Seeing Like an Artist

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What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others

By Lincoln Perry

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Seeing Like an Artist invites readers to experience art through the eyes of a practising artist. Lincoln Perry offers fifteen insightful essays that explore how composition, scale, format, and spatial structure shape the way we perceive paintings, sculptures, and murals. Drawing on European art traditions, Perry challenges common assumptions and encourages a deeper, more personal engagement with art. The book serves as a thoughtful guide for navigating museums and churches, aiming to transform overwhelming visits into rewarding encounters.
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Seeing Like an Artist is ideal for artists, art lovers, and frequent museum visitors who wish to deepen their understanding and appreciation of visual art. It suits readers interested in European art traditions and those eager to develop a more personal and enriched experience when viewing art.

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Beguiling and informative - Wall Street Journal

Learn to see art as an artist does. Discover how a painting's composition or a sculpture's spatial structure influence the experience of what you're seeing. With an artist as your guide, viewing art becomes a powerfully enriching experience that will stay in your mind long after you've left a museum.

A visit to view art can be overwhelming, exhausting, and unrewarding. Lincoln Perry wants to change that. In fifteen essays—each framed around a specific theme—he provides new ways of seeing and appreciating art.

Drawing heavily on examples from the European traditions of art, Perry aims to overturn assumptions and asks readers to re-think artistic prejudices while rebuilding new preferences. Included are essays on how artists "read" paintings, how scale and format influence viewers, how to engage with sculptures and murals, as well as guides to some of the great museums and churches of Europe.

Seeing Like an Artist is for any artist, art-lover, or museum-goer who wants to grow their appreciation for the art of others.

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"Go, look, love!" The Wall Street Journal hails it as a "beguiling and informative" memoir-cum-guide, urging readers to create their own grand tour of art. Publishers Weekly praises Perry's conversational style and detailed exploration of technical components like colour, shape, and visual 'velocity,' recommending it as a masterclass for budding art aficionados. The book's enthusiasm and personal insight inspire fresh appreciation, making it a valuable companion for anyone eager to understand and love art more deeply.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781567926996

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: David R. Godine Publisher Inc

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Lincoln Perry's distinctive landscapes, figurative paintings, and sculptures have been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions across the country. His large-scale murals can be found in landmark buildings such as the Met Life building in St. Louis and the John Hancock Tower in Boston. The University of Virginia Press published the monograph, Lincoln Perry's Charlottesville, which included an essay and interview by his wife, Ann Beattie. A frequent contributor to American Scholar, Mr. Perry divides his time between Maine, Virginia, and Florida.