How to Enjoy Art A Guide for Everyone

<b>An entertaining and lively guide to rediscovering the pleasure in art</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b>"Ben Street is one of the greatest communicators and writers on art. [This is] an expert guide to looking at and understanding art. Beautifully put together and brilliantly written."--Katy Hessel, author of</b> <i><b>The Story of Art Without Men</b><br> <br> <br> <br> How to Enjoy Art: A Guide for Everyone</i> provides the tools to understand and enjoy works of art. Debunking the pervasive idea that specialist knowledge is required to understand and appreciate art, instead <i>How to Enjoy Art</i> focuses on experience and pleasure, demonstrating how anyone can find value and enjoyment in art. Examples from around the world and throughout art history--from works by Fra Angelico and Berthe Morisot to Kazuo Shiraga and Kara Walker--are used to demonstrate how a handful of core strategies and skills can help enhance the experience of viewing art works. With these skills, anyone can encounter any work of art--regardless of media, artist, or period--and find some resonance with their own experiences. <i>How to Enjoy Art</i> encourages us to rediscover the fundamental pleasure in viewing art.