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What is painting? / Julian Bell.

by Bell, Julian, 1952-

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Thames & Hudson, 2017.

Painting, Modern.

Painting -- Philosophy.

9780500239735 (hc.)

New edition; Revised edition.

224 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

First published in 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) and index.

Images and marks -- Sight and knowledge -- Form and time -- Expression -- The arts and art -- Representation.

"Yes, but is it art? This lucid book by Julian Bell, himself a painter, confronts the uncertainty many people feel about art today and challenges generally accepted ideas. This completely revised second edition is a fresh, focused look at painting. Bell addresses questions such as does anything unite those objects we call paintings, and what factors have changed the nature of painting over the last two centuries by looking at historical evidence and reasoning from common experience. The current shape of painting pushes the book's arguments in new directions and a substantial new chapter, The Arts and Art, speaks to the interplay between 2D work, 3D work, and the immateriality of digital imagery. A general reader's introduction to theories of painting that is not only reliably informative but stimulating and amusing to read. An introductory guide to art theory for everyone interested in understanding modern art or in making art themselves. Julian Bell is a painter living in Lewes, Sussex.

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