What are the best books on understanding Art (in the general sense, not just paintings)
What are the best books on understanding Art (in the general sense, not just paintings)
Levi Gonzalez
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Easton Harris
bump.
would like to know as well
Carter Carter
Bump
Angel Kelly
You fucks, you bump to keep from slipping off page 10, not to keep on page 1
Here, just read some Hughes and then you too will be a critic
Benjamin Walker
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Parker Torres
Larry Shiner's The invention of art is the way to go for starters. Also, read Arthur Danto, George Dickie and Rosalind Krauss for understanding modern art.
Also, Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word. I disagree with a lot of things, but is a really short and really enjoyable reading about the art world in the 20th Century
Tyler Barnes
aesthetic branch of each philosophy
William Lee
Deleuze What is creative act (there should be video in youtube)
Ortega y Gasset - art dehumanization (if you want to understand modern art)
both of these texts focus more on modern, post/contemp art, but help understanding traditional art too
Hudson Flores
oh and do not forget that there is always underlying desire in every art, just read freud writer and daydreaming
Brody Rivera
Gardner's Art Through the Ages is pretty much THE art history text book. If there is a college near you, you can probably find it at a text book exchange or used bookstore. My local half-priced books store always has like 6 of them because of the art institute nearby.
Art in Theory is the book for primary sources: exhibition essays, artist statements, important works of philosophy, famous reviews, manifestos, etc. There are a few versions, broken down by the years they cover.