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A review by graciegrace1178
History of Modern Art, Volume I: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography by H. Arnason, Elizabeth Mansfield
4.0
3.7 stars rounded up.
Pretty readable for a textbook! I only read up to chapter 17 for my course, so this review doesn’t apply to the last few chapters.
WIL
1) comprehensive. Man did this cover a loT of ground. Holy moly.
2) entertaining enough. Fun little tidbits of info kept me on my toes. A lot of famous artists have had… interesting lives, and the inclusion of small details made them seem more real.
WIDL
1) a difficult task. Organizing a textbook of major artists throughout history is no easy feat. It requires a discernment that necessarily ignores certain artists of certain movements. The authors here tried to include every artist that they could possibly squeeze into the text space, and it was overwhelming. The information would’ve been better delivered by a more in depth analysis of fewer artists within each movement. Dedicating just a few paragraphs to individual artists leaves lots of room for confusion and artist mix-ups.
2) academia tone. MCNAJCKWI
NEUTRAL GROUND
1) can’t really blame the authors for this, but the number of photos that were just “not available” got kind of ridiculous. It’s an art book. Usually that suggests that there’d be a picture OF the art.
Pretty readable for a textbook! I only read up to chapter 17 for my course, so this review doesn’t apply to the last few chapters.
WIL
1) comprehensive. Man did this cover a loT of ground. Holy moly.
2) entertaining enough. Fun little tidbits of info kept me on my toes. A lot of famous artists have had… interesting lives, and the inclusion of small details made them seem more real.
WIDL
1) a difficult task. Organizing a textbook of major artists throughout history is no easy feat. It requires a discernment that necessarily ignores certain artists of certain movements. The authors here tried to include every artist that they could possibly squeeze into the text space, and it was overwhelming. The information would’ve been better delivered by a more in depth analysis of fewer artists within each movement. Dedicating just a few paragraphs to individual artists leaves lots of room for confusion and artist mix-ups.
2) academia tone. MCNAJCKWI
NEUTRAL GROUND
1) can’t really blame the authors for this, but the number of photos that were just “not available” got kind of ridiculous. It’s an art book. Usually that suggests that there’d be a picture OF the art.