The Art Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The whole range of DK books is beautifully prepared. This is no exception to that statement. My granddaughter had asked for a number or artistic materials etc for her Christmas. This book was an additional item. It arrived promptly and the Seller deserves a mention in that regards given the time of the year.

Finde die Reihe sehr gut, sehr übersichtlich und anschaulich erklärt, zu empfehlen

very good

The Art Book has the intention of being what it calls itself. The pros first : Amazing paper quality. Great pictures of the art works Very readable layout Makes it easy to understand and works on having a recall value of the information given Good value for the price charged The Cons: The content, or rather the emphasis given to the way content is organized. It is, like many many books, very Western /Eurocentric /white. They do have some 'tokens' of the Others here and there, but I would have liked it if the title came along with a disclaimer that the book is actually for those who want to familiarize themselves with some well known artists and artwork considered great in a specific culture. Also, it dwells a lot of time on the ancient art, for some reason, I didn't expect the book to do that. So yes, that it does bring some perspective of the ancient past of Western art, and some very selective non-western third world art. But it tries to do things which seems haphazard at times, and I felt it ends up being a very cursory view of a certain kind of art. I wished the writers gave some caveats about that in the book. Overall, I still think it is a good buy, for beginners, but do please look out, there is so much more.

The quality is very good, the printing is very clear