Interpreting Art

This book introduces readers to the varied methodologies of art interpretation without unnecessary jargon, presenting difficult and complex issues in an understandable way for beginning students without alienating more sophisticated readers. Throughout the book, readers are introduced to more complex concepts and encouraged to become active interpreters rather than passive absorbers of art. It features sixteen pages of colour illustrations. - The first chapter, About Interpretations, gives readers a step-by-step guide through the process of researching and developing interpretations of Rene Magritte. - Focusing on Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, chapter two acknowledges and describes multiple interpretations for the work, showing the varied conclusions possible for a single artwork. - Because students often find unfamiliar and controversial art most difficult to understand, the book deals directly with it in a meaningful and objective way, giving methods of looking at art that the readers may then apply, enhancing their abilities to think critically.