A review by stripe_la
Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Cynthia Freeland

3.0

Finally finished! A great book that I would give it around 3.5 - I didn't feel I loved it enough for 4 stars. It was good for some more art knowledge as well as looking at philosophy, but my one complaint is that I didn't feel there was enough emphasis or teaching on the 'theory' side. I know its labelled as an introduction, and it very much gave that, but at the beginning it claims to teach you of these theories and I feel by the end I couldn't explain one without a fact check in the book. Perhaps that's just me and my memory, but it felt more like a art with philosophy book than truly 'Art Theory'. Nothing takes away from how much I love these short introduction books though!