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{"found_url":"https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/blog\/book-review-the-short-story-of-art\/","crawl_time":1774313598,"first_indexed_time":1712928551,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,marcusaureliux!\/writings\/blog\/book-review-the-short-story-of-art\/ s443","src_root_hash":"5632110633253078529","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Book Review: The Short Story of Art - Marcus Aureliux - Writings","meta_descriptions":["This blog is the personal blog of Mark Alvin Ligaya. It contains self-help articles, book reviews, movie and TV reviews, poetry and other writings."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"The Book in 3 Sentences\nIt’s an art book, so it’s essentially a picture book of paintings and other visual arts like sculptures and art installations, but mostly of paintings. The book is by Susie Hodge. It is subdivided into four parts: (Art)Movements, The Works, Themes, Techniques.\nImpressions\nI found the crisp pictures very interesting and engaging. It’s like walking through a museum but via a book, and you hold the museum in your hands, and you can take your time in absorbing and observing the paintings. Each page, idea or artwork comes with concise, less-than-a-hundred-words of historical and expositional write-up about the work, artist, theme or idea. This conciseness is very apt for the title of the book, but this is not to say that it’s not comprehensive. \nFor\nArt Movements\n, it started with Prehistoric art and then traversed Greek and Roman era, Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, Rococo, to name a few, emerging into relatively more recent movements such as: Performance Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism.\nLa Grotte de Lascaux, prehistoric art\nThe Works \nsection discussed popular paintings and artworks, plus the artists who created them of course. These are works such as Venus de Milo, Pieta, Apollo and Daphne, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Scream, The Lovers, to name a few, again in concise format, with trivia and historical context, and sometimes, with quotes from the artists themselves. For example, in the page about the painting: \nThe Lovers\n, René Magritte was quoted as saying: “My painting is visible images which conceal nothing. They evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, “What does it mean?” It does not mean anything because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.”\nThe Lovers by René Magritte\nThemes\n elaborate on the impact of religion, mythology, history, love, death, etc. on art. Also discussed within this section of the book are art genres such as portraiture, landscape, still life, etc. and the different subjects of art: animals, figures, nature, colour, etc.\nTechniques \nexpounded about different media used in creating art: pencil, ceramics, tempera, marble, oil on canvas, bronze, clay, \ngouache, \netc; and various skills in creating paintings: sfumato, chiaroscuro, engraving, pointilism, collage, etc; also discussed were these techniques’ impact and influence to later techniques that emerged in the art world.\nIt’s largely a reference book, so the pages are littered with page numbers cross-referencing each other and each theme or artist or art movement, etc. but in an efficient and well-structured way which can really help those looking for books for academic studies or research. If you are simply an art lover, it’s also a comfortable book to be in your possession, especially if you want to brush up on your high-level knowledge of art history and artists’ styles once in a while. This can help you view artworks and artists within the larger context of driving factors of art: art movements, techniques, historical forces and the political or philosophical ideas that influenced some of those art movements. This can allow you to review quickly how art evolved.\nBacchus by Caravaggio, chiaroscuro sample\nPhoto courtesy: \nwww.nyjournalofbooks.com\nwww.josetteking.com\nwww.ft.com\nwww.flickr.com","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to the content](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/blog\/book-review-the-short-story-of-art\/#site-content)\n\nSearch\n\n[![Marcus Aureliux – Writings](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-ML-LOGO-FA-no-text.png)](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/)Marcus Aureliux - Writings\n\nSelf-help, reviews, poetry\n\nMenu\n\n- [Home](http:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/)\n- [Writings Home](http:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/)\n- [3-Sentence Blogs](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/blog\/category\/3-sentence-blogs\/)\n  - [Meaning and Purpose](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/blog\/category\/3-sentence-blogs\/meaning-and-purpose-3-sentence-blogs\/)\n  - [Health and Fitness](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/blog\/category\/3-sentence-blogs\/health-and-fitness-3-sentence-blogs\/)\n  - 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The book is by Susie Hodge. It is subdivided into four parts: (Art)Movements, The Works, Themes, Techniques.