When Art Really Works - Softcover

Pankhurst, Andy; Hawksley, Lucinda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764147889 ISBN 13: 9780764147883

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2012

Synopsis

What are the qualities that make an artwork great? A recognized painter Andy Pankhurst and art historian Lucinda Hawksley offer compelling answers to this question as they examine 80 historically important paintings and sculptures. All are works of art that stand out from the ordinary because of their originality, their ability to convey powerful emotions, their technical brilliancedistinctive qualities that unmistakably touch them with intimations of immortality. Discussions focus on examples from across the millennia, and include

The Lascaux cave paintings (circa. 15,000 B.C)

Italian Renaissance masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

Paintings that demonstrate revolutionary use of color by J.M.W. Turner

Impressionist masterworks by Monet and Degas

The action painting of Jackson Pollock

The Pop Art of Andy Warhol, and many other memorable artists and their works

The book is filled with color illustrations

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

(back cover)
Why do some artworks stand head and shoulders above others? Exceptional art somehow satisfies viewers at a deeper level than more ordinary paintings and sculptures. WHEN ART REALLY WORKS showcases a selection of eighty outstanding masterworks from around the world and spanning the millennia, assessing just what it is that makes each of them so great. Some owe their greatness to composition or color, others offer profound insights into their human subjects, and some convey their message with extraordinary emotional impact. Andy Pankhurst and Lucinda Hawksley's succinct appraisals will open your eyes to the unique defining qualities of these key works, enabling you to appreciate groundbreaking talents that have emerged in every age.

About the Author:

Andy Pankhurst is a writer as well as a figurative painter with work represented in collections and museums in the U.K. and the United States. He teaches art at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, and is co-founder of The London School of Painting and Drawing.

Lucinda Hawksley is a lecturer in art history and literature at the Institute of English Studies, London, and at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0764147889
• ISBN 13: 9780764147883
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223