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Look Again: How to Experience the Old Masters

English

By (author): Ossian Ward

The art of the past can seem very far away, obscured both by time and by knotty academic theory. Foregrounding the experience of the contemporary viewer, Look Again shows how this need not be the case. Ossian Wards simple, ten-step programme acts as an aid to looking, breaking down the often obscure strategies of the Old Masters into intuitive categories from Art as Honesty to Art as Vision.

Look Agains novel approach is influenced by John Bergers Ways of Seeing, but is here updated for the art world of the 21st century. Key to this book is an emphasis on ways of experiencing Old Masters more than just looking. Just as contemporary art should be judged by how it moves us, cajoles us and envelops us, so too can the great paintings of the world be seen as immersive, captivating, even participatory experiences.

Ward does not deny the specific complexities and barriers associated with looking at art from other eras. Instead he offers readers a new formula to help illuminate this kind of art. His method not only provides the viewer with the tools to interpret a work of art, but also assumes that we hold some of this knowledge within ourselves already. In other words, everyone can share the enriching experience of Old Master paintings. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 440g
  • Dimensions: 148 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Apr 2019
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780500239674

About Ossian Ward

Ossian Ward is Head of Content at the Lisson Gallery. He was previously chief art critic and visual arts editor at Time Out London and served as editor at Art Review and V&A Magazine.

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