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by: Carol Strickland
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780740768729
ISBN: 0740768727
Label: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: October 01, 2007
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Sales Rank: 16377
Studio: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Product Description:
This second edition of Carol Strickland's The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern offers an illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to post-modern art from cave paintings to video art installations to digital and Internet media.
Featuring succinct page-length essays, instructive sidebars, and more than 300 photographs, The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern takes art history out of the realm of dreary textbooks, demystifies jargon and theory, and makes art accessible—even at a cursory reading.
From Stonehenge to the Guggenheim and from Holbein to Warhol, more than 25,000 years of art is distilled into five sections covering a little more than 200 pages.
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Rating:  - Sure cure for Art-timidation
Warning--this is a RAVE review.
I wish I had discovered this wonderful book years ago. (I found it at a museum store in Balboa Park, San Diego.) I see that it's available for almost nothing from after-market vendors. I paid $25 for mine and it was worth every penny.
As a teacher of Art History to students who are not always interested in the subject, I am constantly faced with apathy and occasional hostility.
For some reason, art can be intimidating to ... Read More
Rating: - An interesting intro to art history
I bought this for my daughter's summer reading for Art History class - a 200+ page brief summary of the history of art. I paged through it to see what she was getting into, and I was very impressed with the breadth and interesting facts contained within. It's a great outline of a huge topic, that gives the reader a framework into which subsequent knowledge can be organized.
Rating: - The Annotated Mona Lisa
This is a wonderful book, I am studying for the Art praxis and found this book very helpful. Good crash course in art history.
Rating: - Couldn't have passed my Art Content Praxis without this book!!!
I bought this book to review for the Art Content Praxis. It's been about 20 years since my art history classes so I definitely needed a refresher. Although, I did remember a lot and reviewed other books, this book put me over the top.
It's fast paced and easy to read! Short highlights to remind you of things you may have forgot and adds what you may have missed.
Rating: - An excellent book in every way
This book is just what is says it is: "a crash course in Art History" and it is great! Carol Strickland is a top flight writer and art historian. She covers the most important artists and movements in a concise and readable manner. Her side-bars that appear throughout the text add interesting anecdotal material that is always worthwhile. There are plenty of art reproductions, many in color, that illustrate the text.
I have used this book (1st edition) for several years in a one semester ... Read More
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