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Author:

Charney, Noah, author.

Title:

The 12-hour art expert : everything you need to know about art in a dozen masterpieces / Noah Charney.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Art appreciation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Art is for All -- Is It Even Art? Defining Art and the Human Need for Creativity -- Art as Object and Technique -- Find Crivelli's Pickle. Saint Spotting 101, Iconography and the Covert Language of Art -- The Isms Cheat Sheet in 30 Paintings -- The "Complete"(ish) History of Sculpture -- When Bad Things Happen to Good Art: Conservation, Loss and Crime -- A Digital Light in the Forest: Hi-Tech Art History Reveals Secrets -- What Would Freud Say? Art, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience -- Art and Value: The Art Market, Digitalization and How to Shop for Art -- Art History as Mystery: New Discoveries (and What Happens When the Experts Get it Wrong) -- The Future of Art.

Summary:

"His novel, The Art Thief, was a bestseller in five countries and is translated into 17 languages. His The Art of Forgery, Stealing the Mystic Lamb and Slovenology were international bestsellers. His book Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Charney is now a professor at University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, where Charney has lived for many years"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1538156598
9781538156599

LCCN:

2021053596

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KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

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FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

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