Picture This: How Pictures Work
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Picture This: How Pictures Work
- Artists educators and readers curious about the psychology of perception emotion and art|Gift giving for aspiring and experienced artists of all ages for birthday holiday art school acceptance or graduation|Fans of Molly Bang and her award-winning work including her Caldecott Honor children's books When Sophie Gets Angry—Really Really Angry; Ten Nine Eight; and The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher |Adding to a collection of art theory design or art history books
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas—about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story—remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? First published in 1991, Picture This has changed the way artists, illustrators, reviewers, critics, and readers look at and understand art.
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