The 12-hour art expert : everything you need to know about art in a dozen masterpieces

Summary: "His novel, The Art Thief, was a bestseller in five countries and is translated into 17 languages. His The Art of Forgery, Stealing the Mystic Lamb and Slovenology were international bestsellers. His book Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Charney is now a professor at University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, where Charney has lived for many years"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781538156599
ISBN: 1538156598
ISBN: 9781538156605
Physical Description: print
xi, 169 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Art is for all -- Is it even art? Defining art and the human need for creativity -- Art as object and technique -- Find Crivelli's pickle: Saint spotting 101, Iconography and the covert language of art -- The isms cheat sheet in 30 paintings -- The "complete"(ish) history of sculpture -- When bad things happen to good art: conservation, and loss -- A digital light in the forest: hi-tech art history reveals secrets -- What would Freud say? Art, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience -- Art and value: the art market, digitalization, and how to shop for art -- Art history as mystery: new discoveries (and what happens when the experts get it wrong) -- The future of art.