Description |
xi, 169 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm |
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. |
Bibliography |
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. |
Subject |
Art appreciation.
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Art appreciation. (OCoLC)fst00815447
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Other Form: |
Online version: Charney, Noah. 12-hour art expert Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] 9781538156605 (DLC) 2021053597 |
ISBN |
9781538156599 (cloth) |
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1538156598 (cloth) |
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9781538156605 (epub) |
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