\n\n**Impressions**\n\nI found the crisp pictures very interesting and engaging. It’s like walking through a museum but via a book, and you hold the museum in your hands, and you can take your time in absorbing and observing the paintings. Each page, idea or artwork comes with concise, less-than-a-hundred-words of historical and expositional write-up about the work, artist, theme or idea. This conciseness is very apt for the title of the book, but this is not to say that it’s not comprehensive.\n\nFor **Art Movements**, it started with Prehistoric art and then traversed Greek and Roman era, Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, Rococo, to name a few, emerging into relatively more recent movements such as: Performance Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism.\n\n![B-57\\_Lascaux-1\\_w](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)\n\n![B-57\\_Lascaux-1\\_w](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B-57_Lascaux-1_w.jpg)\n\nLa Grotte de Lascaux, prehistoric art\n\nThe Works section discussed popular paintings and artworks, plus the artists who created them of course. These are works such as Venus de Milo, Pieta, Apollo and Daphne, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Scream, The Lovers, to name a few, again in concise format, with trivia and historical context, and sometimes, with quotes from the artists themselves. For example, in the page about the painting: *The Lovers*, René Magritte was quoted as saying: “My painting is visible images which conceal nothing. They evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, “What does it mean?” It does not mean anything because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.”\n\n![the lovers](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)\n\n![the lovers](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-lovers-600x338.jpg)\n\nThe Lovers by René Magritte\n\nThemes elaborate on the impact of religion, mythology, history, love, death, etc. on art. Also discussed within this section of the book are art genres such as portraiture, landscape, still life, etc. and the different subjects of art: animals, figures, nature, colour, etc.\n\nTechniques expounded about different media used in creating art: pencil, ceramics, tempera, marble, oil on canvas, bronze, clay, gouache, etc; and various skills in creating paintings: sfumato, chiaroscuro, engraving, pointilism, collage, etc; also discussed were these techniques’ impact and influence to later techniques that emerged in the art world.\n\nIt’s largely a reference book, so the pages are littered with page numbers cross-referencing each other and each theme or artist or art movement, etc. but in an efficient and well-structured way which can really help those looking for books for academic studies or research. If you are simply an art lover, it’s also a comfortable book to be in your possession, especially if you want to brush up on your high-level knowledge of art history and artists’ styles once in a while. This can help you view artworks and artists within the larger context of driving factors of art: art movements, techniques, historical forces and the political or philosophical ideas that influenced some of those art movements. This can allow you to review quickly how art evolved.\n\n![Bacchus](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)\n\n![Bacchus](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bacchus-600x743.jpg)\n\nBacchus by Caravaggio, chiaroscuro sample\n\nPhoto courtesy:\n\nwww.nyjournalofbooks.com\n\nwww.josetteking.com\n\nwww.ft.com\n\nwww.flickr.com\n### 0 Reviews\nPost Views: 1,491\n\nFacebook  0\n\nTumblr 0\n\nLinkedIn\n\nPinterest1\n\nReddit 0\n\nMessenger\n\nViber\n\nWhatsApp\n\nEmail\n\nPrint\n\n***\n[← Movie Review: Nomadland](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/blog\/movie-review-nomadland\/)   [→ Game Review: Death Stranding: 4 Things That Make It One of the Most Satisfying Games](https:\/\/marcusaureliux.com\/writings\/blog\/game-review-death-stranding-4-things-that-make-it-one-of-the-most-satisfying-games\/)\n***\n## Leave a Reply [Cancel 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Boilerpipe Text	The Book in 3 Sentences It’s an art book, so it’s essentially a picture book of paintings and other visual arts like sculptures and art installations, but mostly of paintings. The book is by Susie Hodge. It is subdivided into four parts: (Art)Movements, The Works, Themes, Techniques. Impressions I found the crisp pictures very interesting and engaging. It’s like walking through a museum but via a book, and you hold the museum in your hands, and you can take your time in absorbing and observing the paintings. Each page, idea or artwork comes with concise, less-than-a-hundred-words of historical and expositional write-up about the work, artist, theme or idea. This conciseness is very apt for the title of the book, but this is not to say that it’s not comprehensive. For Art Movements , it started with Prehistoric