Take a Look: An Introduction to the Experience of Art Book

Take a Look: An Introduction to the Experience of Art guides young readers to look, see, think, make, and discover for themselves. It encourages the realization that art can be a direct, personal, everyday experience rather than something remote and "out there," to be "appreciated" rather than enjoyed.

Written by an expert in the field and lavishly illustrated with over 200 reproductions, drawings, and photographs, Take a Look emphasizes the human element in art, providing a uniquely fresh and user-friendly approach.

In a distinctively informal yet concise manner, it covers a wide range of cultures, concepts, styles, periods, artists, and media. At the back of the book is a glossary, suggestions for further reading, an illustrated time line, and an index.

Lively, accessible, thought-provoking, Take a Look answers questions and asks them too - informing even as it entertains.

Introduces the history, techniques, and functions of art through discussion and reproductions of paintings, photographs, drawings, and design elements. Includes activities and experiments.