Art Research and Finding Images: Books

Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future.

A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art's central role in culture today.

An entertaining and lively guide to rediscovering the pleasure in art.

A wealth of prompts, hints, and insights that will provide invaluable keys to both understanding art works and generating new ones.

Nearly 150 alphabetical entries explain the who, what, where, and when of postwar and contemporary art.

Reveals meaningful ways of developing personal ideas and opinions about art and how to express them with confidence. Examines the multiple issues and processes essential to making, analyzing, and evaluating art.

A concise introduction to art history and its methodologies that guides readers through various theoretical concepts and ways of looking at images.

The Oxford Dictionary of Art is the unrivalled one-volume guide to the art of the Western world.

Provides information on the historical background, composition, themes, and techniques of forty-five paintings by the world's greatest artists.

Guides readers step by step through the process of defining the physical properties of a work of art, its subject matter, and its illusionary and formal properties, never losing sight of the point of view from which it was created.