art and then traversed Greek and Roman era, Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, Rococo, to name a few, emerging into relatively more recent movements such as: Performance Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism. La Grotte de Lascaux, prehistoric art The Works section discussed popular paintings and artworks, plus the artists who created them of course. These are works such as Venus de Milo, Pieta, Apollo and Daphne, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Scream, The Lovers, to name a few, again in concise format, with trivia and historical context, and sometimes, with quotes from the artists themselves. For example, in the page about the painting: The Lovers , René Magritte was quoted as saying: “My painting is visible images which conceal nothing. They evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, “What does it mean?” It does not mean anything because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.” The Lovers by René Magritte Themes elaborate on the impact of religion, mythology, history, love, death, etc. on art. Also discussed within this section of the book are art genres such as portraiture, landscape, still life, etc. and the different subjects of art: animals, figures, nature, colour, etc. Techniques expounded about different media used in creating art: pencil, ceramics, tempera, marble, oil on canvas, bronze, clay, gouache, etc; and various skills in creating paintings: sfumato, chiaroscuro, engraving, pointilism, collage, etc; also discussed were these techniques’ impact and influence to later techniques that emerged in the art world. It’s largely a reference book, so the pages are littered with page numbers cross-referencing each other and each theme or artist or art movement, etc. but in an efficient and well-structured way which can really help those looking for books for academic studies or research. If you are simply an art lover, it’s also a comfortable book to be in your possession, especially if you want to brush up on your high-level knowledge of art history and artists’ styles once in a while. This can help you view artworks and artists within the larger context of driving factors of art: art movements, techniques, historical forces and the political or philosophical ideas that influenced some of those art movements. This can allow you to review quickly how art evolved. Bacchus by Caravaggio, chiaroscuro sample Photo courtesy: www.nyjournalofbooks.com www.josetteking.com www.ft.com www.flickr.com
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[No Comments on Book Review: The Short Story of Art](https://marcusaureliux.com/writings/blog/book-review-the-short-story-of-art/#respond) ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7) ![](https://marcusaureliux.com/writings/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Short-Story-of-Art.jpg) The Book in 3 Sentences It’s an art book, so it’s essentially a picture book of paintings and other visual arts like sculptures and art installations, but mostly of paintings. The book is by Susie Hodge. It is subdivided into four parts: (Art)Movements, The Works, Themes, Techniques. Impressions I found the crisp pictures very interesting and engaging. It’s like walking through a museum but via a book, and you hold the museum in your hands, and you can take your time in absorbing and observing the paintings. Each page, idea or artwork comes with concise, less-than-a-hundred-words of historical and expositional write-up about the work, artist, theme or idea. This conciseness is very apt for the title of the book, but this is not to say that it’s not comprehensive. For Art Movements, it started with Prehistoric art and then traversed Greek and Roman era, Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, Rococo, to name a few, emerging into relatively more recent movements such as: Performance Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism. ![B-57\_Lascaux-1\_w](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7) ![B-57\_Lascaux-1\_w](https://marcusaureliux.com/writings/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/B-57_Lascaux-1_w.jpg) La Grotte de Lascaux, prehistoric art The Works section discussed popular paintings and artworks, plus the artists who created them of course. These are works such as Venus de Milo, Pieta, Apollo and Daphne, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Scream, The Lovers, to name a few, again in concise format, with trivia and historical context, and sometimes, with quotes from the artists themselves. For example, in the page about the painting: The Lovers, René Magritte was quoted as saying: “My painting is visible images which conceal nothing. They evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, “What does it mean?” It does not mean anything because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.” ![the lovers](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7) ![the lovers](https://marcusaureliux.com/writings/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/the-lovers-600x338.jpg) The Lovers by René Magritte Themes elaborate on the impact