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The story of painting : how art was made / senior editor, Angela Wilkes ; [foreword by Andrew Graham Dixon].

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2019Description: 360 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

still image
text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0241335183
9780241335185

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

709 23

LOC classification:

ND50 S767 2019

Other classification:

J209.1

Summary: "Covering a comprehensive array of topics, from the first pigments and frescos to linear perspective in Renaissance paintings, the influence of photography, Impressionism, and the birth of modern art, The Story of Painting follows each step in the evolution of painting over the last 25,000 years, from the first cave paintings to the abstract works of the last 150 years. Packed with lavish color reproductions of paintings and photographs of artists at work and the materials they used, it also focuses on key paintings from each period to analyze the techniques and secrets of the great masters in detail."--Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	SPAA Library General Collection	ND50 S767 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0003435

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"Covering a comprehensive array of topics, from the first pigments and frescos to linear perspective in Renaissance paintings, the influence of photography, Impressionism, and the birth of modern art, The Story of Painting follows each step in the evolution of painting over the last 25,000 years, from the first cave paintings to the abstract works of the last 150 years. Packed with lavish color reproductions of paintings and photographs of artists at work and the materials they used, it also focuses on key paintings from each period to analyze the techniques and secrets of the great masters in detail."--Publisher's description.

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