What Painting Is (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

In this classic text, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a strange language to explore what it is a painter really does in the studio-the smells, the mess, the struggle to control the uncontrollable, the special knowledge only painters hold of how colors will mix, and how they will look. Written from the perspective of a painter-turned-art historian, this anniversary edition includes a new introduction and preface by Elkins in which he further reflects on the experience of painting and its role in the study of art today.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	James Elkins
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-31989-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Art techniques & materials > Art techniques & principles
LSN:	1-138-31989-9
Barcode:	9781138319899

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