The Art Book

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If you are at the start of your art teaching career, this book would be a good start to your art library. Thus, a painting from the Renaissance is next to the work from a 20th century modern abstractionist. Especially since the rest of the review is more of a rant, for personal indulgence/reference, including funny/pretentious quotes from the book at the end. The best art books provide knowledge, inspiration and tutorials for professional, expert and beginner artists alike.

As a believer in the humanising nature of proper work, the virtues of sustained attention and the value of aesthetics as the keystone to ideals for a truly prosperous society, John Ruskin's abiding concerns are still very much with us today. It's actually a nice read if you're into arts and stuff, and of course I cannot brag for reading it, rather browsed through. It is somewhat sad though to read references to all sorts of other paintings done by the same artists. I guess I'm being narrow-minded at best or philistine at worse, anyway these are old criticisms that others have expressed better.Full of themes and genres from the art world, this title also goes into detail with dedicated spreads and examples of how artists use colour, composition and the era of the time into their art.

Whether you’re a drawer, painter, illustrator, sculptor or any other type of artist, art books can help further your artistic career, provide inspiration from the greats and improve your artistic skills (even if you struggle to put pencil to paper!

I'd normally laugh at the artwork's description but considering the topic, the blurb angered me instead "in previous works, Boltanski had used photographs of Jewish children. There is only one Asian artist represented, and Latin America is limited to a few Cubans and Mexicans.