Making sense of art history
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 What is art?
  • 2 The Turner Prize: an annual farce or a celebration of creativity?
  • 3 Art works and their effects
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Recording your feelings
    • 3.3 Reading an art text
  • 4 The relationship between effects and techniques
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 The form of art: looking at techniques
  • 5 Colour
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Question 1: Has a wide or narrow palette of colours been used?
    • 5.3 Question 2: Have contrasting colours been placed next to each other?
    • 5.4 Question 3: Are there more warm colours than cool colours or vice versa?
    • 5.5 Question 4: Are the colours largely bright or dull?
    • 5.6 Question 5: In what way is dark and light colour used?
    • 5.7 Comparing art works
  • 6 Medium
  • 7 Composition
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 The representation of depth
    • 7.3 The use of line
    • 7.4 Summary
  • 8 Meaning and interpretation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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