Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others

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Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others - Paperback

Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others - Paperback

by Lincoln Perry
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Book Overview

by Lincoln Perry (Author)

"Beguiling and informative"--Wall Street Journal

Learn to see art as an artist does. Discover how a painting's composition or a sculpture's spatial structure influence the experience of what you're seeing. With an artist as your guide, viewing art becomes a powerfully enriching experience that will stay in your mind long after you've left a museum.

A visit to view art can be overwhelming, exhausting, and unrewarding. Lincoln Perry wants to change that. In fifteen essays--each framed around a specific theme--he provides new ways of seeing and appreciating art.


Drawing heavily on examples from the European traditions of art, Perry aims to overturn assumptions and asks readers to re-think artistic prejudices while rebuilding new preferences. Included are essays on how artists "read" paintings, how scale and format influence viewers, how to engage with sculptures and murals, as well as guides to some of the great museums and churches of Europe.

Seeing Like an Artist is for any artist, art-lover, or museumgoer who wants to grow their appreciation for the art of others.
Number of Pages: 232
Dimensions: 1.2 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 04, 2022
ISBN9781567926996
Author Lincoln Perry
PublisherDavid R. Godine Publisher
GenreBiography, Arts, and Travel
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages232
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Lincoln Perry, whose work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions in New York, Washington, D.C., and from California to Maine to Florida, is Distinguished Visiting Artist at the University of Virginia. Ann Beattie, Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, is the author of Follies: New Stories, among fifteen novels and story collections, the illustrated monograph Alex Katz, and essays on contemporary photography.

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