of religion, mythology, history, love, death, etc. on art. Also discussed within this section of the book are art genres such as portraiture, landscape, still life, etc. and the different subjects of art: animals, figures, nature, colour, etc. Techniques expounded about different media used in creating art: pencil, ceramics, tempera, marble, oil on canvas, bronze, clay, gouache, etc; and various skills in creating paintings: sfumato, chiaroscuro, engraving, pointilism, collage, etc; also discussed were these techniques’ impact and influence to later techniques that emerged in the art world. It’s largely a reference book, so the pages are littered with page numbers cross-referencing each other and each theme or artist or art movement, etc. but in an efficient and well-structured way which can really help those looking for books for academic studies or research. If you are simply an art lover, it’s also a comfortable book to be in your possession, especially if you want to brush up on your high-level knowledge of art history and artists’ styles once in a while. This can help you view artworks and artists within the larger context of driving factors of art: art movements, techniques, historical forces and the political or philosophical ideas that influenced some of those art movements. 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Readable Markdown	The Book in 3 Sentences It’s an art book, so it’s essentially a picture book of paintings and other visual arts like sculptures and art installations, but mostly of paintings. The book is by Susie Hodge. It is subdivided into four parts: (Art)Movements, The Works, Themes, Techniques. Impressions I found the crisp pictures very interesting and engaging. It’s like walking through a museum but via a book, and you hold the museum in your hands, and you can take your time in absorbing and observing the paintings. Each page, idea or artwork comes with concise, less-than-a-hundred-words of historical and expositional write-up about the work, artist, theme or idea. This conciseness is very apt for the title of the book, but this is not to say that it’s not comprehensive. For Art Movements, it started with Prehistoric art and then traversed Greek and Roman era, Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, Rococo, to name a few, emerging into relatively more recent movements such as: Performance Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism. ![B-57\_Lascaux-1\_w](https://marcusaureliux.com/writings/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/B-57_Lascaux-1_w.jpg) La Grotte de Lascaux, prehistoric art The Works section discussed popular paintings and artworks, plus the artists who created them of course. These are works such as Venus de Milo, Pieta, Apollo and Daphne, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Scream, The Lovers, to name a few, again in concise format, with trivia and historical context, and sometimes, with quotes from the artists themselves. For example, in the page about the painting: The Lovers, René Magritte was quoted as saying: “My painting is visible images which conceal nothing. They evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, “What does it mean?” It does not mean anything because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.” ![the lovers](https://marcusaureliux.com/writings/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/the-lovers-600x338.jpg) The Lovers by René Magritte Themes elaborate on the impact of religion, mythology, history, love, death, etc. on art. Also discussed within this section of the book are art genres such as portraiture, landscape, still life, etc. and the different subjects of art: animals, figures, nature, colour, etc. Techniques expounded about different media used in creating art: pencil, ceramics, tempera, marble, oil on canvas, bronze, clay, gouache, etc; and various skills in creating paintings: sfumato, chiaroscuro, engraving, pointilism, collage, etc; also discussed were these techniques’ impact and influence to later techniques that emerged in the art world. It’s largely a reference book, so the pages are littered with page numbers cross-referencing each other and each theme or artist or art movement, etc. but in an efficient and well-structured way which can really help those looking for books for academic studies or research. If you are simply an art lover, it’s also a comfortable book to be in your possession, especially if you want to brush up on your high-level knowledge of art history and artists’ styles once in a while. This can help you view artworks and artists within the larger context of driving factors of art: art movements, techniques, historical forces and the political or philosophical ideas that influenced some of those art movements. This can allow you to review quickly how art evolved. ![Bacchus](https://marcusaureliux.com/writings/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bacchus-600x743.jpg) Bacchus by Caravaggio, chiaroscuro sample Photo courtesy: www.nyjournalofbooks.com www.josetteking.com www.ft.com www.flickr.com
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