The Tate Guide to Modern Art Terms

by Simon Wilson and Jessica Lack

Book Overview

How many times have you read the caption next to a work of art in a museum, or a review of a contemporary art exhibition in a magazine and found yourself none the wiser? For many, the language in which modern art is described can be as mystifying as the art itself. How necessary, then, to find a reliable guide through the confusing terminology that bedevils so much art writing. Drawing on the expertise of the most visited modern art museum in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854377507
• ISBN13: 9781854377500
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary