Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780415151818
Edition: 4
ISBN: 0415151813
Label: Routledge
Manufacturer: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: July 10, 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Studio: Routledge

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Rating: - A stimulating read for all
By contrast with all reviewers, I would argue Pointon's book about the discipline of art history can provide a stimulating reading for all, both specialists and non-specialists, high school pupils, university and students and academics.

Supportive arguments for this point are as follows:
- it is widely accessible by the way it goes into the most recurrent questions of art history with material everybody has already encountered at some point;
- it is not simplistic as it ... Read More

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Rating: - Well written but for only suitable for students
This book deals with a range of issues of importance to students at 'A' level and degree level who are specialising in the History of Art.

Although clearly a thoughtful well-written book, I didn't think that it suited me as a layman with wide ranging interests.

I have a copy of E. H. Gombrich's great book "The Story of Art" as well as quite a few editions of the "Oxford History of Art" series and these better suit my needs as an intelligent non-specialist reader.

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Rating: - A good A level textbook
This book covers all the essential core syllabus that you need to cover for AQA A Level History of Art, and essentially it is a textbook for the course. As an A level textbook, it does it's job. It is written for 16-18 year old school kids in Britain who are taking art history and this book should not be considered for any further study or in-depth critique about art.

You will not be happy with this book if you are a university student, and if you want a more detailed study of Art History, ... Read More

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Rating: - interesting for beginners
This is a book for those beginning to study History of Art, but it could have more clues to practices and methods. Anyway it can only be good for someone beginning from scratch and it focus mostly on UK.

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