series, however its very othering to the medium that is already a controversial topic in the art world). It would have been nice to at least acknowledge its importance.
Second, this book is a bit all over the place. I have a particular beef with the themes section. Under the theme, there are artists. Those artists were often not mentioned in the blurb. Instead completely new (as in not mentioned anywhere else in the book) artists were used as examples. The key developments tab also abruptly “introduced” other important information or individuals that would have been better further explained. Also, the images used also were redundant and sometimes frankly used in the wrong space. For example, a theme given was “Isolation”. Edvard Munch was used as an example but was then used on the next page under “death” when he wasn’t talked about there. Further, the themes/techniques section is the only place where non-western examples of art were mentioned. Pretty bogus.
It’s a decent read for anyone interested in art history, but don’t take it as the ultimate guide, as it majorly lacks in explanations/examples of critical pieces in time.
Second, this book is a bit all over the place. I have a particular beef with the themes section. Under the theme, there are artists. Those artists were often not mentioned in the blurb. Instead completely new (as in not mentioned anywhere else in the book) artists were used as examples. The key developments tab also abruptly “introduced” other important information or individuals that would have been better further explained. Also, the images used also were redundant and sometimes frankly used in the wrong space. For example, a theme given was “Isolation”. Edvard Munch was used as an example but was then used on the next page under “death” when he wasn’t talked about there. Further, the themes/techniques section is the only place where non-western examples of art were mentioned. Pretty bogus.
It’s a decent read for anyone interested in art history, but don’t take it as the ultimate guide, as it majorly lacks in explanations/examples of critical pieces in time.
informative
fast-paced