Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others

Beguiling and informativeWall Street Journal

Learn to see art as an artist does. Discover how a paintings composition or a sculptures spatial structure influence the experience of what youre seeing. With an artist as your guide, viewing art becomes a powerfully enriching experience that will stay in your mind long after youve left a museum.

A visit to view art can be overwhelming, exhausting, and unrewarding. Lincoln Perry wants to change that. In fifteen essayseach framed around a specific themehe provides new ways of seeing and appreciating art.

Drawing heavily on examples from the European traditions of art, Perry aims to overturn assumptions and asks readers to re-think artistic prejudices while rebuilding new preferences. Included are essays on how artists read paintings, how scale and format influence viewers, how to engage with sculptures and murals, as well as guides to some of the great museums and churches of Europe.

Seeing Like an Artist is for any artist, art-lover, or museumgoer who wants to grow their appreciation for the art of others.