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A review by juliana_aldous
The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces by Noah Charney
5.0
The 12-Hour Art Expert has all the things that make a simple how-to book readable and enjoyable. If you know something about art or nothing about art, you will learn something here, and you will be entertained along the way.
The author, Dr. Noah Charney teaches art history (specializing in art crime!). He also won a Pulitzer for Biography and has authored a dozen books. Here he explores the basics of what you'll want to know about art--including history, "isms", collection, restoration,...
I wish I had this book back when I took my first humanities course because it would have beat the textbook we used and some terms that were explained dryly in that text are light and digestible here.
I also like how the art and works are presented. I had the book in ebook format, but could easily find the art referenced online to spend some time with.
Taking a complex subject and breaking it down for the average person to understand is itself an art and this book does it well.
The author, Dr. Noah Charney teaches art history (specializing in art crime!). He also won a Pulitzer for Biography and has authored a dozen books. Here he explores the basics of what you'll want to know about art--including history, "isms", collection, restoration,...
I wish I had this book back when I took my first humanities course because it would have beat the textbook we used and some terms that were explained dryly in that text are light and digestible here.
I also like how the art and works are presented. I had the book in ebook format, but could easily find the art referenced online to spend some time with.
Taking a complex subject and breaking it down for the average person to understand is itself an art and this book does it well.