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Main Author: Charney, Noah (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
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Table of Contents:
  • Art is for All
  • Is It Even Art? Defining Art and the Human Need for Creativity
  • Art as Object and Technique
  • Find Crivelli's Pickle. Saint Spotting 101, Iconography and the Covert Language of Art
  • The Isms Cheat Sheet in 30 Paintings
  • The "Complete"(ish) History of Sculpture
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good Art: Conservation, Loss and Crime
  • A Digital Light in the Forest: Hi-Tech Art History Reveals Secrets
  • What Would Freud Say? Art, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
  • Art and Value: The Art Market, Digitalization and How to Shop for Art
  • Art History as Mystery: New Discoveries (and What Happens When the Experts Get it Wrong)
  • The Future of Art.